📍Zaporizhzhia region

🚚🔨 ICRC teams delivered quick-fix materials for the residents of Verkhnia Tersa village.

This equipment will support the repair of public buildings in Vozdvyzhivska community.

'We needed to improve our skills so that we could identify the latest weapons.'

Recently, an ICRC team provided 4-day training in the identification of modern explosive objects for DSNS.GOV.UA personnel working in areas near the border.

🗣️ “I often wear Mykola’s clothes. I think to myself that I am warming these things for him so that when he comes back, they will be warm.'

💔Mykola went missing in April 2023 while serving in the army.

His wife Maryna tells her story 👉bit.ly/4b1m98S

Residents in frontline communities often struggle to access food or maintain their means of earning an income.

We provided the residents of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, with greenhouses & financial assistance to support self-sufficiency and strengthen food security👩‍🌾💵

38 years ago, #Chornobyl changed our world. Today, nuclear disaster risks remain a major concern☢️

When sites like nuclear power plants become battlegrounds, the stakes for civilians are immense.

International Humanitarian Law ( #IHL ) includes provisions for their protection ⚖️

'It brought colour back into our lives,' says Vitalina Leliuk, a paramedic in #Kharkiv region.

🫂We recently hosted a workshop for first responders in the region, providing them with psychosocial support and equipping them with tools to help people in distress.

⚖️The rules of war are clear.

Attacks against:
🏥 hospitals
🧑‍⚕️medical personnel
🚑 ambulances
disrupt healthcare services, limiting access for civilians and those in need.

They are #NotATarget .

💊Medicine
💉Consumables
💧Infusion solution
🩹Dressing material
🛠️Quick fix supplies

🚚Following a recent attack in #Chernihiv , an ICRC team delivered emergency assistance to healthcare facilities.

🏥This will help medical professionals continue their life-saving work.

🗣️ “I often wear Mykola’s clothes. I think to myself that I am warming these things for him so that when he comes back, they will be warm.'

💔Mykola went missing in April 2023 while serving in the army.

His wife Maryna tells her story 👉 bit.ly/4b1m98S

⚖️ The Geneva Conventions and International Humanitarian Law are crystal clear:

Civilians and all those not taking part in the fighting must NOT be attacked and must be spared and protected.

They are NEVER part of the hostilities.

#NotATarget

🎂Today our Ukrainian Red Cross partner turns 1⃣0⃣6⃣

🙏We thank every staff member & volunteer for their dedication in helping people in need across #Ukraine .

⛑️Your commitment to our shared humanitarian mission is an inspiration & we are proud to work by your side.

👉 Respect, trust and access
👉 Partnerships
👉 Fit recovery ecosystem

ICRC Eurasia Director is in #Brussels to engage with partners on what humanitarian actors need to support access to #EssentialServices and recovery in #Ukraine .

💬 🔽

❗️❗️ A single act of violence against health care facilities can affect thousands of people in need of medical assistance.

🏥 Medical personnel & infrastructure are protected under international humanitarian law.

❌ Hospitals are  #NotATarget

📍Kurakhove
📍Selydove
📍Kostiantynivka
📍Kramatorsk

🏥The ICRC provides first aid kits & mass casualty care materials to frontline hospitals in #Donetsk region.

⛑️Our teams continue providing essential support to medical facilities supporting the most affected communities.

Serhii was collecting firewood in a forest that turned out to be contaminated with explosive remnants of war. He stepped on a mine and lost his leg. 

Watch the video to see the consequences of weapon contamination in #Ukraine 👇

youtu.be/Bo8MdEEUqcI

📦🏥 Essential supplies for Ohmatdyt clildren’s hospital in #Kyiv .

Recently our ICRC colleagues delivered washing powder, toilet paper, hand soap, disinfectants and other hygiene items to support the medical staff’s life-saving work

💡Energy infrastructure sustains communities worldwide: from power plants to water stations & pumps, crucial systems keep our lights on and are crucial to providing healthcare services, among others.

Under IHL, critical infrastructure must be protected.

Even wars have limits.

🏥 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️Healthcare personnel, their vehicles and facilities are protected under International Humanitarian Law.

❌ They are  #NotATarget