In the occupied territories, the Russians are destroying medical infrastructure and taking equipment out of hospitals.

In particular, all equipment provided since 2014 under the programs of international donors and the Government of Ukraine was removed from the Starobilsk Infectious Diseases Department.

This was announced by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, noting that citizens in the occupied territories are practically left without medical services.

An ammunition depot has been set up in the Pologi Central District Hospital (Zaporizhzhia Oblast). Staff are prohibited from providing medical services to the local population.

Oleshkiv District Hospital and Hola Prystan City Hospital are forced to serve the needs of the RF Armed Forces. Medical personnel are prohibited from changing their place of residence by evacuating to Ukrainian-controlled territory.

All without exception, Balaklia Hospital (Kharkiv region) is filled with wounded occupiers. Medical staff are forcibly removed to work. Ukrainian citizens remain without medical care.

At the regional anti-tuberculosis dispensary in Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, patients with an open form of tuberculosis were denied medical care and expelled to the streets. Premises used to treat infectious diseases are being filled by wounded Russians. Medical staff are forced to work for the occupiers.