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UN agencies condemn 'cruelty' of Russian attacks on hospitals, health workers

Bomb damage at the maternity hospital in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol. AP - Evgeniy Maloletka

UN health agencies on Sunday called for an immediate ceasefire and an end to attacks on healthcare professionals and facilities in Ukraine, which have killed a dozen people, describing them as acts of "unconscionable cruelty".

Since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, 31 attacks on health care facilities have been documented by the WHO's Surveillance System for Attacks on Health Care (SSA).

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