The incident claimed at least two dead and five injured. Copenhagen was strongly condemned and described it as further evidence that Russia was not intending to end its aggression.
The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that employees of the Danish Council for Refugees were a target of the Russian army on Thursday in Ukraine. Informed the British BBC station, writes TASR.
Humanitarian workers participated in the territory of mine clearance
According to Ukraine, at least two people were killed in the Russian attack and five others were injured. Humanitarian workers participated in the observation of the territory, which was until recently occupied by the Russian army, informed the authorities of the Chernihiv region where the attack took place.
The Governor of the Viačeslav Čaus area said Russian soldiers intentionally directed their attack to the Danish Council for Refugees. Reuters shots from the attack site capture at least one seriously damaged delivery in fire burned terrain. The vehicle had a logo of the Danish Council for Refugees (DRC).
Denmark: This is another evidence that Putin does not intend to end his aggressive war
In its response to social networks, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned “all acts of aggression against humanitarian workers”. “This is further evidence that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin does not intend to end his unlawful aggressive war,” Copenhagen said.
The Ukrainian public defender of the rights of Dmytro Lubinec said that “an attack on persons involved in mine clerics is an intentional attempt to frustrate the efforts to protect civilians and ensure the security of communities.”
Russia is worth the fact that its rocket hit the Ukrainian crew
The Russian Defense Ministry, without any evidence, claims that his Iskander rocket in the Černihiv region hit the Ukrainian crew, which allegedly prepared to send drones to Russian targets.
Reuters stated that this incident underlines the continuing danger to humanitarian missions in Ukraine, whose staff is at risk of not only battlefields on the battlefields, but also a deliberate attack during the execution of minectoral and rescue work.