For over two years, the war has inflicted severe hardship on millions of Ukrainian civilians, with daily reports of casualties and almost half of the population reliant on humanitarian aid. Switzerland's regular shipments of relief supplies form a critical component of its support strategy.

Ongoing support amidst the crisis

This latest consignment, building on December 2023's dispatch of firefighting and ambulance vehicles, focuses on crucial firefighting equipment: foam, spare parts for fire engines, protective gear, medical gloves, and adult and adolescent vaccination kits. It also includes five loop detectors intended for a collaborative project of humanitarian demining with the Fondation suisse de déminage (FSD). At the end of September 2023, the Federal Council allocated CHF 100 million for demining civilian and agricultural areas in Ukraine and facilitating the country's recovery.

Predominantly sourced from the DDPS, with some of the firefighting suits and work clothing donated by the city of Burgdorf, the supplies will be delivered to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) in Kyiv.

Over the past two years, Switzerland has sent over 1,400 tonnes of relief supplies to Ukraine and its neighbouring countries.

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Support of the Confederation for the people affected by the war in Ukraine

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