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: 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: 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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“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: 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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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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