Death Toll in Komyshuvakha Bombing Rises to 33, With 50 Still Missing in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Rescue work continued on Tuesday, November 3, in the village of Komyshuvakha in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region. The latest figures given on Tuesday by Mykhailo Semikin, acting head of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration, show that Russia's November 2 bombing of a school building converted into a humanitarian aid distribution point and shelter has now killed at least 33 people, with 50 still unaccounted for and at least five injured. The figures are up from the previously reported 31 dead and about 48 missing, rescuers are still searching the rubble, the toll may rise further, and the incident is still developing. The dead include four police officers and two rescue workers.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday morning that the attack was "one of the deadliest attacks of this war." "It is very telling that all of this is happening on the day of the US congressional elections. The Russians believe that America will not notice this signal from them. But such terror must be noticed and stopped," he said, calling for help to strengthen Ukraine's air defenses.
Semikin told Ukraine's national television broadcast on Tuesday that Russia used KAB-500 and FAB-3000 aerial bombs in the attack, and that a FAB-3000 carries nearly 1.5 tons of explosive material and is primarily designed to destroy heavy concrete fortifications and bunkers. The shelter that was hit was a newly built, EU-funded reinforced basement constructed last year to keep classes going during wartime and now used by local authorities as an administrative center and humanitarian hub; the force of the bombs still collapsed its concrete structure and set it on fire. Ukrainian police named the four officers killed as Mykhailo Buzhenko, Mykola Balanda, Mykhailo Romanov and Dmytro Besedin. The two rescue workers killed, Denys Konovalenko and Oleksiy Sushchevsky, both 44, had rushed to the scene after the first strike and were killed in the follow-up strike.
Russia's Defence Ministry commented on the attack for the first time on Tuesday, saying in a statement that it had targeted Ukrainian military units in areas around Komyshuvakha and two other settlements, and that up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen had been killed, with 15 vehicles and an electronic warfare station destroyed. Ukrainian officials say the site was the point where residents collected humanitarian aid every week, and that the second wave of bombs hit the shelter where people had taken cover directly.
Matthias Schmale, the United Nations' top aid official in Ukraine, condemned the attack. The bombing came after a six-day ceasefire evacuation operation in the southern city of Oleshky and amid a renewed push by the United States for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. As of publication, rescue operations in Komyshuvakha were continuing, and casualty figures remain subject to further official updates. (Source: CNN)
Source: CNN
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Photo: 图：乌克兰扎波罗热市景（资料图），事发地科梅舒瓦哈村位于扎波罗热州。Bogdan Gerasymenko 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: View of the city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (file photo); the village of Komyshuvakha is in Zaporizhzhia region. By Bogdan Gerasymenko, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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