Russian forces struck a UN aid convoy in the partially-occupied southern Kherson region of Ukraine, Kyiv said Tuesday, adding there were no casualties in the attack.
The head of the region鈥檚 military administration said the Russian drone and artillery attack happened near the frontline town of Bilozerka.
鈥楾he occupiers deliberately targeted UN OCHA trucks with drones and artillery,鈥� local official Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on social media.
He said there were four vehicles in the convoy and that 鈥榦ne vehicle burned down, another was seriously damaged,鈥� with the two others unscathed.
Ukrainian foreign minister Andriy Sybiga called the strike 鈥榓nother brutal violation of international law, proving Russia鈥檚 utter disregard for civilian lives and its international obligations.鈥�
There was no immediate comment from the United Nations on the incident, and no immediate reaction from Moscow.
Prokudin published a photo showing a white truck marked with the World Food Programme emblem on fire with plumes of black smoke rising about it.
Ukrainian authorities and aid groups have said throughout the nearly four-year Russian invasion that their staff and facilities have come under bombardments from Moscow鈥檚 forces.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he will go to Washington this week to see US president Donald Trump, to discuss air defences and how to put more pressure on Russia.
Zelensky said he would join a Ukrainian delegation there holding talks with US politicians and companies, and he hoped to have his meeting with Trump on Friday.
Trump confirmed what would be the Ukrainian leader鈥檚 third visit to the White House since January when a reporter asked if he plans to host Zelensky on Friday.
鈥業 think so, yeah,鈥� the US president said during a brief fuel stop as he travelled back to Washington from the Middle East.
Zelensky highlighted that he had two phone calls with Trump over the weekend, during which they discussed the 鈥榗hallenges鈥� Ukraine faces as Russian strikes target the country鈥檚 energy infrastructure, and the situation on the battlefield.