War In Ukraine Having Consequences For Russia’s Health-Care System, U.K. Says

Russia’s war against Ukraine is also affecting Russian health care, according to British intelligence reports. Russian civilians are most likely feeling the effects of the war via cuts to their own health-care system, the British Defense Ministry said in its regular intelligence update on January 14. Russian media had reported that the general public across the country was having problems accessing hospital services, the ministry wrote. Medicines such as antibiotics are also in short supply. The war is probably contributing significantly to this situation, as wounded soldiers have to be treated in hospitals.