Clinics and hospitals in affected areas lack staff, power and medicines, with supplies redirected to the Russian military

Earlier this summer, the once bustling corridors of the district hospital in Hola Prystan, a city in the Russian-occupied Kherson region of Ukraine, were ominously quiet. At times, it was plunged into darkness during power cuts lasting hours.

Much of the hospital’s medical equipment and supplies had been stolen and redirected to the military, and many experienced staff had gone.