World Health Organisation, the UN\u2019s children\u2019s fund UNICEF and its population fund UNFPA have issued a joint statement calling for an immediate stop to attacks on healthcare in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, we call for an immediate cessation of all attacks on health care in Ukraine,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese horrific attacks are killing and causing serious injuries to patients and health workers, destroying vital health infrastructure and forcing thousands to forgo accessing health services despite catastrophic needs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Power has been restored to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which means cooling systems can operate normally and not have to use a backup system, according to Ukraine\u2019s atomic energy ministry.<\/p>\n
The ministry made the announcement in an online post. Ukraine had earlier warned of an increased risk of a radiation leak if a high-voltage power line to the plant were not repaired.<\/p>\n
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stepped outside his residence for the first time since war erupted to visit wounded soldiers in hospital and award medals.<\/p>\n
\u201cGet well. I wish you strength. You are great guys!\u201d Zelenskyy is heard saying to the patients in a morale-boosting video posted on social media.<\/p>\n
So far, pictures and footage of the president had shown him only in his office or official residence.<\/p>\n
Russia has said the strike on a Ukrainian base in Yavoriv, near the Polish border, killed \u201cup to 180 foreign mercenaries.\u201d and destroyed a large amount of weapons supplied by outside nations.<\/p>\n
Defence ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov told a briefing that Russia would continue its attacks against foreign citizens who had joined Kyiv\u2019s army, which he called foreign mercenaries.<\/p>\n
Ukrainian regional governor Maksym Kozytskyy earlier had provided a different death toll, saying 35 people had been killed.<\/p>\n
Kurt Volker, a former UN ambassador to NATO, told Al Jazeera that the attack was a sign that Russian President Vladimir Putin was \u201cgetting more reckless.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knows it was risky, just 20 kilometres north he could have hit Poland,\u201d which is a NATO member, Volker said. \u201cIt\u2019s reflecting a very dangerous and I think a very desperate state of mind.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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