over the weekend, the us space agency nasa said wildfire smoke is travelling to the north pole, calling it a first in history. you can see the scale of the smoke in this satellite image, taken by nasa on the 6th of august it shows smoke from hundreds of forest fires covering most of the country. and this is the impact. hundreds of miles away, the city of yekaterinburg is shrouded in a thick blanket of smog. and it s a similar story in other cities across russia this is irkutsk. and these are the latest images we are now getting. many of the wildfire areas are difficult to access for firefighters and for media. on tuesday, president putin ordered russia s emergency ministry to increase the number of firefighters and equipment tackling the blazes. let s hear from anastasia ammosova, who runs the forest fires project, supporting and providing information for local communities in russia s far eastern yakutia region.