What We Know: Russian Drones 'Deliberately' Target UN Aid Convoy in Kherson
Source: Kyiv Post
Russian military drones twice targeted a clearly marked United Nations humanitarian convoy in southern Ukraine on Thursday, prompting condemnation from Kyiv and the UN.
The attack took place in Kherson’s heavily targeted Ostriv area, within the Korabelnyi district, while the mission was delivering food and solar lamps to local civilians.
According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the targeted vehicle was carrying Andrea De Domenico, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Ukraine, along with eight other agency staff members.
“The Russians could not have failed to know which vehicle they were targeting,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram, adding that the team was safely evacuated and no injuries were reported.
Read more: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/76169
This is outrageous. Russia is pure evil.
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