The Defense Secretary has approved the treatment of wounded Ukrainian soldiers at a US military hospital in Germany.

According to CNN, the plan would allow Ukrainian troops to be treated at a US military hospital for the first time since Russia invaded the country in February.

It allows for the treatment of up to 18 wounded soldiers at a time at a Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center is the massive hospital in Germany where the military has for years treated US service members.

Austin offered verbal guidance on May 26 to begin offering treatment to wounded Ukraine soldiers, according to the memo.

On June 29, Austin formalized the verbal guidance in a memo entitled “Guidance for Medical Treatment of Wounded Ukrainian Service Members.”

Despite the plan receiving final approval nearly one month ago, Landstuhl has not yet received Ukrainian servicemen for medical care.

An official from US European Command said, “We have not treated any Ukraine troops at Landstuhl.”

The official said the purpose of the memo was to remove any red tape that would slow down the process of offering treatment if the need arose.

If Landstuhl were to receive wounded Ukrainian troops, the service members would have to leave Ukraine by train or car before the US, which has no troops in Ukraine, could evacuate them by air to Ramstein Air Base.

In late-April, a bipartisan group of congressmen wrote a letter to Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the administration to do more to support the “struggling healthcare systems” in Ukraine and Poland.

One of the requests was to “scale-up” Landstuhl Regional Medical Center to treat sick and wounded Ukrainians. The letter also urged the administration to send armored ambulances and establish a several military field hospitals along the Poland-Ukraine border.