Ukraine sent a team of dozens of rescuers to Turkey after an earthquake killed thousands there and in neighboring Syria.

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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said he spoke with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and "

“I informed him about the decision to send a group of rescuers and equipment from Ukraine to Turkey to help overcome the consequences of the emergency,” Zelensky wrote on social networks..

“Ukrainian specialists have relevant experience in overcoming the consequences of natural disasters and will arrive in the affected regions as soon as possible,” he added..

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As reported, in Turkey, as a result of the earthquake, two citizens of Ukraine were probably killed, and four were injured.. Eight citizens of Ukraine appealed to the Turkish embassy with a request to be evacuated from the Gaziantep region.

As of the morning of February 7, the earthquake in Turkey alone killed 3,381 people and injured another 20,426. It is also known about 1,293 dead and 3.4 thousand injured in Syria.