Reuters. Russian shelling on Thursday (September 12) killed three Ukrainians working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and injured two others in a village in the frontline Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said.

 

“Another Russian war crime. Today, the occupier attacked vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross humanitarian mission in the Donetsk region,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on X.

 

The village of Viroliubivka came under shelling, regional governor Vadym Filashkin said on the Telegram messenger app, reporting casualties.

 

The Prosecutor General’s Office said on Telegram that ICRC employees had brought fuel briquettes to residents for heating before winter. They were unloading the aid when the attack happened, it said.

 

Two employees were hospitalised, and one was in severe condition, prosecutors added.

 

Reuters was not able to independently verify the location or the date when the still images were shot. Reuters could not independently verify the report. There was no immediate comment from Russia.