A Russian strike on Red Cross vehicles in eastern Ukraine killed three people, the country鈥檚 president Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday.
鈥楾oday, the occupier attacked the vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross humanitarian mission in Donetsk region,鈥� Zelensky said.
The International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed that three of its staffers had been killed when shelling hit a site of a planned frontline aid distribution in the region.
It did not say who was behind the shelling.
鈥業 condemn attacks on Red Cross personnel in the strongest terms,鈥� ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric said in a statement.
The attack happened in the village of Virolyubivka, a dozen of kilometres away from the front line in Donetsk.
The ICRC said its team had been preparing to distribute wood and coal briquettes to vulnerable households to help them prepare for winter when their vehicles were hit.
Two other staff members were wounded in the attack, ICRC said, adding that the aid distribution 鈥榟ad not begun, and no residents were affected by the explosion鈥�.
The ICRC did not provide any details about the staff members killed, but Ukrainian parliamentary commissioner for human rights Dmytro Lubinets said they were Ukrainian citizens.
