Death toll from Russian air strike on Komyshuvakha rises to 53
The number of people killed in the Russian air strike on the settlement of Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia district on 2 November has risen to 53. Search and rescue work at the site of the FAB-3000 strike has continued for a fifth day.
The death toll from the Russian air strike on the settlement of Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia district on 2 November has risen to 53, Mykhailo Semikin, acting deputy head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, said.
According to him, search and rescue work at the site where the FAB-3000 bomb struck has been under way for a fifth day.
According to information released by the Ukrainian side on 3 November, Russia first dropped FAB-500 guided bombs and then FAB-3000 bombs. After a direct hit, the concrete structure of an underground centre collapsed, with civilians inside who had come to the school building to receive humanitarian aid.
On that day the death toll was announced as 31, with five more people reported injured and around 50 missing. Three days of mourning were declared in Zaporizhzhia region on 3, 4 and 5 November.
The FAB-3000 is a heavy aerial bomb weighing about three tonnes. The Russian military first used it in Ukraine in June 2024 in a version fitted with a gliding and correction module.
