Russia has been accused of deliberately targeting a UN humanitarian convoy in Kherson as drones struck a clearly marked UN vehicle twice.
“The Russians could not have failed to know which vehicle they were targeting,” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Telegram.
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher alleged that the strikes on the convoy were possibly a “targeted attack”.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian president said Russia is planning to target around two dozen “decision-making centres”, including government buildings and military command posts.
“They have been nursing this plan for a long time, and now, after Iran, have become active again – trying to locate us and track our movements,” he said.
This comes after Russia launched more than 1,500 drones and dozens of missiles in attacks across Ukraine this week, over two consecutive days, killing dozens of people, Ukrainian officials said.
On the Russian side, a huge fire broke out at an oil refinery after strikes from Ukrainian drones in Russia’s central city of Ryazan, some 120 miles southeast of Moscow.
Russia’s defence ministry claimed on Friday to have downed 355 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions through the night.
