This week, soldiers of the National Armed Forces (NAF) will travel to Ukraine to deliver the twentieth humanitarian aid consignment to Eastern Ukraine for Ukrainian soldiers, their families and civilians affected by the military conflict, LETA informed the Ministry of Defense.
This humanitarian aid consignment will include multifunctional beds and mattresses donated by Sweden to a hospital in Eastern Ukraine, as well as mattresses donated by the NAF Instructor School for a children’s summer camp.
The consignment will also include clothing and footwear for adults and children donated by Latvian residents, congregations and entrepreneurs, as well as Swedish non-governmental organizations.
Representatives of the Latvian defense industry will deliver the charity consignment to the recipients in Eastern Ukraine in cooperation with the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the National Guard and the Ukrainian charity “Šķirsts”.
For the seventh year in a row, the Latvian defense industry has been providing support to Ukrainian soldiers and their families affected by the military conflict.
Since the summer of 2014, the children of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the soldiers of the National Guard of Ukraine have been receiving shipments at the beginning of schooling, as well as gifts at Christmas, and several cargoes have been sent to Ukraine with humanitarian aid.
Since 2017, humanitarian aid has been delivered directly to the Donetsk region, where both soldiers and civilians need help the most, and their total volume already exceeds 400 tons.
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