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Nataliia shows the debris in her house, located less than 30 kilometers from the front line in Zaporizka Oblast. A missile hit the building, destroying her neighbour’s apartment and shattering the windows in hers. OCHA/Kateryna Klochko

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Following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, today another humanitarian convoy reached 7,000 people in the Ukraine-controlled Darivska community outside Kherson city. The four-truck convoy delivered water, food, hygiene kits and medical supplies.

Regarding areas controlled by Russian-installed authorities, the Humanitarian Coordinator, Denise Brown, said in a statement today that the UN is still waiting to receive the necessary safety guarantees to send support on the other side of the front-line.

The boats, the personnel and the supplies are ready to cross the front line to the other side of the Dnipro River and support people stranded by the flooding and in desperate need, including to Oleshky. OCHA and its partners are waiting for the safety guarantees they need, for the safety of the teams involved, and to not create additional risks for the people they intend to serve.

Ms. Brown has also condemned an overnight airstrike that hit a residential building and other civilian infrastructure in Kryvyi Rih, killing and injuring many civilians.

In the Kherson region, an attack this morning hit Bilozerka – where OCHA delivered assistance a couple of days ago and where people are heavily affected by the destruction of the dam. A civilian was killed, according to our partners on the ground.

International humanitarian law must be respected, and constant care must be taken to spare civilians from more harm.