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Russia is accused of “deliberately targeting” a United Nations humanitarian aid convoy in Ukraine. Kiev’s foreign ministry said four trucks with UN emblems were targeted by Russian drones and artillery in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region.

It hit two of the trucks and injured two people, a 73-year-old woman and a 67-year-old man in a nearby civilian vehicle. Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha called the incident “a brutal violation of international law” on Tuesday morning. He accused Moscow of “complete disregard for civilian lives and international obligations.”

“We call on UN Member States to publicly condemn another attack on humanitarian personnel and apply additional pressure on the attacker,” he said.

The trucks were part of an interagency UN convoy delivering vital aid, including medicine, to residents of war-torn Belozersk, according to the UN, which confirmed the attack.

Andrea de Domenico, head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that it turned out that the two trucks hit were hit by kamikaze drones.

Alexander Prokudin, head of the regional military administration, said: “Russia has once again shown its true and disgusting face by attacking a humanitarian mission in the Kherson region.

“The invaders deliberately targeted UN OCHA trucks with drones and artillery.”

He accused Vladimir Putin’s forces of attacking tons of humanitarian aid.

“Terrorists; there is nothing else to say,” he said in a post on social media.

“One vehicle was burned and another was severely damaged.

“Two [vehicles] “We managed to escape the attack.”

Photos taken from the scene showed thick clouds of black smoke rising from one of the trucks.

The UN said its staff were not injured in the incident and that the trucks it hit were clearly marked as belonging to the World Food Programme.

“Such attacks are completely unacceptable,” the UN said in a statement.

“Aid workers are protected by international humanitarian law and should never be attacked.

“Civilians on the front lines are heavily dependent on humanitarian assistance, and aid workers must be able to deliver life-saving assistance safely.

“Deliberately targeting humanitarian aid and humanitarian assets is a grave violation of international humanitarian law and may amount to a war crime.”