Médecins Sans Frontières - INTER - Chris Lockyear Visit in Ukraine

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB253808

Date taken / Date Recorded 27/11/2025 1:15 PM

Country Ukraine

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Photographer / videographer / producer Yuliia Trofimova

Copyright Yuliia Trofimova

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Duration 1m49s

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Additional Information / Shotlist Dnipro, Ukraine

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I've been here
for a couple of days and

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on the first night that I was here
there was some big attacks

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by drones in
the city of Dnipro.

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A civilian tower block was hit.

MSF International Secretary General Christopher Lockyear was in Ukraine to get a first-hand sense of the impact of the war on people.

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There's a very active front line
of around a thousand kilometres.

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And on that front line
there's people who are suffering

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because of attacks by drones
such as that, also artillery.

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But also there's some very,
very long range weapons

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that are being used in this war.

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So nowhere is safe.

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There's been an increase
in terms of attacks

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on energy infrastructure,
particularly electrical infrastructure.

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That's impacting people's lives
on a daily basis.

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It's coming into the winter period

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and so heating is going
to be crucial.

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At the same time it impacts
the humanitarian response as well.

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I visited three medical facilities
in one day,

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and all three of those
facilities were struggling

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because of the consequences of uncertainty
and unpredictable electrical supplies.

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Even if there are backup generators
in some locations,

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then that switch from
one power source to the other

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can really damage equipment

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and interrupt medical procedures.

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So it's a really big dominating factor.

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The major cities have been
told to be prepared

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to be without electricity
for sort of 16 hours a day.

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I've experienced several air raid alerts

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and that's always a very concerning
moment as you try and work out

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how serious the threat is.

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And everybody, when
they go to bed at night,

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has to be aware of where
the nearest bunker is,

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and so there is a constant
state of alert and anxiety

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because of the fact that the war
could reach anybody at any time.

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And this has a really important impact
in terms of people's mental health.

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Even if the war stops tomorrow
it's going to take years for individuals

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to go through a recovery process
but in actual fact

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that trauma is going
to last for generations.