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Drones have hit a United Nations humanitarian convoy carrying supplies to war-torn areas of Ukraine.
The help vehicles marked with the recognisable UN emblem were targeted in Kherson, southern Ukraine, while taking food to residents.
Since deleted footage posted on a Russian Telegram channel showed the drone aiming on the UN four-by-four automobile on the road.
One other clip, filmed from inside a vehicle behind it, shows the automobile being hit.
The incident is claimed to have happened within the Ostrov neighbourhood and carried out by a remotely piloted drone.
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A since-deleted post claimed that the drone was operated by the unmanned systems unit within the 18th Combined Arms Army embedded within the Dnepr military group, in response to Militarnyi.
Within the immediate aftermath of the attack, UN personnel travelling within the convoy are said to have stated they didn’t immediately know who was behind it.
Since then, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has raised the alarm over two Russian strikes in Kherson on Thursday, which breached international law.
His office said: ‘The Secretary-General is alarmed that a United Nations vehicle was struck twice in Kherson city in Ukraine on 14 May.
‘The clearly-marked vehicle was a part of an inter-agency humanitarian mission, led by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, that had been notified to the parties well prematurely.’
Russia occupied Kherson city for around eight months in 2022 before it was liberated, but parts of the Kherson Oblast remain under siege.
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