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“Completely unacceptable,” WFP chief Cindy McCain tweeted on Tuesday, the day after the airstrike. “These deliberate attacks MUST end. Aid workers and humanitarian assets are not the targets.”
UN Agency said on Monday that a warehouse used for humanitarian operations “has been targeted by precision-guided Iskander ballistic missiles,” marked the second time the facility was attacked in six months.
That warehouse stockpile enough humanitarian food aid to support 130,000 people living near the front lineswith an estimated value of approximately $1.4 million.
Help attacked
“This is the second time this warehouse has been attacked. In November 2025, this warehouse was damaged by a drone strike,” said Richard Ragan, WFP Representative in Ukraine.
“Over the last 18 months, WFP has recorded more than 84 incidents impacting warehouses, vehicles, distribution points and assets of its local humanitarian partners across Ukraine,” he added.
He emphasized that targeting humanity during conflict is a crime and a violation of international humanitarian law.
Feeding thousands of people every month
Following the attack, a WFP team was on site to assess the full extent of the damage, and all personnel were declared safe.
Despite increasing security risks, the agency said its teams continue to provide food and cash assistance to nearly 600,000 people each month in Ukraine’s frontline regions.
Massive attack on Kyiv
The incident came a day after Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on the capital Kyiv and the surrounding region killed two people and injured 90 people.
The UN humanitarian agency said it was one of the largest joint airstrikes on the country since the start of full-scale war in February 2022.
Russia has warned that it will carry out more attacks on the city, according to media reports.
‘This nonsense has to stop’
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Matthias Schmale, visited one of the locations affected by Monday’s attack and recorded a video that was posted on social media.
He noted that “the entire market was on fire” while a nearby metro station – where people had taken shelter – was affected.
He recalled that the attack came 10 days after the bombing that killed 24 people in the city, and said “this nonsense has to stop.”
In addition to Kyiv, attacks in Ukraine and frontline hostilities between May 22 and 25 killed nearly 20 people and injured more than 200 civilians, with the Kherson, Dnipro, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions reportedly repeatedly affected.
Humanitarian groups provided emergency aid immediately after the attack.
More civilian casualties
Russia’s massive invasion of Ukraine is now entering its fifth year.
UN human rights monitor recently reported that more people were killed and injured in Ukraine during the first quarter of 2026 than in the same period in the last three years.
At least 238 civilians were killed, and 1,404 injured, in April, bringing the number of verified civilian casualties in 2026 to 815 dead and 4,174 injured.
These numbers represent a Up 21 percent compared to January-April 2025and an increase of 93 percent compared to the same period in 2024.
UN partners also reported that between January and April this year, at least 62 incidents were recorded that impacted humanitarian personnel, vehicles, supplies and facilities across the country.
