Source: UN News: Saturday, 30 May 2026 00:01 AM
The World Food Program (WFP) has condemned the Russian military attack on a warehouse in Dnipro, Ukraine, which destroyed a large portion of food destined for thousands of people living on the front lines of the fighting. Tweet URL
WFP Premier Cindy McCain said in a message on social media that it was “absolutely unacceptable.” “These deliberate attacks must end. Aid workers and humanitarian resources are not targets.” The UN food agency said on Monday that a warehouse being used for humanitarian aid operations was targeted by an accurate, Iskander ballistic missile. This is the second time in 6 months that this facility has been attacked. The warehouse, which housed enough food aid for about 1.30 lakh people living near the front line, was estimated to be worth about 1.4 million dollars. Aid efforts affected. “This is the second time this warehouse has been targeted,” said Richard Regan, WFP representative in Ukraine. It was damaged by a drone attack in November 2025. Was.” He said that over the past 18 months, WFP has recorded more than 84 incidents in Ukraine affecting its warehouses, vehicles, distribution centers and the properties of local humanitarian partners. The UN agency’s representative stressed that targeting humanitarian workers during war is a crime and a violation of international humanitarian law. Richard Regan said that “the entire market was razed to the ground” and a nearby metro station was also affected. where people were taking shelter. He reminded that the attack came 10 days after a horrific bombing that killed 24 people in the city, and said that “this absurdity must end now.” The number of people killed and injured in Ukraine in the first three months of 2026 has been higher than during the same period during the previous three years. In April, at least 238 civilians were killed and 1,404 were injured, bringing the number of civilian casualties so far in 2026 to 815 dead and 4,174 injured. These figures are for January–April 2025. This represents a 21 percent increase compared to the same period in 2024 and a 93 percent increase compared to the same period in 2024.
