Civilian assistance sent from Finland to Ukraine and neighbouring regions 

A highly exceptional aid operation is underway in Europe. Extensive amounts of assistance have been sent to Ukraine and neighbouring countries through the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism. The European Commission is preparing for a long-term crisis and aid needs. The Department for Rescue Services of the Ministry of the Interior is responsible for coordinating the civilian assistance provided by the Finnish Government to Ukraine through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

Civilian assistance sent from Finland

2023

•    October
a large shipment of school furniture, nine rescue vehicles and energy sector supplies, such as generators, transformers and protection relays
•    September
Items of energy equipment (such as generators, transformers and electric motors), vehicles (a tanker truck, three buses, and an elevating platform truck), IT supplies, and equipment collected through the Laptops for Ukraine campaign (such as laptops, mobile phones and monitors, a total of 676)
•    August
a large amount of material related to water treatment, heating stations and a fire engine
•    June
firefighting equipment, hospital supplies, generators and school furniture. To respond to the need for assistance arising from the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, food packages, water purification supplies and temporary accommodation were also sent to Ukraine. 
•    May
maternity packages, generators and rescue service supplies as well as a wide range of healthcare supplies, such as patient monitors and incubators for premature infants
•    April
various items of energy equipment, healthcare supplies and two buses
•    March
77 transformers, two mobile heat and steam generators, large-scale generators and their spare parts, a solar power system and various other items of energy equipment, maternity packages, winter clothes, healthcare supplies, school furniture, a bus, an ambulance and an ambulance simulator
•    February
several large back-up generators, UPS units, transformers, one mobile heat and steam generator, three fire engines and one tanker truck, two temperature controlled vehicles, fire suits and 500 maternity packages
•    January
buses, energy equipment, personal protective equipment and medical supplies

2022

•    30 December
six ambulances
•    22 December
a truck delivery of supply transformers to support Ukraine’s energy supply
•    19–20 December
four trucks containing hospital supplies, rescue services supplies, water purification materials and small-sized generators
•    7 December
five buses to be used to transport children and young people to school. Finland will send more busses to Ukraine at the end of the year.
•    24 November
components of the electricity grid, such as current transformers, circuit breakers and relays
•    October–November
back-up generators and personal protective equipment
•    August–September
civil defence equipment, hospital supplies and scanning equipment
•    2 August
rescue service supplies, such as stretchers, defibrillators, first-aid kits and protective equipment
•    8 July
medical supplies and radiation safety equipment
•    16 May
medicines and medical supplies
•    14 April
two ambulances and rescue service supplies to Ukraine and medical supplies to Moldova as well as a donation of medicinal products to Ukraine
•    5 April 
two ambulances, rescue service supplies and protective overalls
•    26 March 
one ambulance
•    25 March 
rescue service supplies and equipment
•    24 March 
medical supplies and dosimeters
•    23 March 
two ambulances
•    23 March 
Three new experts to Moldova. The new experts replace the experts who started their work on 4 March based on the principle of rotation.  
•    19 March 
two ambulances 
•    18 March 
four ambulances 
•    15 March 
two fire engines 
•    14 March 
An expert from the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority was sent to Brussels for situation awareness tasks related to radiation and nuclear issues. 
•    4 March, 7 March, 8 March and 11 March 
Medical personal protective equipment and medical supplies. The package included donations from municipalities and purchases by the National Emergency Supply Agency. 
•    4 March 
The first three experts were sent to Moldova. The experts help coordinate the humanitarian assistance needed by people fleeing Ukraine.
•    3 March 
A material assistance package was sent to Moldova. The shipment included emergency accommodation for 5,000 people, a field kitchen, two shower tents and five multi-purpose tents. 
•    1–2 March
The first package of material assistance was sent to Ukraine. The shipment included emergency accommodation for 5,000 people and medical personal protective equipment.