DNIPRO, UKRAINE — On May 20, 2026, an Iskander ballistic missile slammed into a warehouse in Dnipro, an industrial town about 60 miles from the front line, killing two workers. For the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other U.N. agencies, Dnipro was a hub. The U.N. rented space in a warehouse. UNHCR alone kept about a million dollars in supplies — plywood to board up shattered windows, emergency hygiene kits for those burned out of their apartments, tarps, and other goods — in the facility. Five days later, another Iskander destroyed World Food Programme stocks in Dnipro.
Visiting the still-smoldering warehouse housing UNHCR gear, two things became clear.
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