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UN mission comes under Russian fire in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia

Politics 12:45 08 Jan, 2023
UN mission comes under Russian fire in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia

The UN mission In the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine came under fire from the Russian military, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Starukh said, Qazet.az reports according to UNIAN.

According to Starukh, the UN representatives were trying to deliver humanitarian aid.

“It was agreed that there would be no shelling. But, unfortunately, the Russian side, which promised not to shoot, this morning fired even at the humanitarian mission of the United Nations, which brought humanitarian cargo to Orikhiv,” Starukh said.