n February had plunged its healthcare system into chaos.
"We are asking our colleagues not to politicise G-20 health platform and stay within our mandate and discuss healthcare," Russian Health Ministry official Oleg Salagay told a G-20 health ministers' meeting in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta. Russia has described its invasion of Ukraine as a"special military operation" to demilitarise its neighbour and rid it of dangerous nationalists threatening its Russian-speaking population.
"Far from promoting global health, Russia has disrupted health services, destroyed health facilities, and continue to strike buildings where innocent civilians including children are sheltering," Ms Palm said.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russian forces have devastated hundreds of hospitals and other institutions and left doctors without drugs to tackle cancer or unable to perform surgery.