Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director, Crisis Response Division, OCHA, on behalf of Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator – Briefing to the Security Council on Ukraine, 19 May 2026

Country: Ukraine Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file. New York, 19 May 2026 As delivered Mr. President, Humanitarian workers in Ukraine came under repeated attack last week. As mentioned by my [Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA)] colleague [Ms. Kayoko Gotoh, Officer-in-charge for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas], two separate convoys, clearly marked as being part of the United Nations, were hit while carrying life-saving assistance to civilians in need. Both missions had been notified well in advance through established channels. On May 12th, a WFP truck that had delivered food to front-line communities was hit by a drone in the Dnipro region, injuring the driver. On May 14th, a United Nations vehicle on a humanitarian mission was struck by a drone in Kherson city. My OCHA colleagues and UNDSS colleagues were on that convoy. 20 mins later our colleagues were struck again. These brazen incidents are not isolated. In the same week, other humanitarian missions were hit, injuring humanitarian workers and damaging assets. On May 14th, a World Central Kitchen van delivering hot meals to civilians was hit, damaging the vehicle. On May 15th, a Ukrainian NGO delivering food to a collective site was hit, injuring two people, one of whom remains in critical condition. Between January and April of this year, three humanitarian workers were killed and ten others injured. These attacks are intensifying, making the delivery of humanitarian assistance increasingly difficult, if not impossible in some areas. Humanitarian workers in Ukraine are taking immense risks to save lives. However, the weapons being deployed – cheap, deadly – are rapidly changing what it means to deliver life-saving assis...

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