On Monday, a Russian air strike over Komyshuvakha in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region killed 24 people and injured five, Ukraine’s emergency services agency said. The bombings destroyed a school that had been converted into a humanitarian aid center, and footage posted by emergency services shows the building reduced to piles of smouldering rubble.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack as evidence of Russia’s unwillingness to de‑escalate the war. He wrote on Telegram:
After the first air strike, there was a repeat strike with nine more bombs, directly on the shelter where people were gathered. The Russians could not have been unaware that every week residents who have remained in Komyshuvakha were receiving assistance aid right there. This is yet further proof that Russia does not want any kind of de‑escalation, any real justice.
Regional Governor Mykhailo Semikin reported that a police officer and two State Emergency Service rescuers were among the dead and that 27 people were missing. The injured included five individuals in the immediate blast zone.
Other Ukrainian emergency services noted that drone strikes in the eastern Kharkiv region injured 12 people, damaging a refrigeration facility, greenhouses and residential buildings. In the Black Sea port city of Odesa, a warehouse was targeted and homes were damaged, with five people injured.
The attack underscores the continued risk to humanitarian sites in the conflict and has prompted international condemnation amid ongoing hostilities.
