23/08/2022 (Agence Europe) – By 5 August, the EU had coordinated the evacuation of 1,000 Ukrainian patients to European hospitals. These evacuations took place in the context of Russian military aggression against Ukraine. They were carried out with the financial and operational support of the European Civil Protection Mechanism through the MEDEVAC transfer system. These evacuations relieve the pressure on the Ukrainian hospital systems as well as on those of the frontline Member States:...