UAV event in Kherson, Korabelnyi District area, Ukraine on Thu 14th May 2026

Today, during a UN humanitarian mission in Kherson, Russian FPV drone operators attacked a UN convoy with multiple drones, effectively ruling out any possibility of the strike being accidental.

UN personnel were forced to abandon their vehicles, while local authorities had to urgently organize the evacuation of the UN staff from one of the most dangerous areas of Kherson after the convoy lost its transport as a result of the drone strikes.

At the same time, it is difficult not to be struck by the standard UN response of “we do not know which side carried out the attack.” This remains the organization’s consistent policy despite repeated attacks on UN staff, vehicles, and humanitarian convoys in Kherson, and despite Russian drone debris regularly being found at the sites of such strikes.

I sincerely thank the UN personnel who continue risking their own safety and lives to help the residents of my hometown, even in its most dangerous districts, as in this case. But refusing to acknowledge the obvious reality that Russia is behind attacks on humanitarian convoys serves only to deepen the sense of impunity enjoyed by those committing these war crimes.