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An ambulance, machine-gunned in Kharkiv in the middle of the war in Ukraine, is preparing to pass through 40 French cities, a shock operation, intended to make the French aware of the violence of the conflict, initiated by Vladimir Putin, and to raise funds. Explanations.
It has everything of a traditional emergency vehicle. Blue cross on its side, rotating beacon and hinged doors at the rear to take care of the wounded. However, Cyrillic letters are written in the red band surrounding this ambulance. If this ambulance crossed Europe, it is to show the French the reality of Ukraine: a country where even emergency vehicles are machine-gunned. In fact, the ambulance was completely riddled with bullets and the windows of its rear doors were blown out. The attack on the ambulance dates from 2022, in Kharkiv.
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After stopovers in different European countries, this ambulance is in France, for a “tour” in around forty cities, such as in Coulaines, in Sarthe, where the vehicle was exhibited in front of the town hall this Tuesday, January 14. According to West France, the objective of the operation is to raise awareness among the French of the war crimes committed in the heart of Europe, but also to raise funds for the purchase of new ambulances for the Ukrainian people.
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The ambulance will stop in around forty cities, the Franco-Ukrainian associations partnering in the operation hope to collect 300,000 euros in donations.
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