Putin said that the situation with fires is changing, but new questions arise

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the situation with forest fires in Russia is changing in a positive way. However, according to him, there are new issues that require the attention of the authorities. Acting Governor of the Ryazan Region Pavel Malkov also reported to Mr. Putin that the situation with fires in the region is “completely under control.”

“I would like to talk about issues of a current nature, well, I want to start with the issues of fighting fires in the regions of the country. I know that Dmitry Yuryevich Grigorenko (Deputy Prime Minister—Head of the Government Staff—Kommersant) went to the site with his colleagues and took a look. The situation there is changing in some places, changing in general in a positive way. But new issues are also emerging that require special attention,” Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the government (quoted from “RIA News”).

Acting Governor of the Ryazan Region, Pavel Malkov, told Vladimir Putin that the situation with forest fires in the region was “completely controlled.” According to him, forest fires do not threaten settlements.

August 28 announced about the localization of fires, their area continues to grow. Today, August 31, TASS, citing a source informedthat the area of ​​fires in the Ryazan region has grown to 24 thousand hectares. Last week, Russia created a commission to eliminate forest fires, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko.

On the development of the situation – in the publication “Kommersant” “Fires took in the ring of defense”.