# Ukraine to resume medical air evacuation flights by year-end, PM says

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ukraine-to-resume-medical-air-evacuation-flights-by-year-end-pm-says/
- Published: 2026-11-06T16:27:35+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T18:12:01+00:00
- Original publisher: Kyiv Independent
- Original article: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-resume-medical-air-evacuation-flights-by-year-end-pm-says/
- Topics: Culture, Europe, Government, Health, Medicine, Politics, Travel, World

## Key points

- Ukraine plans to restart medical evacuation flights by the end of 2026.
- A Kharkiv to Rzeszow journey could shrink from 15–16 hours to two or three.
- Flights will support hospital transfers and treatment abroad through Medevac Ukraine.

## Summary

Ukraine plans to resume medical evacuation flights by State Emergency Service aircraft by the end of 2026, Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said. The flights are intended to speed up transfers for patients and make it easier to reach treatment abroad, despite civilian air travel remaining suspended because of security risks.

The aircraft and helicopters will transport patients, medical staff, donor organs and equipment between hospitals, and take patients abroad. The government has approved rules for the service, coordinated by the Health Ministry’s emergency medical care centre, and it will include the Medevac Ukraine programme. Koretskyi said a journey from Kharkiv to Rzeszow could fall from 15–16 hours by road or rail to two or three hours by air; priority will go to people injured in the war and those affected by damaged medical facilities.

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