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Ukrainian minister says Russia blocking access to medicines
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KYIV, 14 August 2022, (TON): Ukraine’s health minister has accused Russian authorities of committing a crime against humanity by blocking access to affordable medicines in areas its forces have occupied since invading the country 5 1/2 months ago.
In an interview Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liashko said “Russian authorities repeatedly have blocked efforts to provide state-subsidized drugs to people in occupied cities, towns and villages.”
Liashko said “throughout the entire six months of war, Russia has not proper humanitarian corridors so we could provide our own medicines to the patients that need them.”
The minister said “we believe that these actions are being taken with intent by Russia, and we consider them to be crimes against humanity and war crimes that will be documented and will be recognized.”
The Ukrainian government has a program that provides medications to people with cancer and chronic health conditions.
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