Russian strikes on Ukrainian aid school kill at least 24
Russian strikes on Komyshuvakha, a village in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, killed at least 24 people on Monday 2 Nov, according to civil defence authorities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the first strike hit a school used to distribute humanitarian aid, and a second strike with nine more bombs hit a shelter where people were taking cover. Five people were injured and about 20 to 27 are reported missing, with the toll possibly rising. The attack followed the expiry of a local truce that had allowed evacuations from the occupied city of Oleshky in Kherson region. Russia has not publicly commented.
Key facts
- Two members of a rescue crew and a police officer are among the dead, emergency services and the regional governor said.
- Ukraine's emergency services said rescue operations were ongoing at the site, with people being searched for in debris.
- Multiple Russian drone attacks elsewhere in Ukraine injured at least 17 people, according to authorities.
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Why it matters
A deadly strike on an aid site comes as a local truce to evacuate civilians has ended.
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First published from Anadolu Agency, The Straits Times, Meduza, Asharq Al-Awsat and Al Jazeera English