MP helps transport aid convoy to Ukraine

An MP from Warwickshire is travelling hundreds of miles to help deliver aid to Ukraine.

Matt Western, Labour MP for Warwick and Leamington, is one of a number of volunteers, who have been driving in shifts, taking four ambulances filled with aid to the Polish border with Ukraine.

Travelling about 600 miles per day, the group is expected to arrive on Wednesday afternoon.

The convoy, which set off on Sunday, has been arranged by the local Polish community, who have delivered more than 30 vehicles since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.

"It’s an amazing effort over the last two and a half years to be supplying that number of vehicles," Mr Western said.

He added that the journey had been made more difficult by the weather.

"The rain is torrential, it's been hard driving," he told BBC CWR.

When they arrive at their destination near the border, the ambulances will be handed over to the Ukrainian military, who will take them onward.

Mr Western said it was important people continued to support Ukrainians during the conflict, particular as colder weather approaches.

"I think most people absolutely get that we've got to support a nation such as the Ukrainians who are now facing this third winter," he said.

"It’s going to be a really tough one because they've got low energy supplies, they've been decimated by Russian attacks, so it's going to be a very cold winter with less power."

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