A UNICEF warehouse storing humanitarian aid for children and their families worth nearly $3.9 million was destroyed. More than 100,000 items of aid supplies were lost.
This was stated by Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets. Lubinets said he was shocked by what he described as another cynical act by Russia.
“On the record of the aggressor state there is yet another strike not only against civilian infrastructure, but also against an international humanitarian mission that saves lives every day,” he said.
According to the Ombudsman, more than 106,000 humanitarian aid items worth nearly $3.9 million were destroyed, including:
- generators;
- drinking water supplies;
- hygiene kits;
- other critically important resources.
“UNICEF has been a long-standing partner of the Ombudsman’s Office, providing daily assistance to Ukrainian children and families. The strike on a humanitarian warehouse is an attack on those who save lives,” Lubinets said.
He added that Russia continues to kill children and destroy humanitarian infrastructure.
“According to UNICEF data, two children were killed and at least 50 injured last week alone. In June, the highest monthly number of child casualties since 2022 was recorded: seven children were killed and another 116 injured,” Lubinets said.
The Ombudsman stressed that attacks on humanitarian facilities and humanitarian workers constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian law.
UNICEF said the attack by the Russian state was part of another “horrific sleepless night” for children. The strike hit the organization’s warehouse in Bilohorodka, Kyiv region, on July 19.
“Damage to humanitarian warehouses and attacks on humanitarian workers prevent the delivery of life-saving assistance to children and families affected by the war,” UNICEF said.
The organization called for an end to Russia’s attacks on children and humanitarian infrastructure in Ukraine.
