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: 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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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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