The destruction of healthcare in Ukraine is not a random consequence of war, it is deliberate and calculated
July 13, 2026Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today released “No Safe Place to Heal,” a report documenting relentless attacks on healthcare and medical personnel in Ukraine, which appear to constitute a deliberate strategy to destroy the medical system and collectively punish the population - rather than being an...
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Ukraine | Damaged ambulance station, injured medical personnel: the aftermath of the Russian military’s attack on Kyiv
July 3, 2026On the night of July 2 2026, the Russian military carried out yet another massive attack on Kyiv, where Médecins Sans Frontières staff live and work. Official reports so far confirm 20 deaths and at least 86 wounded have been reported. Among the targets was an...
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Ukraine: Powering care through the energy crisis
May 26, 2026The MSF team provided the uninterruptible power supply for the intensive care unit and operating rooms in the Kyiv City Clinical Hospital No. 10. The uninterruptible power supply consists of a battery pack and an powerful inverter, so that there...
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Ukraine: When chronic turns critical, silent health crisis
April 20, 2026Across Ukraine, war-related insecurity combined with extremely stressful living conditions is triggering a worrying trend of late consultations, with patients developing complications that could have been prevented with timely care.For months, many patients seeking routine consultations with MSF teams have...
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Ukraine: Last night’s attacks by Russian forces
April 17, 2026Another devastating night of attacks across Ukraine. So far, reports indicate at least 15 people killed, including a child, following Russian strikes. More than 100 people were injured in Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro.Among the injured were emergency ambulance state workers...
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Ukraine: Helping Kyiv’s vulnerable residents through power cuts
March 17, 2026“I didn’t leave my apartment all winter because I live on the 11th floor,” recalls Hanna, a 97 years old woman confined in her apartment, on the 11th floor of a residential building in Kyiv. “It was very cold at...
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Ukraine: Four years of full-scale war
February 19, 2026Damir is two months old. His mother, Kateryna Murashkina, is 17. Since his birth, he has been bathed twice — once in the hospital, and once on a rare day when electricity briefly returned. We use wipes now because it’s...
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Ukraine: Surviving the cold amid Russian strikes on energy infrastructure
January 26, 2026As temperatures drop as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius in Ukraine, Russian forces continue to bomb energy infrastructure, leaving millions with limited electricity, heating and running water. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff and patients alike are living and working...
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“We heard loud explosions”: MSF medics respond after attack on Kherson, Ukraine
October 27, 2025Following a Russian military attack on Kherson city on 24 October, MSF doctors received seven patients with blast and shrapnel injuries at the hospital we support in the city. The strikes reportedly killed two people and injured at least 28....
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Ukraine: Bombed-out ghost towns and overcrowded shelters leave displaced people struggling
October 7, 2025Shelters in eastern Ukraine are overflowing with people forced to flee their homes, many being relocated to the Dnipropetrovsk region. MSF operates in three locations in this region, including Pavlohrad and the railway station. In September 2025, Pavlohrad’s largest transit...
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Ukraine: No safe place in the war: bus passengers caught in frontline violence
August 27, 2025August 26th, 2025, Ukraine- On 23 August, 18 people were travelling to work on public transport in the morning when they came under drone fire in the Dnipropetrovsk region, eastern Ukraine. Six injured people were taken to the nearest local...
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Kyiv is under bombardment: rising strikes threaten lives and essential medical care
July 31, 2025Kyiv, Ukraine- A terrifying and tragic night in Kyiv, Ukraine — a city of over 3 million people, including families displaced from frontline regions and occupied territories. It is also home to MSF teams and two of our coordination offices...
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