Ukraine's State Emergency Service receives €5.7mn equipment package from Germany

Germany has delivered a €5.7 million aid package to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES), including robotic systems.

Source: European Pravda, citing the German embassy in Ukraine

Details: Germany's new €5.7 million package includes Alpha Robotics Wolf R1, LUF 60, LUF-CRV and Magirus AirCore TAF60 robotic systems for extinguishing fires and carrying out tasks in dangerous conditions.

Berlin also handed over fire engines, a heavy recovery tractor, lorries with crane manipulators, buses and minibuses for transporting personnel, portable firefighting motor pumps and booster pumps, as well as personal protective equipment for emergency workers.

The package is part of Germany's broader support for SES, which it has been providing since 2015.

"Amid Russia's brutal war, the challenges facing Ukraine's State Emergency Service have become even more difficult. Ukrainian emergency workers show extraordinary dedication to duty and heroism… Our partnership has lasted for more than 10 years and goes far beyond the transfer of equipment: we are strengthening institutions, sharing experience and developing joint capabilities," said Katrin Buchholz, Germany's Chargé d'Affaires.

The equipment was handed over as part of the project Support to State and Municipal Emergency Management in Ukraine, implemented by the German Agency for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) on behalf of the German government.

Background:

• In July, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine received 10 sets of emergency equipment from Germany to help rescue people from under rubble.
• In August, a SES combined unit extinguished fires in a forested area near a settlement in France.
• The Ukrainian firefighting team reached France's Gironde region on 2 August after a 52-hour journey across Europe, and began working alongside French firefighters the following day. The assistance was provided through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

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