Three Red Cross workers killed in eastern Ukraine shelling
Al Jazeera
Russian shelling hits planned aid distribution site in Donetsk, killing three ICRC workers and wounding two.
A Russian attack on a Red Cross vehicle in eastern Ukraine has killed three aid workers, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed that three of its staff were killed and two were wounded on Thursday when shelling hit the site of a planned aid distribution in the Donetsk region.
“I condemn attacks on Red Cross personnel in the strongest terms. It’s unconscionable that shelling would hit an aid distribution site,” ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric said in a statement, adding: “Our hearts are broken today as we mourn the loss of our colleagues and care for the injured.”
All three were Ukrainian citizens, the country’s human rights ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, said.
Zelenskyy called the incident “another Russian war crime”.
