10:55 29.08.2016

Ukraine gets first delivery of U.S. medical evacuation vehicles for its troops in Donbas

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Ukraine gets first delivery of U.S. medical evacuation vehicles for its troops in Donbas

United States military representatives have handed the first five Burtek B4731 medical evacuation vehicles to the Ukrainian military at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center

The ceremony was attended by Ukraine's acting health minister Ulana Suprun and the head of the National Ground Force Academy, Lieut. Gen. Pavlo Tkachuk, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said on its website. The U.S. was represented by the Commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, Lieut. Gen. Ben Hodges and the head of Regional Health Command Europe, Brig. Gen. Dennis LeMaster.

In all, the U.S. is planning to supply 40 such vehicles to Ukraine.

At a briefing Suprun thanked the U.S. for the aid. For his part, Hodges said he was pleased to see those vehicles as an indicator of yet another stage in the United States' assistance for Ukraine and reassured the assembled that the U.S. will continue to provide Ukraine with every possible assistance.

Once the Ukrainian service and medical personnel have been trained, all the vehicles will be sent for the Ukrainian troops in Donbas.

Burtek B4731 was designed around the Hummer vehicle. It can carry up to four patients on stretchers or six sitting. The patient cabin is fitted with heating and air conditioning systems, as well as oxygen-supply systems for six patients and all necessary first aid tools.

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