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In Russia, Health Services Struggle As Exasperation Grows Over Coronavirus Aid Abroad

Some Russians are miffed at seeing high-profile deliveries of lifesaving gear to other countries when they know their own health services are under-equipped to handle the COVID-19 outbreak.
A Russian plane carrying medical equipment arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

Nearly a dozen Russian military planes filled with medical supplies landed in Serbia on Friday — the latest in a series of controversial Kremlin humanitarian aid missions carried out amid the global spread of the coronavirus.

"Now we have everything to fight the virus," said

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