It was 9am on May 14 when an FPV drone slammed into a convoy of white, UN-marked vehicles in southern Ukraine. The targeted humanitarian mission was being carried out by teams from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The convoy was moving between the cities of Kherson and Ostriv when the Russian kamikaze drone suddenly struck one of the vehicles. Read moreHow Russian drones are terrorising civilians in Ukraine

This video was posted to X on May 14, 2026, by OCHA. It captures the moment a Russian drone attacked the convoy. Source: X / OCHA_Ukraine

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‘We didn't see the drone coming’ The attack occurred as the humanitarian convoy was crossing the bridge connecting Kherson's port district to the Ostriv neighbourhood. The area sits nearly six kilometres from the nearest Russian positions across the Dnieper River, which separates the two armies.

This image shows the areas under Russian control (in red) and those under Ukrainian control (in green). The red circle indicates the location of the UN convoy at the time of the attack. © Deep State Map