Russian Earth remote sensing satellites continue to monitor emergencies on Earth. In the period from 18 to 25 February 2021, more than 1 million square kilometers of data were transferred to the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, and about 126 thousand square kilometers to the International Charter for Space and Major Disasters .
During this time, the following emergencies were monitored at the request of the Russian Emergencies Ministry:
- Ice crossings in several regions of the Russian Federation;
- a reservoir in the Krasnodar Territory, the Republic of Crimea and the Volgograd Region;
- karst sinkholes in the Chelyabinsk Region, Perm Territory and Nizhny Novgorod Region;
- threats of flooding in the Republic of Buryatia;
- flooding in the Vologda Oblast, NAO, Altai Territory;
- the eruption of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in the Kamchatka Territory;
- shipwreck in the Kerch Strait of the Republic of Crimea;
- the consequences of an explosion and depressurization on a gas pipeline in the Orenburg region.
Within the framework of the activities of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters, the following emergencies were monitored:
- Flood and landslide aftermath in Chile;
- Indian flood;
- Hurricane aftermath in the Republic of the Philippines.
Based on media reports on natural and man-made disasters around the world, satellite imagery of the following events was planned:
- Monitoring the consequences of a supermarket explosion in Vladikavkaz;
- monitoring a volcanic eruption in Guatemala;
- monitoring a volcanic eruption in Italy;
- monitoring anomalous snowfall in the Republic Crimea.
Roscosmos State Corporation maintains operational cooperation with the Russian Emergencies Ministry for timely response to a flood and fire hazard situation and space monitoring of the affected areas.