On Sunday, the "Ambulance" project began in Vilnius, during which the residents of the Lithuanian capital will be able to see with their own eyes the medical car of the Dergatsia Central Hospital of the Kharkiv region, which was damaged by bullets and projectile fragments, according to the press release of the Embassy of Ukraine.
The shot ambulance became one of the symbols of the brutality of the Russian occupiers against the civilian population.
After the beginning of the rf's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, after the Russian invaders temporarily occupied the villages and towns of the Kharkiv region, this indistinguishable gray vehicle was used to carry out evacuations from the most dangerous places. It was the only four-wheel drive ambulance that could go off-road in bad weather to even the remotest corners of the area. However, after the shootings, the car was completely damaged and its driver was seriously injured. As a result, many people lost access to emergency medical care.
This is not the only case in Ukraine. As a result of the large-scale Russian incursion, many medical facilities lost their ambulances during the occupation, shelling and evacuation of residents, the report noted.
One of the initiators of the project, Olena Fedorova, who was forced to leave with her child due to the war and is now in Vilnius, says: "We want to help Ukraine with all our might and explain to Europeans what is happening in our homeland. And the shot of an ambulance is a visual example to help convey our emotions. A car with medical identification markings meant to save lives was mercilessly fired upon. They fired at him, realizing that there were sick, wounded and children there. We want people here in Europe to understand that Ukraine is not only fighting for her right to freedom - she is defending the entire democratic world."
The goal of the project is to help raise funds for the purchase of ambulances for the needs of the affected communities in the de-occupied territories of Ukraine.
The organizers of the project are the charity fund "One k support fund", people's deputy of Ukraine Marija Mezentseva, Olena Fedorova from Kharkiv, the charity fund "Svitla Meta" ("Bright Goal") together with the military administration of the Kyiv region, the report says.
The ambulance that was shot for the first time was delivered on March 7 in Kyiv, on Mikhailivska Square, and now it is parked on Kudirka Square in Vilnius. Next, the project is planned to be presented in Riga, Tallinn, Warsaw, Brussels, Berlin and other cities, so that as many residents of European countries as possible can see the bloody evidence of war crimes committed by the Russian army in Ukraine.
