As temperatures drop as low as -20° C in Ukraine, millions of people are forced to live with limited electricity, heating and running water as Russian forces continue to bomb the country’s energy infrastructure. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff and patients alike are living and working without basic necessities, some in homes already […]
Read More… from Ukraine: Surviving the cold amid Russian strikes on energy infrastructure
In 2025, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continued to respond to some of the world’s most urgent crises. Wars in Gaza and Ukraine dragged on, violence in Sudan escalated, and millions of people were displaced amid growing barriers to migration and shrinking humanitarian support. These overlapping emergencies left countless communities without the assistance they desperately need, while insecurity and funding gaps […]
During the night of Nov. 4, Russian military forces carried out strikes on Synelnykove district in Dnipropetrovsk region, hitting civilian infrastructure and private homes. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supports a hospital close to the frontline in this area, where wounded patients were brought for emergency care. An MSF team – including an anesthetist, […]
Read More… from Ukraine: Emergency response after attacks in Dnipropetrovsk region
On April 4, Russian forces struck the city of Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region. According to regional authorities, 18 people were killed, including nine children. “People were burned alive in their cars near their homes. On the playground, we saw the lifeless bodies of many children – it was heartbreaking,” says Yevhen Blinnikov, a paramedic […]
Read More… from Ukraine: MSF teams support, provide ambulance referrals after attack on Kryvyi Rih
Three years after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, dramatically escalating an international armed conflict that began in 2014, people continue to bear the burden of the war’s devastation as seen through their lost lives, lost limbs and lost homes. The resulting medical humanitarian needs are clearer than ever. The strain on Ukraine’s medical services has only […]
Read More… from Ukraine: People’s medical humanitarian needs remain as urgent as ever
The working day at the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mobile clinic in Pavlohrad, eastern Ukraine, is almost over. Dr. Oleksandr Hontariev is counting the boxes of medicines, packing up for the evening, when a volunteer runs into the room. “We have wounded. Can you please help them?” they say. Dr. Hontariev pulls on […]
Read More… from “My town is on fire”: MSF provides assistance to people fleeing from Kurakhove
On the evening of Nov. 17, a densely populated area in Sumy city, northeastern Ukraine was bombed. The explosion struck a courtyard surrounded by residential buildings, damaging 13 structures and dozens of apartments. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency ambulance teams provided medical assistance to injured residents. According to preliminary information from local authorities, […]
Read More… from Sumy, Ukraine: “It’s hard when you see the lifeless bodies of children”
On Oct. 25, a residential area in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro came under attack. At least 21 people were injured, and five people, including a child, lost their lives. “Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns this Russian attack on a residential area, including the hospital where MSF ambulances refer patients. Our teams […]
“It’s insufferable. Everything hurts. It’s hard to breathe; it burns everywhere.” A 45-year-old man whispers these words, barely moving his lips, as he waits for medical evacuation from a frontline hospital in the Donetsk region. He was severely injured in shelling, suffering from burns to 90 per cent of his body, including his internal organs. […]
Read More… from Ukraine: MSF ambulances – In transit for survival
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ambulances in Ukraine have transported more than 8,000 patients from hospitals near the frontline between January and July 2024, more than half with burn, blast and other injuries directly caused by the fighting. This represents a 30 per cent increase from the previous six months and shows the alarming […]