WHO: More than 100 attacks on healthcare staff and facilities in Ukraine since war started

44-year-old Natalya Vakula recovering in a hospital in Brovary, Kyiv, after she was injured last month in a Russian attack on Chernihiv. The WHO says Ukraine's efforts to deal with the injured is further hampered by direct attacks on medical facilities. Picture: Rodrigo Abd/AP

There have been more than 100 attacks on healthcare staff and facilities in Ukraine since the war started, claiming the lives of 73 people and leaving 51 injured, the World Health Organization has confirmed.

Of the current total of 103 attacks, 89 have impacted health facilities and 13 have impacted transport, including ambulances, it said.