US Ambulances for Ukraine sending 10th shipment of donated emergency vehicles to Ukraine

(WAND) - US Ambulances for Ukraine will be sending its 10th shipment of donated emergency vehicles from the United States to Ukraine later this month. 

The donation coincides with the two-year anniversary of Russia's invasion. 

The shipment of eight vehicles will include five ambulances, a pickup truck, a fire department SUV, and a wheelchair accessible bus. 

The group has sent a total of 52 ambulances, eight fire engines, and seven SUVS and trucks since March 2022. 

They work to find older, but mechanically sound, used emergency vehicles that a fire department, hospital, ambulance provider, or law enforcement agency plans to retire. Once donated, they raise the funds necessary to send the vehicles by ship to Europe. 

US Ambulances for Ukraine then drives the vehicles into Ukraine where they are distributed to Ukranian first responders and military units. 

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