Russian forces destroyed more than 300 hospitals – health minister

Health Minister Viktor Liashko said this during a telethon on Ukrainian TV channels, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"Since the beginning of the war, the Russian occupiers have damaged 307 healthcare facilities, including primary health care centers. 21 hospitals have been completely destroyed, they are beyond repair, and new ones will have to be built in their place," he said.

Liashko noted that many patients from Donetsk and Luhansk regions were evacuated to safer places.

He also stressed the need to deploy field hospitals in the western regions, as in the areas of hostilities, only first aid is provided to people and then they are evacuated.

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops have been shelling and destroying key infrastructure facilities, conducting massive shelling of residential areas of Ukrainian cities and villages using artillery, multiple rocket launchers and ballistic missiles.