A Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital on Monday highlighted the growing number of deadly attacks on medical facilities, vehicles and workers in the country this year.
It adds to data from the World Health Organization and suggests that more Ukrainians may be on track to be killed in such attacks this year than last year.
The organization also recorded 44 attacks on medical vehicles in that period.
In all of 2023, the organization tallied 22 deaths and 117 injuries from 350 such attacks, and 45 more specifically on medical vehicles like ambulances.
In all, the bombardment killed at least 38 people, including 27 in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, local officials said.
Organizations:
Russian, World Health Organization
Locations:
Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine’s