Forty-nine tons of medical and emergency equipment will be delivered Monday in Ukraine.
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A convoy of fifty vehicles covers 2 kilometers and slowly advances on the roads of Romania. He left France, on March 22, crossed all over Europe, from West East, and arrived on Saturday, March 26, in Suceava, a city located north-east of Romania, 40 kilometers from the border. Romano-Ukrainian. A border that separates the territories of the European Union (EU) and NATO from Ukraine, invaded by the Russian Federation on February 24. “It is a convoy of humanitarian solidarity between France and Ukraine, says Xavier, the commander of this detachment that has 128 people. This is an initiative of the French Ministry of the French and the Ministry of the Europe and foreign affairs as part of the European Union’s civil protection mechanism. “
It is close to the Romanian-Ukrainian border that the Government of Bucharest has set up on March 9, an international center to welcome and distribute humanitarian aid for Ukrainian neighbors. “This center is managed by the Brussels authorities to facilitate assistance to Ukraine in a coherent way,” said Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca, on the occasion of his opening. We have already received 5,700 offers. of aid on the platform “Ukraine is better to help” on the part of public institutions and civil society. “An appeal that has been heard in the hex, both by the national authorities and at the departmental level.
The fifty French convoy vehicles transported to Romania 49 tons of material, which is 344 cubic meters of medical and relief tools. “This convoy is pretty representative of French civil security, points out Xavier, the commander. Since we have fifty salvagers of civil security, fifty firefighters from the departmental fire and relief services, and a dozen people in charge of the Logistics that help us to convey this material. “This gift from France will be given to the Ukrainians, Monday, March 28, in Cernauti, a city located in the south of the country.
Emergency arranged
A second convoy composed of 21 all new ambulances went to the center of Suceava, while waiting for the green light to penetrate Ukraine, the trip terminus. A transaction made possible thanks to the donations of the Territorial Communities Fund (FACECO), created in 2013 and managed by the Center for Crisis and Support of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. “These transactions are part of the European Union’s civil protection mechanism, according to a French diplomatic source. It is a way of ensuring that several European countries will not respond to the same request. Coordination takes place At the European level in real time through computer systems that allow us to adjust this help. “
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