Ukraine: Aid ambulance from Merthyr Tydfil hit by shelling

Ukraine: Aid ambulance from Merthyr Tydfil hit by shelling

Dr Mateo Szmidt said the ambulance was hit on Monday while it was parked at a depot near a children's hospital in Mykolaiv, in the south of the country.

Nobody is thought to have been hurt.

The consultant from Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, raised £26,000 to send aid to people following the Russian invasion.

Mykolaiv is located between the Black Sea port of Odesa and Kherson - a region Ukrainian forces are fighting to regain from Russian control.

"The shelling was confirmed to me by British Ukranian Aid and the mayor of Mykolaiv has also commented about it, Dr Szmidt added.

The group of campaigners has acquired a third ambulance which it is hoping to send to Ukraine by the end of the week.

The ambulances are filled with bandages, defibrillators and infusion pumps donated by health boards in south Wales.