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MapRussian Strike On Komyshuvakha Aid Centre Kills 40 As Zelenskyy Warns Of More Buried
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Forty people killed in Russian strike on Komyshuvakha aid centre. Dozens still missing as rescue operations continue into third day.
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Zaporizhzhia toll rises
Ukrainian authorities raised the death toll from a Russian attack on an aid centre in the Zaporizhia region to 40 people, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying some bodies had not yet been accounted for and that more than 30 people may still be under the rubble. Ukraine said the death toll had risen to 37, while the regional directorate of Ukraine’s National Police said 59 people were still considered missing and that as many as 38 people may still remain trapped under the debris.
AP said Russian guided bombs slammed into a former school and nearby shelter in the village of Komyshuvakha, and Zelenskyy said 30 more people could still be buried in the rubble. Reuters said the death toll from a Russian bombing of an aid distribution point in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region rose to 40, with dozens still missing, and it quoted Ivan Fedorov writing on Telegram that 59 people were missing.
Double-tap and bodycam
Ukraine said the strike involved a double-tap, with Zelenskyy telling US social media platform X that after the first aerial bomb strike there was a double-tap strike with nine more bombs targeting the shelter where people were taking cover. BBC reported that Ukraine police released bodycam footage showing residents going to an underground shelter after the first attack, and it quoted Zelensky saying that "nine aerial bombs were dropped by the Russians."
AP said Russian attacks triggered power and water outages for hours Wednesday across Kyiv and surrounding regions, and it described officials urging residents to use public drinking water fountains before service was restored. Reuters said the bodycam footage showed the policeman warning that the area was under threat from drones, and it described residents rushing down several flights of stairs when a warning came over a radio that Russian glide bombs were heading toward the village.
Talks and air defenses
Zelenskyy said the attack wasted an opportunity created by a ceasefire and humanitarian mission last week in the front-line village of Oleshky, and he declared that it showed that Russia did not want de-escalation of the conflict. The US announced a new round of talks aimed at ending the war next week, and Reuters said the United States would bring together Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Abu Dhabi on November 10 to 11 to discuss ending the conflict, postwar security agreements and de-escalation.
“We count on a response – Ukraine needs air defense support right now.”
Zelenskyy renewed his plea for more missile interceptors and other key military support, and CBS News quoted him saying, "We count on a response – Ukraine needs air defense support right now." AP said officials from the United States, Germany, France, Britain, NATO, the World Bank and the European Union met Wednesday at the European Commission’s headquarters in Brussels to discuss the massive reconstruction effort, and it quoted the commission saying it "focused on refining the scenarios for Ukraine’s postwar economic development and prosperity."