Poland to hand over batch of assault rifles, ammunition to Ukraine’s security forces

Poland's Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Mariusz Kamiński said this during a joint briefing with his Ukrainian counterpart Ihor Klymenko, PAP reports.

The weapons will go to the National Guard, law enforcement officers, and border guards.

“The most important thing at the moment is weapons. Soon we will start supplying weapons to the National Guard of Ukraine, to the assault brigades of the Ukrainian police and the Border Guard Service. These will be thousands of assault rifles, millions of rounds of ammunition that will enable Ukrainian defenders, defenders of Europe, to fight effectively,” the Polish minister said.

Kamiński also reported on the organization of treatment of the wounded in Poland.

“We always have an ambulance train at our disposal, ready to pick up Ukrainian wounded soldiers in Lviv for further distribution to military hospitals in Poland,” he said.

Poland will also provide medical equipment to hospitals located near the frontline.

• Earlier, Poland donated aid to Ukraine to help eliminate the consequences of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant explosion.