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The UK is sending more ambulances and further funding to train Ukrainian doctors to deal with mass casualties, Boris Johnson has announced.
More fire engines and medical supplies are also being donated to Ukraine as part of the government’s continuing support for the country more than two months after Russia first invaded.
As part of the support, the prime minister announced 22 new ambulances will be sent to Ukraine, in addition to 20 sent by NHS trusts three weeks ago.
They will be equipped with paramedic kits and medical grab bags and are set to leave for Ukraine in the coming days.
More than 135 attacks on healthcare facilities
Kyiv requested the ambulances, medical supplies and mass casualty training as there have been more than 135 attacks on healthcare facilities since the invasion started on 24 February.
The UN has recorded about 4,800 civilian casualties in the nearly nine weeks since Russia invaded, including 2,072 deaths and 2,818 injuries. The actual figures are expected to be much higher.
Medical aid charity UK-Med will receive funding of up to £300,000 from the Foreign Office to help train Ukrainian doctors, nurses and paramedics on how to deal with mass casualties.
The charity will set up mobile health clinics to support the most vulnerable civilians who have not fled Ukraine.
£300,000 worth of medicines and pharmaceutical supplies are also being donated to the charity by the UK government – enough to support a hospital for up to six weeks.
Situation in eastern Ukraine on day 61 of war
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- Eight people were killed in Russian shelling in the Donetsk region
- Russia claims it has destroyed oil refinery and fuel depots in Dnipro
- Ukraine says no evacuation route has been agreed for Mariupol
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Source : skynews
