Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd Feb. UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Denise Brown on Friday has condemned a deadly attack on aid workers in the south of Ukraine.
She said that 2 French citizens volunteering with a Swiss non-governmental organization were killed, and three other foreigners injured, in a Russian drone strike in the Kherson region on Thursday, according to media reports.
“I am shocked to hear that their vehicles were attacked in a manner similar to a tragic incident in Chasiv Yar Town, in the east of Ukraine just a week ago, when a humanitarian vehicle was hit, and an aid worker injured,” Denise Brown said in a statement on Friday.
She noted that last year, 50 aid workers were killed or injured in Ukraine, including 11 who were killed in the line of duty.
Ms. Brown said that “this repeated pattern of attacks appears to have intensified” since the beginning of the year, as five aid workers were injured in January alone.
“This comes at a time when people in frontline areas are facing an extremely dire humanitarian situation with Russia’s invasion impacting every aspect of their daily lives,” she added.
UN reported that an inter-agency convoy delivered three trucks of humanitarian supplies that day to the residents of front-line communities in the Kharkiv area.
The items included hygiene kits, thermal blankets, sleeping bags, kitchen sets, evacuation kits and construction materials to repair damaged homes.
