Glide bombs strike an aid handout in Komyshuvakha, leaving at least 26 dead just after the Oleshky truce ended
Russian bombs hit a school where aid was handed out every week and then a shelter; Zelensky sees it as a sign that Moscow does not want de-escalation.
At least 26 people were killed on Monday in Russian bombing of the village of Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region, La Libre reports, citing local authorities. A first strike hit a school where aid was distributed on Mondays, a second a shelter where residents had fled. According to the head of the local military administration, at least nine FAB-3000 guided bombs, each weighing about three tonnes, were used. The Associated Press, via The Korea Times, reports around twenty people missing, so the toll may still rise.
The Kyiv Independent writes, citing Ukraine's emergency service, that the dead include two rescue workers and four police officers who had arrived after the first impact. The village lies about twenty kilometres from the front line. Russian drones hampered rescue work, AP reports. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia could not have been unaware that residents came there for aid every week, and that the attack destroys any hope of progress towards peace.
The attack followed the end of a rare local truce around occupied Oleshky in the Kherson region, which had allowed evacuations and aid since 27 October. According to a Ukrainian official, Russia refused an extension, and Ukraine's general staff says Russian forces used the pause to replenish ammunition and air defences. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called such regrouping entirely normal, La Libre writes. US envoy Steve Witkoff confirmed that Russia and Ukraine will hold talks in Abu Dhabi on 10 and 11 November; US mediators are also meeting European and NATO officials in Brussels this week, AP reports.