Burning civilian houses hit by a rocket in Mariupol, Ukraine
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War in Ukraine

In late February 2022, attacks by Russian forces on multiple cities in Ukraine have since caused the displacement of over one million people.
In late February 2022, attacks by Russian forces on multiple cities in Ukraine have since caused the displacement of over one million people.

As war spreads throughout Ukraine, people are fleeing the country. They are exhausted, scared and many are suffering from dehydration or hypothermia. Our teams in Ukraine have had to suspend our usual medical activities.

We are now scaling an emergency response in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. In addition to Ukraine, we have teams responding in Poland, Moldova, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Russia and Belarus.

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A woman walks past building damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, Sunday, March 13, 2022. The surrounded southern city of Mariupol, where the war has produced some of the greatest human suffering, remained cut off despite earlier talks on creating aid or evacuation convoys.

Ukraine: Displaced twice and now on the road again

"I feel lost and disoriented, angry at this horrendous war, aghast at the senseless suffering inflicted on people. I dread what comes next..." -Aleksandr Burmin (name changed), an MSF staff member in Ukraine.

 
UKRAINE. Pisky. 22 February 2022. A school destroyed during the fighting. MSF has been working in eastern Ukraine for the last eight years, trying to improve access to health care for remote, conflict-affected populations.
War in Ukraine

Mariupol hospital attack

Press Release 10 Mar 2022
 
View of the city of Mariupol in Ukraine severely affected by the war
Ukraine

In Odesa, “everyone is preparing for the worst”

Patient and Staff Stories 8 Mar 2022
 
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War in Ukraine

Responding as over a million people flee war in Ukraine

Latest News 8 Mar 2022
 
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War in Ukraine

MSF staff report dire conditions in Mariupol - Call for safe passage of civilians

Press Release 6 Mar 2022
 
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War in Ukraine

Corridors are not enough - Safe passage and access for humanitarian aid must be a right not a privilege

Press Release 6 Mar 2022
 
View of reception center at crossing point in the town of Hrebenne, Poland, which lies on the border between Lublin (Poland) and Lviv (Ukraine). The head of the United Nations refugee agency says more than a half a million people had fled Ukraine since the conflict started.
Ukraine

How MSF is trying to access the areas most affected by fighting

Patient and Staff Stories 4 Mar 2022