(10 Jul 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMRAY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Paris – 10 July 2025
1. Various of truck loaded with aid supplies, near Ukrainian embassy, ahead of its departure for Ukraine
2. Various of aid supplies and equipment on truck
3. Wide of officials holding banner, reading (English) "Ukraine, the will to win" and (French) "Humanitarian emergency: the brotherhood truck" and
data information for the SAFE and Medical Aid Committee organisations
4. Officials, including Philippe Goujon (middle), mayor of 15th arrondisement, and SAFE Association Director Catherine Duplessy (left) holding banner
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Catherine Duplessy, Director SAFE public health association:
"Today, we are sending a truck that exclusively contains medical aid, including an ambulance, and then consumables and medical equipment, so all the dressing materials, minor surgery supplies, and also gastroenterology equipment for medical examinations."
6. Various of medical aid supplies
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Catherine Duplessy, Director, SAFE public health association:
"It is, of course, important to think about reconstruction. But before reconstruction, Ukraine must first win its war, and we must be able to help the Ukrainians manage the daily emergencies. Currently, there is a huge lack of resources to handle rescue operations, war medicine, and the care of people who are amputated and suffering disastrous consequences from the war. All these resources are terribly lacking."
8. Various of participants walking away at end of event
STORYLINE:
Local officials and aid workers gathered outside the Ukrainian embassy in Paris on Thursday to wave off a truck carrying medical supplies and health equipment for the war-affected nation.
The supplies were collected by the French public health association SAFE, as part of its ongoing commitment to humanitarian aid distribution.
Included in this latest shipment are an ambulance, medical equipment, and 15 portable power stations, which will be deployed in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast, a region still in need of humanitarian assistance.
SAFE is working closely with the Ukrainian non-governmental organisation the Medical Aid Committee, which was launched by several members of the French association over 20 years ago.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, SAFE rekindled its connections with the Committee and has sent more than 300 aid trucks so far.
The departure of the truck came as European leaders gathered in Italy to open an annual Ukraine recovery conference.
The conference is expected to finalize individual deals of guarantees and grants to unlock more than 10 billion euros (around $12 billion) in investments, Italy’s prime minister said.
The European Commission, for its part, announced the creation of the European Flagship Fund for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, the largest equity fund to date to support the country.
AP video by Oleg Cetinic
Produced by Jeffrey Schaeffer
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