Germany handed over tractors and powerful electric generators to the Rescue Service
Today in Kyiv, Federal Minister of the Interior and Integrated Territorial Development of Germany Nancy Fuser and Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Germany Hubertus Gail handed over two tractors and thirteen electric generators for the needs of the State Emergency Service.
Present at the ceremony, Minister of the Interior Denis Monastyrsky noted that together with the ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany today they had already visited Irpen and Gostomel to see firsthand the consequences of the crimes of the Russian military.
“The SNS effectively and effectively cooperates with its German colleagues and Ukrainian rescuers already have a whole fleet of fire and special equipment, which came as assistance from Germany. We are also grateful for the support of our desire to join the single EU Civil Protection Mechanism, which will raise the level of the Ukrainian Rescue Service to a qualitatively different level, as well as make it possible to transfer invaluable experience gained by Ukrainian rescuers in military conditions to European partners,” said Denis Monastyrsky.
German Interior Minister Nancy Fuser, for her part, noted that today's act of transferring the next tranche of German aid is evidence of Germany's solidarity with all the Ukrainian people, who are resisting the invasion war unleashed by Russia. For example, the Minister noted, German firefighters collected funds and transferred to Ukraine for a remote-controlled robot that can extinguish extremely complex fires.”
Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Germany, Hubertus Gail, added that Germany, for its part, takes care of almost 900,000 Ukrainian refugees currently living in the country, doing everything possible to ensure that their stay away from home is calm and full.
The head of the SNS Serhiy Kruk introduced the high ranking guests to the equipment previously provided by the German side for the needs of the SNS, thanked for their invaluable assistance and expressed confidence that cooperation between Germany and Ukraine will only deepen.
“Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, material assistance in the total amount of more than 500 million hryvnias has been transferred by Germany for the needs of our service,” the Head of the State Emergency Service stressed, adding that each item of such assistance is discussed in detail by the two sides and only relevant equipment and equipment comes to Ukraine.
Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine
