# Ambulances and fire engines leave for 3 oblasts of Ukraine | NPO EURASIA > On September 2, 2025, 2 ambulances and 2 fire engines left Mizushima Port, Okayama, for Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv Oblasts: humanitarian aid from NPO EURASIA to strengthen medical and fire services that protect lives. [Activity reports](https://npoeurasia.org/en/category/report/)September 5, 2025About 1 min readListen # Ambulances and fire engines leave for 3 oblasts of Ukraine ![Export permit notice for the ambulances and fire engines bound for Ukraine (issued by Mizushima Customs)](https://npoeurasia.org/img/p-94df4e6958-960.68562834b9.webp) On September 2, 2025, as part of NPO EURASIA’s humanitarian work, 4 vehicles in all (2 ambulances and 2 fire engines) left Mizushima Port in Okayama Prefecture for Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv Oblasts in Ukraine. This shipment of vehicles is meant to strengthen local medical and firefighting services, in the hope that it will help keep civilians safe and protect lives in wartime. Official export permit for the fire engines For the fire engines, on August 22, 2025, the Mizushima Customs Branch officially issued the “Export permit notice for fire engines bound for Ukraine.” With the legal procedures completed, the vehicles left Mizushima Port in Okayama Prefecture for Odesa, the gateway to southern Ukraine. We have long provided humanitarian assistance across Ukraine, including medical equipment and vehicles. We will keep working closely with the government and municipalities in Ukraine and with the relevant organizations in Japan, supporting the lives and livelihoods of people suffering from the war. ![Export permit notice (Mizushima Customs Branch, approved August 22, 2025; destination: Mykolaiv Oblast). Phone numbers and staff names are blacked out.](https://npoeurasia.org/img/p-e78d55a7eb-960.49ce1280f8.webp) ![Export permit notice (Mizushima Customs Branch, approved August 22, 2025; destination: Kharkiv Oblast). Phone numbers and staff names are blacked out.](https://npoeurasia.org/img/p-c9e70ba1bc-960.5c09f31baf.webp) Share this article [Previous articleCourtesy call on the Governor by Liliya Babiy, our Vice Chair](https://npoeurasia.org/en/courtesy-visit-okayama/)[Next articleA fire engine has arrived in Ukraine](https://npoeurasia.org/en/tsuyama-fire-truck-ukraine-support/) ## Bring the next ambulance to Kyiv. ¥150 for every 1 km. Your donation moves the ambulance forward. The next ambulance is now at the **944** km mark, with **9,056** km to go to Kyiv. ** Mizushima PortKyiv (10,000 km) [Donate to move the ambulance](https://npoeurasia.org/en/#edl-give) [Ways to donate](https://npoeurasia.org/en/donate/) Activity reports ## Related articles - [Activity reportsOctober 4, 2026 ## 1,385 tourniquets delivered to Ukraine: medical supplies sent from Okayama NPO EURASIA in Kurashiki, Okayama, buys tourniquets and other medical supplies with your donations and sends them to Ukraine. So far we have sent 1,385 tourniquets. Here we report how they get from purchase…](https://npoeurasia.org/en/tourniquet-ukraine-support/) - [Activity reportsSeptember 21, 2026 ## 4 fire engines from Tsuyama and Maniwa have arrived in Ukraine 4 fire engines provided by Tsuyama and Maniwa in Okayama Prefecture arrived in Ukraine in April 2026. They went to local authorities in Sumy Oblast, Kyiv Oblast and the city of Odesa (a hromada, a city council’s municipal enterprise and a village…](https://npoeurasia.org/en/fire-engines-arrived-ukraine-202604/) - [Activity reportsJanuary 27, 2026 ## Kurashiki Commercial High School’s international understanding lecture featured on the school’s website This lecture was given by Liliya Babiy, Vice Chair of NPO EURASIA. Through her talk and a dialogue with the students, it became a time to think deeply about Ukraine’s history and present situation, and about “what peace is”…](https://npoeurasia.org/en/international-understanding-lecture-eurasia/) [See all activity reports](https://npoeurasia.org/en/news/)