A year into Russia's war in Ukraine, hundreds of attacks against the health-care system have begun to take a toll. More than 700 attacks have targeted health care facilities and staff since the Feb. 24 Russian invasion, according to data verified by five organizations working inside Ukraine.
Valentyna Mozgova sweeps shattered glass and other debris from the vacant halls of the bombed-out hospital where she began her career. Living in the basement, the 55-year-old lab technician now works as its solitary guard.
The World Health Organization has similarly documented more than 750 attacks and 101 deaths, and Ukraine's health minister said recently that more than 1,200 facilities have been damaged either directly or indirectly, with 173 hospitals damaged beyond repair. In the city of Kherson, residents said retreating Russian forces took most of the ambulances with them. As they captured the city of Mariupol, the Russians took over the city's last functioning hospital, days after a Russian airstrike devastated a maternity ward.
"They follow specific patterns, and it is those patterns that are important, not even the number," said Pavlo Kovtoniuk of the Ukrainian Health Care think tank, which was among the groups gathering data. "Because patterns mean that that most likely was a deliberate policy, not just a coincidence or separate events."
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