Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno speaks during a press conference with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell following the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Toledo, Spain, August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo
A Spanish humanitarian worker was killed in Ukraine after a missile struck the car she was riding in, according to Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares.
“Unfortunately, I can confirm that a car in which this Spanish employee who was traveling for a humanitarian NGO in Ukraine was hit by a missile. In India, where he attended the G20 summit, Albares told reporters, “We have verbal confirmation of her death.
Albares did not name the aid worker.
A Canadian aid worker also died in the attack on Saturday in Chasiv Yar, in the region of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, authorities said.