WHO chief says staff came under attack in Ukraine

A World Health Organization team came under attack while accompanying a United Nations convoy in Ukraine on Tuesday, but managed to deliver medical supplies to the city of Bilozerka, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X.

Two World Food Programme trucks were damaged in the incident, Tedros said on Wednesday. He reiterated calls for attacks on humanitarian workers to end.

The @WHOUkraine team came under attack yesterday while on a mission with a @UN convoy. Our staff are safe and still managed to deliver medical supplies to city of Bilozerka. Two @WFP trucks were damaged.

We cannot repeat loudly and often enough that humanitarians are… https://t.co/886uqliWzU

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) October 15, 2025

Photo: An inter-agency convoy was attacked while delivering humanitarian aid to Bilozerka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Photo: UNDSS