"The difficulties that have arisen for the delivery of medicines and the related shortage of them, as well as fuel problems, are being used by the occupiers as one of the ways to force [hospital management] to interact with them," Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said.

There are 235 medical institutions and more than 20 emergency medical teams in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. The Ministry has provided recommendations to hospital staff regarding work under occupation, as the invaders are put more and more pressure on the management of medical facilities.

Yaroslav Semchenko