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Saskatchewan is looking to make a difference in Ukraine.

The Government of Saskatchewan is providing $25,000 in financial support to a humanitarian project that is sending donated ambulances to Ukraine to help care for the victims of the crisis and conflict in the eastern part of the country.

Ken Krawetz, Legislative Secretary to the Premier for Saskatchewan-Ukraine relations, explains the decision to send ambulances.

"The recommendation was, that the best support, besides the $60,000 worth of humanitarian aid money that we provided well over a year ago, was that the next project would involve something concrete, something that would involve support in Ukraine, and that is one of the biggest needs in Ukraine right now, is medical support, so this is an ambulance project that is having the first phase being spearheaded by Saskatchewan," he said.

Four donated ambulances, 3 from Saskatchewan, and 1 from Alberta, left the port of Halifax on August 11th and are scheduled to arrive in Kyiv this week.

Ambulances for Ukraine is a co-operative project involving Canadian citizens, businesses and associations concerned about the political conflict that had devastated Ukraine and its infrastructure.