Overview
- A precision-guided Iskander missile hit a World Food Programme warehouse on May 25, destroying about $1.4 million in food supplies earmarked for roughly 130,000 people.
- The WFP said all staff were uninjured, called the strike 'targeted,' and sent teams to assess losses as it noted more than 84 incidents affecting its Ukraine operations over the past 18 months.
- Earlier in May a separate missile strike destroyed a UNHCR-leased warehouse in Dnipro, killed two people, and wiped out about $1 million in shelter and aid materials.
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and the city of Dnipro function as a central logistics and humanitarian hub, so repeated attacks on warehouses are disrupting supply chains and slowing deliveries to frontline and displaced populations.
- Ukrainian officials have urged UN Secretary-General António Guterres to act to protect humanitarian operations and accountability measures, and observers say this pattern raises legal and operational questions for aid delivery and donor support.