Norway to allocate $9.5 million for evacuation of wounded from Ukraine to Europe

The VG outlet writes about it.

The program includes the use of a specially equipped aircraft that functions as a flying intensive care unit.

Støre emphasized the importance of the program for seriously wounded Ukrainians. The agreement between Norway and the EU was initially set to expire in November, but the converted SAS aircraft, which has been operational since August 2022, will now continue evacuations until April 2025.

“It is very important to evacuate some of the seriously wounded for treatment. We have an airplane and crew that are very well recognized internationally so that we can do this job,” the Norwegian prime minister said.

He noted that nearly half of all seriously ill Ukrainians evacuated—1,931 people—were transported by this specific plane. Most of these patients suffer from severe cancer, trauma, and combat injuries.

The patients are first flown to Poland and then transferred to hospitals across Europe. Notably, 400 of these patients, evacuated on the Norwegian medical plane, received treatment in Norway.

• Also in early September, Norway allocated more than $53 million (570 million Norwegian kroner) to the International Fund for Ukraine to purchase air defense systems and drones for Kyiv.