Russian Ambassador to Beirut: Russia will start helping Lebanon as early as tomorrow

On October 3, an aircraft of the Russian Emergencies Ministry will deliver humanitarian aid to Lebanon. This was stated by Russian Ambassador to Beirut Alexander Rudakov.

"Tomorrow arrives aboard the MOE, which will bring humanitarian aid to Russia", — he said at the site of the discussion club "Valdai".

He added that the current conflict with Israel, the scale became more lethal than the Lebanese-Israeli war of 2006. Lebanon is already in a difficult situation: a socio-economic crisis in the country lasted for five years, almost two years vacant seat of the President and the entire Executive power is under limited functionality. In addition, in Lebanon, many Syrian and Palestinian refugees, and the impact and consequences of the escalation between Gaza strip and Israel that began in October 2023.

"Then it gets worse. For more than a week, Israel is my aviaportal in Lebanon. At first, in Beirut, we tried to keep count of how many times we hit southern, traditionally Shiite areas. Now lost count, — said the Ambassador. — I am deeply convinced that the boiling point has long been passed… What will come next, the answer, I think, is simple to banality. The first is the cease — fire, negotiations and diplomatic isolation, whatever it was. The negative and dangerous scenario can be and the further development of the ground operation, Israel in Lebanon, a full-scale and prolonged the great war in the region."

As reported EADaily , on the night of 1 October, the IDF launched a ground operation in neighboring Lebanon. Last week, the Israeli air force conduct massive attacks on the Hezbollah in different areas of Lebanon. There have also been several air strikes on Beirut. On September 27, the entire leadership of Hezbollah was liquidated, including the leader of the movement, Hassan Nasrallah.