Attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, ambulances increasing rapidly, WHO warns

Medical specialists transport an injured woman to an ambulance following recent shelling in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine March 3, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

(Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that attacks on hospitals, ambulances and other health care facilities in Ukraine have increased rapidly in recent days and warned the country is running short of vital medical supplies.

The U.N. agency on Monday confirmed at least nine people had died in 16 attacks on health care facilities since the start of a Russian invasion on Feb. 24. It did not say who was responsible.