Drone footage shows Russia's coldest city choked by pollution from forest fires

• The hardest hit areas are the vast Yakutia region, also called the Sakha Republic, followed by the Khabarovsk, Amur and Krasnoyarsk regions.
• Local residents say they don't open their home or car windows.
• Hundreds of firefighters and dozens of vehicles were mobilized to combat wildfires in the area.

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