Russian authorities have been actively destroying civilian infrastructure, including healthcare facilities and municipal services, in the occupied territories of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
A man throws debris from the window as he cleans his flat in a damaged building in the North Saltivka district of Kharkiv, Ukraine, 28 October 2022, amid Russia’s military invasion.Photo: EPA/SERGEY KOZLOV
„They are actually dismantling the healthcare system. The occupiers are closing down medical facilities, taking away equipment and ambulances, pressuring medical staff to move to Russia,” the Ukrainian head of state said on Friday evening.
Kherson, one of the four regions Moscow claimed as part of Russia, has suffered the most severe damage in this regard, according to the official.
„Russia wants to make it a region devoid of civilization,” Ukraine’s president said in his statement.
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Source: PAP, IAR