Weronika Strzyżyńska – The Guardian
Russian attacks on medical facilities in Ukraine made 2022 the most violent year in a decade for hospitals and health workers operating in conflict zones, according to a new report by a coalition of humanitarian organisations.
With 750 reported attacks in 2022, Russia set a 10-year record, according to the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition, which includes Human Rights Watch and the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health.
More than half of the 1,989 attacks on health facilities and workers reported globally took place in Ukraine and Myanmar. Under international law, attacking or interfering with medical services during an armed conflict is a war crime.
“The scale of destruction in Ukraine is mind-boggling. There is not a day without a facility being impacted,” said Christina Wille, one of the report’s authors. “I’ve been looking at data [like this] for years, and I can hardly believe my eyes.”
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