will return to alexander vyacheslavovich, so that he can finish by saying e , please, evgeny vladimir vladimirovich good afternoon, dear vladimir vladimirovich let me briefly report on the current situation with fires, and as of may 17, 406 fires have been eliminated on the territory of 700 oh, 176.000 hectares , 25 fires are currently not localized active fires. for today, 14 fires on an area of ​​562 hectares remain unlocalized ; in the near future, they are planned to be localized with subsequent liquidation. the maximum number of means and forces that were used to extinguish forest fires was about 5,000 people and over 700 pieces of equipment. aviation was active. these are three boards of the ministry of emergencies of the ministry of defense, including be-200 il-76 aircraft, and were also involved mi-8 helicopters of the ministry of defense, the russian guard air guard of the ministry of emergencies, vladimir vladimirovich would like to personally thank alexander vyacheslavovich kurenkov for his great help. the minister of natural resources of ecology of russia alexander alexandrovich and the head