Ukraine: An ambulance station and medical staff were hit in Russian attack
Medical staff overwhelmed after overnight strikes hit residential areas in Kyiv, killing 20 people
On the night of July 2, 2026, the Russian military carried out yet another massive attack on Kyiv, where Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff live and work.
Official reports so far confirm 20 deaths and at least 86 people wounded. Among the targets was an ambulance station, where six personnel were injured: three paramedics and three driver-technicians.
“We start a new day yet again with shock and horror – the idea that ambulance and emergency-response teams have to dig people out from the remains of destroyed residential blocks and save the lives of their own colleagues who have been targeted.”
Robin Meldrum, country director in Ukraine
The attack also damaged a hotel and residential buildings. People who were sleeping at night got trapped under the rubble. Emergency services are still searching for dead and wounded people. The city’s healthcare system was overwhelmed. There are reports that 110 ambulance crews were working simultaneously to respond to emergencies.
“In the dark, from basements and the bottom of stairwells, we heard the Russian jet drones passing overhead in central Kyiv, not knowing what they would target, but fully expecting that yet again civilians and civilian infrastructure would be hit – and they were,” says Robin Meldrum, country director for MSF in Ukraine. “We start a new day yet again with shock and horror – the idea that ambulance and emergency-response teams have to dig people out from the remains of destroyed residential blocks and save the lives of their own colleagues who have been targeted.”
MSF once again emphasizes that medical workers and healthcare facilities throughout Ukraine remain unprotected, working under constant threat and on the verge of resource depletion. We condemn the attacks by Russian forces, which endanger not only civilians but also their ability to receive medical care after being wounded.
