U.S. transfers Ukrainian childhood cancer patients to St. Jude

• "To that end, the Department of State has coordinated with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to provide necessary life-saving and immediate care to four Ukrainian children whose ongoing cancer treatment was disrupted by President Putin’s war of choice."
• "We recognize, however, that the children transported represent a small proportion of the thousands of patients whose cancer treatment has been interrupted and, who, even amid a pandemic and with compromised immune systems, were forced to flee their homes."

The big picture: The children and some of their immediate family members were airlifted from Poland to Memphis International Airport in Tennessee, "where they were met and transported to St. Jude."

• The children will now be able to resume their specialized treatment plans and St. Jude's will help provide their families with "sustenance, security and support," Price said.

State of play: Earlier this week, the World Health Organization confirmed that there have been at least 49 attacks on Ukrainian health facilities since the start of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

• Russian forces have made a point of targeting civilian infrastructure, including a children's hospital in Mariupol, according to a deputy mayor there.