A World Health Organization (WHO) team came under attack in Ukraine on Tuesday (15/10) while escorting a UN convoy. Despite the attack, the team successfully delivered medical supplies to the city of Bilozerka, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X today.
Ukraine: WHO team becomes target of attack
Tedros explained that two World Food Programme (WFP) trucks were damaged in the incident, while reiterating his call to stop attacks against humanitarian aid workers.
The @WHOUkraine team came under attack yesterday while on a mission with a @UN convoy. Our staff are safe and still managed to deliver medical supplies to city of Bilozerka. Two @WFP trucks were damaged.
We cannot repeat loudly and often enough that humanitarians are… https://t.co/886uqliWzU
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) October 15, 2025
Today, humanitarian workers — including from @OCHA_Ukraine, @WFPUkraine & @WHOUkraine — came under attack in #Kherson Region, while delivering aid to civilians.@matzschmale again urged respect for international humanitarian law: humanitarian workers and assets are #NotATarget.
— OCHA Ukraine (@OCHA_Ukraine) October 14, 2025
"Może to być zbrodnią wojenną": Rosja zaatakowała konwój pomocy medycznej ONZ na Ukrainie
Jak poinformował szef Światowej Organizacji Zdrowia, wczoraj na Ukrainie zaatakowano konwój ONZ z zaopatrzeniem medycznym.
Dyrektor generalny Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus poinformował, że… pic.twitter.com/TMvhHbGfMC
— Biełsat (@Bielsat_pl) October 15, 2025
Earlier, Kherson Governor Oleksandr Prokudin had noted that the UN convoy carrying humanitarian aid was targeted by Russian attacks using drones and artillery fire, emphasizing that it was a miracle there were no casualties.
Source: APE-MPE
