15/05/2022 17:06

Russia is destroying Ukraine's medical infrastructure

During the eighty days of russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, the aggressor's troops have already destroyed 616 medical facilities, 101 of which have been completely destroyed.  According to the Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Lyashko, UAH 32 billion is needed to restore them.

 In the Chernihiv region, which was under occupation for a month alone, russian troops completely destroyed 8 hospitals and damaged another 37.  The losses are estimated at more than 2 billion hryvnias.

 In addition, 375 pharmacies in Ukraine were damaged.

 Such actions of the russian federation are a violation of Article 51 of the Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention of August 12, 1949, which explicitly prohibits attacks on civilians and civilian objects.

 I appeal to the UN Commission for Investigation Human Rights Violations during the Russian military invasion of Ukraine to take into account these facts of human rights violations in Ukraine.