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A convoy of firefighting vehicles and relief equipment, donated by France to Ukraine, arrive at the humanitarian hub of Suceava in Romania, close to the Ukrainian-Romanian border, April 18, 2022. After a 2,500 km journey through five countries, a convoy of 40 vehicles loaded with 50 tonnes of relief equipment arrived at the border between Romania and Ukraine where this equipment will be handed over to Ukrainian rescuers. One hundred firefighters transported 12 fire vehicles and 12 personal rescue vehicles. Nearly 50 tonnes of equipment, including tools for locating victims in the rubble, lifting cushions or equipment for fighting fuel fires, will be handed over to Ukrainian civil security. This is the second convoy, after that which left in March, from Civil Security in coordination with the crisis management center of the Ministry of the Interior (CDCS), in conjunction with their European and Ukrainian counterparts. “The equipment will make possible to replenish the stocks of the Ukrainian civil security services in the regions bombed by the Russians”, CDCS deputy director Alexis Le Cour Grandmaison told AFP. A total of “29 Ukrainian firefighters died in the fire, dozens of barracks (were) completely or partially destroyed as well as 300 vehicles destroyed or damaged by the Russian army”, he said. (Photo by Daniel Mihailescu/AFP Photo)
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