© WFP A WFP truck was damaged by an FPV drone while delivering humanitarian aid in the Donetsk region. In the Dnepropetrovsk region, a drone fired at a UN World Food Program truck, the driver was injured Humanitarian aid
Today, a UN World Food Program (WFP) truck carrying out a humanitarian mission to deliver 800 food packages to civilians in two settlements near the front line in the Dnipropetrovsk region was fired upon by an FPV drone.
The truck was moving in a convoy along with two armored passenger cars of the runway. A total of seven employees of the organization were on board the vehicles.
After successfully unloading food items, the truck was damaged by a first-person view (FPV) drone. The driver was injured and was immediately taken to the hospital. Two other vehicles left the scene. The truck was subsequently hit several times by other drones.
All vehicles had clear UN markings.
“It is shocking and outrageous that civilians and aid workers must risk their own safety to deliver critical aid to people on the front lines in desperate situations,” the director said. WFP-Ukraine Richard Reagan.
© WFP The truck driver was injured and was taken to hospital.
“These ongoing attacks on humanitarian convoys and distribution points pose a threat to the people we help and can deprive them of life-saving support,” he added.
Over the past two years, WFP has recorded more than 80 attacks on its vehicles, warehouses, distribution points, and on the vehicles and property of its Ukrainian aid workers. partners.
Despite the worsening security situation, WFP continues to provide monthly food and cash assistance to almost 600 thousand people in the front-line regions of Ukraine. Over the past month, WFP has delivered food packages to 157 thousand people in frontline areas.