Zelensky: Russia struck a school distributing humanitarian aid in Zaporizhzhia with aerial bombs, killing 18
According to the Ukrainian president, 18 people were killed and five wounded in the strike on Komyshuvakha; after the first strike nine bombs hit a shelter with people inside.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on 2 November that Russia struck a school in the settlement of Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia region, where humanitarian aid was being distributed, with aerial bombs.
According to Zelensky, 18 people were killed and five wounded in the strike. A search and rescue operation is continuing at the site.
The Ukrainian president said that after the first strike nine bombs hit a shelter with people inside.
Footage released by Ukraine's State Emergency Service shows a destroyed building, rubble, smoke and rescuers searching a dark shelter.
Komyshuvakha is a settlement in Zaporizhzhia region that had already been struck repeatedly.
According to Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, on 15 June 2026 drones also struck Komyshuvakha while humanitarian aid was being distributed, and four people suffered shrapnel wounds.
