The Russian military has attacked medical facilities 43 times since the invasion of Ukraine began, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York.

Attacks on health facilities in any conflict are considered a violation of international humanitarian law, he added..

Ghebreyesus also recalled the existing problems with the delivery of humanitarian aid to Mariupol and Sumy blocked by Russian troops..

Representatives of Western countries condemned Russia's attack on Ukraine and called on the aggressor to immediately cease fire.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and EU Foreign Minister Josep Borrell accused Russia of committing war crimes in Ukraine.

In particular, the Secretary of State agreed with the assessment of the Russian leader by US President Joe Biden, who called Vladimir Putin a "

The Secretary of State recalled the airstrike on the drama theater in Mariupol, where people were hiding, and the deaths of ten civilians in Chernihiv. According to Blinken, in the three weeks of the war, it became clear that Russian troops were striking at civilian targets - although Moscow claims otherwise..

Now the United States is collecting evidence that could formally confirm the commission of war crimes..

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