Thread by @manta_greg

You probably have seen the video of the 🇺🇦 soldier that was flown to 🇩🇪Germany for medical treatment 🚑❤️

These medical evacuations are organized by the EU 🇪🇺 and play and important part in saving Ukrainian lives. A small 🧵

@oryxspioenkop #Ukraine️

https://twitter.com/vokinburt_avia/status/1570874060438966272

@oryxspioenkop These #Medevac operations are hardly known to the public. Time to change it!

In total no less than ➡️1277 patients have been flown to EU member states + Norway.

That’s a big number and as we can clearly see a joint effort by man countries: 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇮🇪🇮🇹🇩🇰🇸🇪🇷🇴🇱🇺🇧🇪🇪🇸🇵🇹🇳🇱🇦🇹🇳🇴🇱🇹🇫🇮🇵🇱🇨🇿

@oryxspioenkop About a third of those patients have been treated in 🇩🇪 while 🇪🇸🇮🇹🇱🇹🇵🇱🇳🇱 also do some heavy lifting.

But: Every single ICU hospital bed helps saving lifes and personally it makes me proud of the EU 🇪🇺to see how the European nations jointly help where help is urgently required.

@oryxspioenkop Poland 🇵🇱 plays an important role in this too, as the country serves as a hub: Patients are coming in from Ukraine 🇺🇦 and are then distributed to other EU states by coordination of the EU's Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC)

…tection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/what/civil-pro…

Due to this, the EU 🇪🇺 has even financed and opened a dedicated Medevac Hub in Poland 🇵🇱, which is strategically located near the Polish city of Rzeszów, providing patients with round-the-clock care prior to further transport to another EU country

euneighbourseast.eu/news/we-cannot…

A big contribution comes from 🇳🇴 Norway: The EU partner nation has provided a medical plane that has been used since August to transport patients twice per week.

You can find this information and regular updates on this website

reliefweb.int/map/ukraine/ru…

The German Bundeswehr has done a fair share of these #MedEvac transports for 🇺🇦as well, going back as far as 2014 when Russia attacked Ukraine first. You can read more details here:

bundeswehr.de/de/organisatio…

Here is another tweet from @Team_Luftwaffe providing some good pictures about the help provided.

That's it - thanks for reading

https://twitter.com/Team_Luftwaffe/status/1534842673466593280

before I forget: Thanks to @FruleinK1 for some of the source material!

Just received this message:

"Good information on the medevac. Pitty it is so hard to get people on the list. Last week a woman with landmine wounds. UA doctor knew nothing from how to get her on the list. Foot amputated...

"...Hope my colleagues in the field also get an option to put people on a list for treatment. They are at the front. Thnx."

➡️ hope this informations increases awareness about the #medevac flights!

@eu_echo @echo_Europe ⬆️⬆️Something you can do about it? UKR doctors now knowing how to put patients on the medevac list. Thanks!

@PLCSeu