Four WHO warehouses hit, $1.5 million in medical supplies destroyed amid ongoing attacks on Ukraine health facilities

Four WHO warehouses used for health supplies in Ukraine have been hit since July, and three of those facilities were completely destroyed. The attacks eliminated more than $1.5 million worth of medicines, medical equipment and laboratory reagents. WHO reports that 21 warehouses have been targeted this year, part of a broader pattern of 400 incidents involving heavy weapons such as firearms, tanks, missiles, bombs and mortars. The loss of these items hampers hospitals’ ability to treat patients and undermines the supply chain that supports routine and emergency care.

Since the full‑scale invasion began in February 2022, WHO has verified more than 3,300 attacks on health facilities across Ukraine. Those attacks have resulted in at least 247 deaths and injured more than 1,090 health workers and patients. Recent incidents illustrate the scale of civilian harm: overnight strikes on Kyiv killed at least three people and left hundreds of thousands without power, while a bombing in Zaporizhzhia killed more than 20 people, including four children. The cumulative pressure on health workers remains extraordinary as they continue to provide care amid ongoing danger.

In response, WHO’s 2026 Ukraine appeal requests $42 million to sustain emergency health operations for roughly 700,000 people. The funding would support trauma care, replenish depleted medical supplies, improve energy resilience for health facilities and build capacity to manage chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents. Protecting health infrastructure and the personnel who operate it is central to the agency’s strategy, aiming to keep essential services functional despite the continued threat of attacks on warehouses and health sites.