The EU said on Saturday it was coordinating aid deliveries to Ukraine, helping to fly in medical supplies and protective gear at Kiev’s request.
The aid, supplied by member states, “is to support Ukraine`s preparedness efforts for all possible scenarios,” said a European Commission statement.
It included disposable medical masks, sterile gloves, electricity generators, antibiotics, disinfectant from Slovenia, Ireland, Romania, and Austria.
France was also supplying hundreds of tents, groundsheets, blankets, and sleeping bags—as well as “3,000 chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) gloves… and one advanced medical post able to treat 500 wounded people”.
“Once Ukraine asked for our assistance, we have been working around the clock to help the authorities,” the EU commissioner for crisis management, Janez Lenarcic, said.
“Immediate civil protection assistance is on its way. Already Slovenia, Romania, France, Ireland, and Austria have made the first offers and I expect more assistance in the coming days from other EU Member States.”