Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Destruction and Devastation: One Year of Russia’s Assault on Ukraine’s Health Care System

The list of war crimes committed by Putin the Terrible is long and getting longer! E.g. bombing the civilian energy infrastructure before and during Winter in the Ukraine is just one of them.

The whole world was reminded again of Barbarians at the Gate (of Rome)!

Let the international war crimes tribunal against Putin the Terrible and his accomplices begin immediately, preferably in Nuremberg, Germany! (in absentia or not).

"... In the year that has followed, attacks on civilians and civilian objects have been a hallmark of the war, with violence against the Ukrainian health care system a prominent feature of Russia’s unlawful conduct. One notorious incident came only two weeks after the full- scale invasion began, when Russia’s air force bombed a maternity and children’s hospital in the city of Mariupol. The photograph of a heavily pregnant woman being carried from the hospital on a stretcher, who later died, together with her baby, became an early, stark example of the brutal, indiscriminate way in which Russia has waged its illegal war.
This report ... documents the staggering toll that Russia’s aggression has had on Ukraine’s health care system since February 2022. Using 10 case studies and a joint dataset of attacks, this report shows how Russia appears to be violating international humanitarian law by deliberately and indiscriminately targeting Ukraine’s health care system as part of a broader attack on its civilian population and infrastructure. As the report details, the apparent targeting of the health care system is carried out through a variety of means, including:
(1) attacks on health care facilities,
(2) attacks on ambulances,
(3) destruction of critical health infrastructure and theft of supplies, and
(4) assaults, torture, and ill-treatment of health workers, including doctors, nurses, and paramedics. ..."

Destruction and Devastation: One Year of Russia’s Assault on Ukraine’s Health Care System - PHR

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