Two Russian aircrafts carrying over 300 people have left Sanaa for Moscow. Press attache of the Russian embassy Timofei Bokov told TASS that 70 passengers are Russian citizens.
"Most passengers are citizens of the CIS countries," he said. "They are citizens of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, most of them are doctors who had employment contracts. The aircrafts will land in Moscow later in the afternoon.".