Helicopters cannot reach the height of Victory Peak in difficult weather conditions

Rescue helicopters cannot reach the height of Victory Peak in difficult weather conditions. This was reported to Izvestia by Deputy head of the Civil Protection Department, Colonel of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan Bolot Sharshenaliev.

According to him, eight well-trained climbers went to help Natalia Nagovitsina, a Russian woman stuck on the peak.

"They have extensive professional training to carry out rescue operations at such heights. On August 19, this group moved out to carry out rescue operations. Currently, they are approximately located at an altitude of more than 6 thousand meters above sea level," he said.

Sharshenaliev added that the Russian woman has not been in touch for more than five days, and nothing is known about her state of health.

Earlier in the day, the head of the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan, Adil Chargynov, said that reports of Nagovitsina's death were unsubstantiated assumptions. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, also said that the ministry had established close contact with the embassy in Bishkek to rescue the climber.

The fact that 47-year-old Nagovitsina was stuck at Victory Peak was reported on August 19 in the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan. She broke her leg during the descent and has been at altitude for a week. It was noted that the woman's partner gave her first aid and went for help. On the same day, a four-person rescue team was sent to her. Almaz Sarbanov, a representative of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Defense, said it would take them three days to reach it.

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