Today, May 14, humanitarian workers in Kherson, Ukraine came under attack. World Central Kitchen (WCK) and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) vehicles were hit in separate drone attacks.

This morning in Ukraine, Russian forces attacked a WCK vehicle. A drone struck an armored vehicle operated by our restaurant partner California while delivering hot meals in Kherson. The attack impacted the rear section of the vehicle while it was in motion. No injuries were reported, but the vehicle sustained significant damage.

Earlier in the day, an OCHA vehicle was also targeted with drones in Kherson while it was delivering humanitarian aid. While all OCHA staff were safely evacuated, a local resident was killed.

The OCHA convoy was helping deliver meals and shelf stable items to a humanitarian center in Ostriv—one of the few remaining channels for food assistance to reach residents in the area.

“Today’s attacks on humanitarian workers are war crimes. The world cannot accept this as normal. Too many aid workers have died like this around the world,” said WCK Founder José Andrés. “Russia is a permanent member of the UN Security Council—but it attacks UN and WCK vehicles in Kherson, Ukraine. While the aid workers survived unharmed, one resident died. This war needs to end now. The suffering needs to end now. We are an American-based NGO.”

WCK remains committed to finding safe ways to deliver food assistance to the people of Kherson and communities across Ukraine. We will not stop. The need has not stopped, and neither will we.