Ukraine Reports 29 Dead After Russian Strike on Aid Distribution Site
A wave of 365 projectiles hit nine regions, damaging hospitals and triggering power cuts as officials link the timing to U.S. elections.
By Anthony Shevchenko ·
Russian forces killed 29 people in southern Ukraine on Tuesday after striking a school building used to distribute humanitarian aid, officials said. The attack targeted Komyushuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region and left 48 individuals missing.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that Russia launched 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles, and 59 cruise missiles across nine regions. He stated that the barrage coincided with U.S. elections and argued that the timing sent a specific signal to Washington. “The Russians think America won’t notice this signal of theirs,” Zelenskyy said in an online post. He urged international allies to help Ukraine defend its skies to stop the missile strikes.
Mykhailo Semikin, acting head of the regional military administration, identified four police officers and two rescue workers among the dead in Zaporizhzhia. At least five other people were wounded in the initial strike on the aid site and a nearby shelter.
In the Kharkiv region, a combined missile and drone attack wounded at least 62 people. The strike damaged a medical facility in the Nemyshlianskyi district and shattered windows in four apartment buildings. Oleh Syniehubov, head of the regional military administration, said more than 200 patients were transferred to other medical facilities to accommodate the injured.
Rescuers in the Dnipro area pulled a woman from the rubble Tuesday morning after an attack killed one person and wounded 17. The blast damaged an outpatient clinic and a hospital, prompting the transfer of patients to other sites, according to Oleksandr Hanzha, the regional military administration head.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed it shot down 856 Ukrainian drones overnight. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 493 drones were fired toward the capital. In Yaroslavl, regional Governor Mikhail Yevrayev reported that a Ukrainian drone attack wounded two employees at an oil refinery and damaged its infrastructure.
Moscow-installed officials announced rolling blackouts in the south, west, and east of Russian-occupied Crimea following attacks on energy infrastructure.
