Russia wants to leave the Ukrainian population without medications. During a nighttime attack on 6 December, Russian forces deliberately hit business facilities in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, destroying warehouses containing gauze, bandages, and medical splints.
City Mayor Borys Filatov has reported that the attack sparked explosions and a massive fire. In general, Russia launched over 650 drones and 55 missiles, including aeroballistic and ballistic missiles, marking another record in terror attacks.
“Warehouses with gauze and bandages and warehouses with splints were burned. They want to leave us in winter not only without electricity but also without medicines,” emphasized Filatov.
The attack occurred against the backdrop of so-called peace talks between the US and Russia, which have yielded no results in halting the fighting. Despite daily attacks and civilian deaths, Washington continues to assert that Moscow “wants peace.”
Russian forces struck energy and civilian infrastructure in eight regions: Dnipro, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Lviv, Volyn, Mykolaiv, and Kyiv oblasts. In the Kyiv region, both industrial facilities and residential buildings were hit.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine confirmed a large-scale fire at warehouse facilities in Dnipro, with aviation involved in firefighting efforts.
Russia hit another low, says Zelenskyy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has noted that Russians have “sunk so low” that they are striking peaceful cities on St. Nicholas Day. According to the Ministry of Energy, electricity outages affected consumers in six regions.
Systematic destruction of medical supplies, losses reach hundreds of millions
This is not the first attack on medicine supplies. On 25 October, Russians destroyed the office and warehouse complex of Ukraine’s second-largest pharmaceutical distributor, Optima-Pharm, with ballistic missiles. 20% of the country’s monthly medicine supply was lost, with damages estimated at up to $100 million.
Such attacks increasingly demonstrate Russia’s strategy: to make access to basic medical care impossible for the population and to worsen the humanitarian catastrophe.
