José Andrés.Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty Images
In a video posted to Twitter on Saturday, WCK’s CEO Nate Mook sharedfootage of the aftermathand the “tremendous amounts of damage,” saying that four staff members were injured.
“Just a tremendous amount of carnage left behind for no reason,” Mook added. “In this area, there are offices, there are residences. People live here, people work here, people cook here and that’s it … absolutely horrific brutality.”
Sharing that the affected staff members are at the hospital, Mook said, “Nobody was killed in the restaurant, but we are told that one person was killed in this strike.”
Andrés, 52, wrotein a retweetof the video, “Food heroes them all! Relief that so far that just were 4 wounded … praying for them!@WCKitchen#ChefsForUkrainewe are#FoodFightersbut the Russian attacks must stop against civilian buildings and markets and churches and schools etc.”
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Mookshared an updateon Sunday, saying “the restaurant team is moving all food products & non-damaged equipment to another kitchen location in Kharkiv. The injured staff are doing well — and all the team here wants to continue cooking.”
“To everyone caring and sending good wishes to the team in Kharkiv, thank you, the injured are fine, and everyone is ready and willing to start cooking in another location,” Andréssaid in a retweetof the latter post. “#FoodFighters@WCKitchenAll our friends are TRUE heroes! Many ways to fight, we do it with food! 👊🥘”
The attack comes almost two months after Andrés announced that his nonprofit organization, WCK, would be atthe Ukraine-Poland border “delivering meals"in an effort to aid to the people of Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict with Russia.
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With NATO forces massing in the region around Ukraine, various countries have also pledged aid or military support to the resistance. Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyycalled for peace talks — so far unsuccessful — while urging his country to fight back.
Putin insists Ukraine has historic ties to Russia and he is acting in the best security interests of his country. Zelenskyy vowed not to bend.
“Nobody is going to break us, we’re strong, we’re Ukrainians,“he told the European Unionin a speech in the early days of the fighting, adding, “Life will win over death. And light will win over darkness.”
source: people.com
