Ukraine: Ongoing Medical Needs Amid Relentless Attacks in Dobropillia
March 20, 2025A former city of refuge for nearby towns has come under constant threat, and MSF is working to support the overburdened health care system. Dobropillia, Donetsk region — less than 20 kilometres from the frontline — has recently faced some...
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Ukraine: The medical humanitarian needs in the country remain as urgent as ever
February 24, 2025Kiev, Ukraine Three years after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, dramatically escalating an international armed conflict that began in 2014, people continue to bear the burden of the war’s devastation as seen through their lost lives, lost limbs, and lost homes....
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Ukraine: MSF provides medical support following Russian strike in Sumy
November 19, 2024On the evening of 17 November, a densely populated area in Sumy city, northeastern Ukraine, was bombed. The explosion struck a courtyard surrounded by residential buildings, damaging 13 structures and dozens of apartments. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency ambulance teams provided medical...
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In transit for survival: MSF ambulances and Ukraine’s war-wounded
September 6, 2024“It’s insufferable. Everything hurts. It’s hard to breathe; it burns everywhere.” A 45-year-old man whispers these words, barely moving his lips, as he waits for medical evacuation from a frontline hospital in the Donetsk region. He was severely injured in...
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Ukraine: Attack on Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
July 9, 2024In one of the largest missile attacks on Ukraine, the country’s largest children’s hospital, Okhmatdyt Children’s hospital, was hit on 8 July 2024, resulting in deaths and injuries.Children with serious medical conditions, some requiring critical life support are waiting for evacuation or re-hospitalisation...
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“It’s in the psychologist’s power to help you find ways to live with trauma” – MSF provides mental healthcare in Vinnytsia, Ukraine
June 12, 2024“I've lived in Mariupol ever since I was a child,” says Alina Rosheva. “We had a beautiful house. I had a group of friends. I looked forward to the future with confidence. This all came to an end in February...
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MSF’s Continued Support: One Year After the Kakhovka Dam Disaster
June 4, 2024The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mobile clinic team is returning from the Kherson region after an intense day of seeing patients. The road goes along the river Inhulets. Cows are grazing on the green slopes along the bank, and the...
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Ukraine: MSF condemns missile attack that destroyed its office in Donetsk region
April 8, 2024The international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) strongly condemns the missile attack on its office in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 5th, at approximately 3:15 am. The building was destroyed completely and five people were injured,...
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Kostiantynivka: 34 patients hospitalised after deadly attack on marketplace
September 8, 2023After an explosion yesterday in a marketplace in Kostiantynivka, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been responding to urgent medical needs of people injured in the attack. At Kostiantynivka Hospital, where MSF supports the Ministry...
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Safeguarding the mind: protecting mental well-being amidst the war in Ukraine
August 8, 2023The war in Ukraine has created a huge need for psychological support ranging from psychological first aid to comprehensive psychological care. People have experienced fear, trauma and isolation and are showing symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress. MSF psychologists are responding...
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Kherson hospital shelled twice in 72 hours: “How many times must we see the same thing?”
August 5, 2023Kyiv, 4 August, 2023 – At the time of writing, the same hospital that was shelled on Tuesday in Kherson Region, Ukraine, resulting in the death of a doctor and the wounding of five medical staff, is once again under...
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Positive stories in the middle of a war?
May 16, 2023Ivan M. García, MSF Spain Head of Media "Hey, try to bring back some positive stories, too!” is a mantra offered by colleagues each time one of us in the MSF communications team goes out to projects. It's also a classic...
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