The effect of conflict on damage to medical facilities in Mariupol, Ukraine: A quasi-experimental study

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More than 1000 copies of Russian propaganda literature were delivered to the libraries of the temporarily occupied Mariupol.

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During the large-scale war in Ukraine, more than 950 medical facilities have been fully or partially restored. This was reported by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal. He also emphasized that hospitals are currently being provided with modern equipment. Thus, in 2024, medical institutions received more than 100 thousand units of modern equipment and medical devices. Shmyhal claims that the number of specialists in the field of rehabilit…

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The effect of conflict on damage to medical facilities in Mariupol, Ukraine: A quasi-experimental study

Medical facilities are civilian objects specially protected by international humanitarian law. Despite the need for systematic documentation of the effects of war on medical facilities for judiciary accountability, current methods for surveilling damage to protected civilian objects during ongoing armed conflict are insufficient. Satellite imagery damage assessment confers significant possibilities for investigating patterns of war. We leveraged…

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Severe Damage Reported: 75% of Medical Facilities in Mariupol Affected

The tragic events of the Russia-Ukraine conflict have put a spotlight on the vulnerability of medical facilities amidst warfare. A recent quasi-experimental study sheds light on the devastating impact of the siege of Mariupol in 2022, revealing that approximately three-quarters of the city’s medical facilities sustained damage. Researchers utilized satellite imagery to gather evidence suggesting that these attacks may have been deliberately targ…

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Russian attacks on medical facilities might have been intentional

Three-quarters of medical facilities in Mariupol sustained damage during Russia’s siege of 2022, with some evidence that the attacks may have been intentionally targeted, say international researchers looking over satellite imagery. They say that the facility size was not associated with the level of damage sustained, suggesting that the attacks on medical facilities are not random but instead the result of intentional targeting. As medical faci…