affected the most by the far is is the region around the city of resign from where my colleague any sonali now reports. for some the destruction is already being swept away. for others it's sweeping towards them this is how it all starts with a small flame that can quickly engulf the entire forest making this a very fierce battle for emergencies workers and volunteers it has been sergei's job to protect this forest for years but this summer has become his worst nightmare . the most dangerous is one of the treetops are burning and the flames move it incredibly fast pace thousands of volunteers have joined in. to help fight the flames widen fire breaks between damage to non han trees and damp in the smoking earth. it has to be said the work we have been doing here helps the effort tremendously the battle has been going on for weeks with over fifty dead hundreds injured and thousands homeless while the struggle to contain the flames below continues hundreds of tons of water are dropped by the emergency services a day by helicopters and specially adapted aircraft. but sergei who will be here o

are trying to defeat russia's wildfires but not all of them are fighting on the ground artie's any sonali joined one of the emergency teams operating in the skies above one of the worst affected regions. this is how it all starts with a small flame that can quickly and golf the entire forest making this a very fierce battle for emergencies workers and volunteers. one of the biggest operations in fighting these fires happened from the air port an airport in the resign region one of the worst hit by these fires and the emergency services has invited our two to come along for a ride on this ill seventy six. the . water line they began. today. if you want to drive over the past we. are serving life. at the same time down below our first. flights the plane ready and the side of the body. part. is. as you can see helicopters are also working to put out these flames it was quite a ride we took the my guys said this is one of the world's kate major and it's in fact why prime minister vladimir putin chose to come here to fly on one of those planes we just flew on and see the process himself of cou

more welcome to the weekly here in r t this sunday on many sonali with a look back at the week's top stories and the very latest from russia and around the world well the area affected by wildfires in russia has reduced by two thirds in a week but the relentless flames have devoured entire villages and towns in their path leaving more than three thousand. people without homes the record heat wave in central areas triggered voices across more than twenty regions and there's still a high level of alert in moscow's neighboring resign and lived in the region's wildfires there have cause noxious mark to return to the capital after a few days of clear skies but in the grouch over looks at the consequences of the disaster. this summer's wildfires stiefel from those in previous years the disaster was not only widespread but highly visible especially in the capital a blanket of smoke covered for several weeks so too did it envelop the country's economy. the situation is very severe as about a quarter of all grain fields in the country have dried up as a result of the drought unfortunately man

around and hundreds of fires continue to burn across the country all let's get more from artie's any sonali who's in the badly hit region of resign which is two hundred kilometers south of moscow. good morning tyranny so tell us how bad is the situation where you are at the moment in resign. well we've been trying to show you how much destruction these fires have caused across russia but where we are much of the forests here are still engulfs we're at the makeshift headquarters of the local emergency services who have been working around the clock day and night here for three weeks trying to contain these blazes and they don't look like there's any sign of letting up but the situation here is very critical and in fact that's why on tuesday prime minister vladimir putin chose to come to resign region to get his hands dirty and do what he can and give some time to help try to contain the blazes there is a little bit of optimism in the air there is rain in the forecast we did feel a couple of drops this morning so mergence the workers here are certainly hoping that this might be the beginning