Celebrity chef Jose Andres said a Russian missile blew up a train car carrying food bound for one of his humanitarian kitchens in Ukraine on Wednesday.
Andres, the founder of the nonprofit relief organization World Central Kitchen, said the train was hit in eastern Ukraine but that nobody was injured in the airstrike.
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“Russian missile blew up our [World Central Kitchen] food train in Eastern Ukraine… Nobody hurt thankfully…but they are now hitting train infrastructure hard! Only 1 wagon of food fully lost, will save the rest! This won’t stop us — our amazing Ukrainian WCK teams will keep feeding the people!” Andres tweeted on Wednesday.
Russian missile blew up our @WCKitchen food train in Eastern Ukraine… Nobody hurt thankfully…but they are now hitting train infrastructure hard! Only 1 wagon of food fully lost, will save the rest! This won’t stop us—our amazing Ukrainian WCK teams will keep feeding the people! pic.twitter.com/cRlIdyTkXg
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) June 15, 2022
World Central Kitchen CEO Nate Mook said the attack occurred less than half a mile from the passenger train station and that it reminded him of the Kramatorsk railway station attack, which killed 59 civilians in April.
The missile destroyed 34 pallets of food belonging to the organization, according to Mook, who shared video on social media of the aftermath of the missile strike.
This is 600 meters from the passenger station, similar to the Kramatorsk missile attack. They destroyed 34 pallets of WCK food, but I’m grateful nobody hurt. Look at the carnage being inflicted on the people of Ukraine every day. Rail will be fixed & trains will keep going! ??? https://t.co/zwjbMQw9of pic.twitter.com/4Wrdw01gqq
— Nate Mook (@natemook) June 15, 2022
Andres said food in the other damaged train cars will be unloaded on Thursday, adding that it is “a lifeline for many families.”
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World Central Kitchen, known for feeding victims of natural disasters, front-line workers during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and recently residents of Buffalo, New York, after a deadly mass shooting in May at a supermarket, has been providing food to Ukrainian refugees and hard-hit areas of the country since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion.
The group said it has served over 25 million meals in Ukraine since the start of the war.
