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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Weronika Strzyżyńska

Ukraine and Myanmar make 2022 most violent year in a decade for medical staff

A firefighter directs water from a hose at a blazing hospital
A hospital burns after a Russian missile strike on Mykolaiv in Ukraine last summer. The report listed 750 such attacks last year, many apparently targeting medical facilities. Photograph: Reuters

Russian attacks on medical facilities in Ukraine made 2022 the most violent year in a decade for hospitals and health workers operating in conflict zones, according to a new report by a coalition of humanitarian organisations.

With 750 reported attacks in 2022, Russia set a 10-year record, according to the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition, which includes Human Rights Watch and the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health.

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