War in Ukraine: How MSF is helping

Four years after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, civilians continue to bear the burden of the war’s devastation.

Leila Rafei

February 20 2026, 2:20pm

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been on the ground in Ukraine throughout the war, providing medical care and humanitarian assistance including emergency and intensive care, ambulance referrals, and rehabilitation.

MSF response in Ukraine in 2025

By the numbers

10,722 patient referrals, the majority for war-related injuries

12,904 emergency department admissions

1,053 surgeries

552 patients admitted to the ICU

9,800+ physiotherapy sessions

3,580 PTSD consultations

45,322 outpatient consultations

3,612 mental health consultations

3,211 sexual and reproductive health consultations

9,500 mobile clinic consultations for internally displaced people — more than double the number in 2024

Over $1.6 million in donations of medicines, relief items, and other supplies to hospitals, partner…