MSF Current Emergency Response in and around Ukraine

Hundreds of people trying to escape the on-going conflict in Ukraine wait for a train to Poland at the central train station in Lviv. Photo taken on 27 Feb 2022. ©Emin Ozmen/Magnum Photos

Material sent from MSF supply (Belgium) to Ukraine Part of the first cargo of emergency kits being sent from the MSF Supply warehouse in Brussels to Ukraine. This first shipment is around 120m³ of material composed of surgical kits, trauma kits and other supplies to respond to various medical needs. Photo taken on 28 Feb 2022. ©MSF

Two volunteers help a disabled man to cross the destroyed Irpin bridge. Photo taken on 09 Mar 2022. ©Jean-Pierre Amigo

A mother took her daughter out of the crowed to reassure her while waiting to board a bus at departure dispatch point. At the Palanca border crossing in Moldova, thousands of Ukrainians are arriving every day to escape the fighting in the south of Ukraine. Since the war began, more than 230,000 refugees (as of March 8) have arrived in this small country of 2.6 million people. Photo taken on 10 Mar 2022. ©Maxime Fossat

Burning civilian houses hit by a rocket. Photo taken on 24 Feb 2022. ©Lorenzo Meloni/Magnum Photos

In late February 2022, attacks by Russian forces on multiple cities in Ukraine have since caused the displacement of over 7.7 million people.

As war spreads throughout Ukraine, people are fleeing the country. They are exhausted, scared and many are suffering from dehydration or hypothermia. Our teams in Ukraine have had to suspend our usual medical activities.

We are now scaling up our emergency response in Ukraine and in neighbouring countries. In addition to Ukraine, we have teams responding in Poland, Moldova, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Russia and Belarus.

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Our Current Emergency Response in and around Ukraine

We are in a race against time in Ukraine to get emergency medical supplies to the right places as quickly as possible.

- Meinie Nicolai, MSF General Director