Early morning. Chkalovsky airfield. Huge planes - "Tushki", "Ruslans" and "ANs" - are covered up to the belly with snow. Every week, planes with various cargoes for Chechnya take off from here to Mozdok. Last week, the Ozdon Association...

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early morning. Chkalovsky airfield. Huge planes - "Tushki", "Ruslans" and "ANs" - are covered up to the belly with snow. Every week, planes with various cargoes for Chechnya take off from here to Mozdok. So last week, the Ozdon Association, which was created by reserve officers of the Special Purpose Division named after. Dzerzhinsky, sent a humanitarian cargo.

Ozdon has been in existence for five years. Its main task is to help the families of fallen officers, invalids of military operations and retired officers.

The current humanitarian cargo is intended for the Vityaz anti-terrorist group. In addition to traditional food, warm clothing and personal hygiene items, Ozdon employees also brought water purification systems to Chechnya for soldiers and officers. According to the military, in the field, these systems are simply necessary. Reserve Colonel Boris Minikin, who coordinated the shipment, said: “This is a gift to our soldiers. We want the cargo to reach the addressee. I will personally see to it."

Indeed, many different funds have been created for the military. Almost every one of them periodically sends humanitarian aid to Chechnya, but it rarely reaches its addressee. It settles on military bases, appears on black markets. The military decided to send humanitarian cargo under their direct control. The cargo went to Chechnya under reliable protection: new fighters flew to Mozdok to replace those whose business trip had already ended.