In July, russian airstrike targeted children’s hospital in Kyiv, marking just one of 2,013 attacks on Ukrainian healthcare facilities since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022. These deliberate strikes have devastated the country’s healthcare infrastructure, making it increasingly difficult to provide care to civilians, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
Russia’s aggression includes 235 attacks on healthcare workers, 350 assaults on medical transport, and 453 strikes that have impacted the availability of crucial medical supplies. The human toll is staggering: 176 lives lost and 554 more injured as a direct result of these assaults on healthcare.
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The ongoing devastation is a stark reminder that civilians in Ukraine will only be safe when russia ends its illegal invasion. Healthcare, an essential service in any society, has become one of the many battlefronts in this brutal conflict, with devastating consequences for the Ukrainian people.
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