UN weighs moving Ukraine aid supplies underground after warehouse hits
The agency is delaying purchases and adding protections after strikes destroyed millions of dollars in aid and hit 10 warehouses this year.
- On Tuesday, the United Nations said it is considering moving humanitarian supplies into underground bunkers after Russian strikes hit 10 of its warehouses this year, destroying millions of dollars' worth of aid.
- Humanitarian Coordinator Matthias Schmale described deliberate attacks on storage facilities as a 'new trend of the last few months,' noting that 'this feels increasingly like the front line is moving into the air.'
- Strikes earlier this month hit a World Health Organization warehouse, while a Russian drone attack on August 23 destroyed about $626,000 in supplies at a Ukrainian Red Cross facility in Kherson.
- Replacing destroyed supplies and security equipment was not foreseen in the United Nations' $2.3 billion 2026 aid budget, Schmale noted, forcing additional costs onto taxpayers.
- To reduce exposure to strikes, the organization is delaying aid purchases until the last minute and considering requests for mobile drone shelters to protect civilians in public areas.
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