US sends 200 ventilators to Russia and hopes for a 'better relationship'
The U.S. will start to deliver the ventilators to Russia this week as the country experiences "a true public health crisis due to the Covid-19 outbreak," the State Department told CNBC Tuesday,
The U.S. said the sending of medical aid to Russia was part of a raft of measures it had taken to help its global allies and that it wanted to improve U.S.-Russia relations, which have been strained in recent years following its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and meddling in the U.S.' 2016 election, both of which drew international condemnation and led to economic sanctions on Russia.
as the coronavirus pandemic took hold in New York. Russia sent the U.S. a cargo of medical supplies, including ventilators, but the act of largesse has not been without controversy.
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