Two foreign aid workers were killed in Ukraine on Sunday when a Russian strike hit a van carrying staff from a Ukrainian NGO, while nearly three dozen drones were launched into Kiev, scattering debris in several districts of the city.
A van carrying four volunteers from the NGO Road to Relief, which helps evacuate the wounded from the front, overturned and caught fire after being hit by projectiles near the town of Chasiv Yar.
The organization’s director, Emma Igual, 31, died in the attack, Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares told The Telegraph.
“A projectile fell on a vehicle in which this Spanish citizen was traveling,” Albares said.
“She was working there in an NGO that helps with the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and we have verbal confirmation of her death.”
Canadian citizen Anthony Ihnat also died in the attack, the group said on Instagram.
Emma Igual, 31, died in the attack.Emma A. Igual/Linkedin
German medical volunteer Ruben Mawick and Swedish volunteer Johan Mathias Thyr were seriously injured, according to the Sunday Post.
“This morning, around 10 am, four members of our Road to Relief team left Slavyansk in the direction of Bakhmut to assess the needs of civilians caught in crossfire in the town of Ivanivske, Bakhmut region, Donetsk oblast” , He said.
“On the way, passing through Chasiv Yar, his vehicle was attacked by the Russians. After a direct impact, the vehicle overturned and caught fire.”
Also on Sunday, Ukraine’s air force said the military destroyed 26 of 33 drones launched by Russia against kyiv and the surrounding region.
Two foreign aid workers were killed in Ukraine on Sunday when their van was hit by shelling. REUTERS
Two other foreign aid workers were wounded in the attack, their online NGO said. REUTERS
Witnesses told Reuters they heard at least five booming explosions in kyiv during the attack, with videos showing the night sky lighting up as the attack began.
“The drones came to the capital in groups and from different directions,” Serhiy Popko, head of the kyiv city military administration, said on Telegram.
kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said debris from the downed drones fell in five different districts, injuring one person.
Kiev army chief Serhii Popko said the Iranian-made Shahed drones did not pose any risk to human life. At least one apartment building was also damaged in the drone attack.
Ukrainian officials said they shot down 26 of the 33 drones Russia had launched. REUTERS
One person was injured after the drone attack. REUTERS
The governor of the kyiv region, Ruslan Kravchenko, wrote on Facebook that an unspecified infrastructure facility and eight houses had been damaged in the overnight attacks.
There was no immediate comment from Russia on the latest attacks.
A Russian attack on Wednesday killed 17 people in the eastern city of Kostiantynivka, Ukrainian officials said.
Russia has not commented on the latest series of attacks. REUTERS
Russian air defense forces claimed on Sunday to have destroyed a drone launched by Ukraine over the Bryansk region in southwestern Russia. No damage or casualties were immediately reported.
With mail cables.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn