A total of 363 individuals who participated in the Maidan Revolution of Dignity in Kyiv at the beginning of 2014, as well as 36 soldiers injured in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine, have undergone medical treatment abroad, Foreign Ministry's spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis has said.
“The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry will continue to take measures to treat and rehabilitate citizens affected by confrontation in Ukraine – as well as soldiers injured in the ATO in eastern Ukraine,” he said at a briefing on Tuesday.
According to him, 363 participants in the Revolution of Dignity received medical help abroad. A total of 144 of them were treated in Poland, 58 – in Slovakia, 38 – in the Czech Republic, 25 – in Germany, 24 – in Italy, 22 – in Lithuania, 11 – in Austria, 11 – in Romania, 10 – in Israel, eight – in Latvia, six – in Estonia, three – in France, two – in Spain and one – in Sweden.
Thirty-six soldiers injured in the ATO zone also underwent treatment abroad, with 13 of them being treated in Lithuania, eight – in Poland, seven – in Estonia, and four – in Germany.
As of today, over 100 soldiers are sill being treated abroad, including 73 in Poland, 11 in Israel, 16 in Germany, eight in Croatia, six in Lithuania, five in the United Arab Emirates, four in the U.S., four in Slovakia, three in Estonia, three in Hungary, two in Austria and one in Latvia.
In addition, since February 2014, health resorts in Poland, Georgia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Austria, U.S., Spain and the United Arab Emirates have received over 1,000 Ukrainians.
Forty-five family members of soldiers, who were a par of the ATO, have gone on vacation in Ukraine paid by the Ukrainian community in Canada, Perebyinis said.
