Russian strikes destroy three WHO warehouses in Ukraine in three months, organization says it is 'deeply concerned'

Three World Health Organization humanitarian warehouses in Ukraine have been destroyed or damaged in three months, disrupting supplies intended for people in frontline and hard-to-reach areas. One of the facilities was among the country’s largest pharmaceutical warehouses.

The WHO said Russian forces struck the Biocon logistics complex in Kyiv Oblast on September 3. It also reported the destruction of a humanitarian warehouse in Dnipro in early August, where half of the medical supplies and equipment were lost. Those supplies were meant to assist approximately 225,000 people.

A further WHO warehouse in Kyiv Oblast was damaged during a large-scale wave of Russian attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region in July. The WHO/Europe attributed the incidents to airstrikes, but its statement did not explicitly name Russia as responsible.

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When humanitarian warehouses storing critical supplies are attacked, the impact goes far beyond the loss of buildings or equipment. It can delay or disrupt the delivery of essential health support to people who need it most. Right now, our teams are spending valuable time and resources moving supplies from site to site to keep them safe; time and resources that should go into delivering health care, not protecting it from attack. We are deeply concerned by the growing pattern of attacks on health in Ukraine, including on humanitarian storage facilities.

“When humanitarian warehouses storing critical supplies are attacked, the impact goes far beyond the loss of buildings or equipment. It can delay or disrupt the delivery of essential health support to people who need it most,” said Silviu Domente, the WHO representative to Ukraine. He said teams were spending time and resources moving supplies to keep them safe, instead of directing those resources toward health care.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says at least 20 humanitarian-supply warehouses came under attack in 2026. The WHO has confirmed 15 attacks on warehouses storing medical supplies. The organization said alternative storage arrangements had already been found after the latest strikes and that it would continue working with Ukraine’s Health Ministry and other partners. This year, the WHO says it has supplied equipment and medical materials to more than 300 facilities, reaching about 3 million people.

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We will continue to do everything we can to keep humanitarian health support moving across Ukraine. I also want to express my deepest gratitude to Ukraine's health-care workers, who continue to provide care to their communities with extraordinary courage and resilience, despite the enormous challenges they face every day.