Irish humanitarians prepare for trip to Ukraine

Kilkenny men Jim Harding from Gowran and Tom Walsh from Dunmore with one of the emergency vehicles they will be bringing to Ukraine. Picture: Mary Browne

A humanitarian is busy rescuing emergency vehicles from the scrapyard to form a Ukraine-bound convoy on a life-saving mission to help wounded soldiers.

Jim Harding, who heads the Kilkenny Ukraine initiative, has been overseeing extensive repairs of a fleet of vehicles over the past few months.