Ukraine reports at least 26 dead in attack in Zaporizhia region

According to official information, numerous people were killed in a Russian air strike in the Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media that this happened when relief supplies were handed out at a school in the village of Komyshuwacha. According to the information, at least 26 people were killed.

According to Zelensky, at least five people were injured and more victims were being searched for in the rubble. 27 people are missing, regional military administrator Mykhailo Semikin said on Telegram.

Injured also in Kharkiv

“This is further evidence that Russia does not want de-escalation,” Zelensky wrote. Ten guided bombs fell in an area where the school building used as a distribution center for aid supplies and a nearby emergency shelter were located.

Zelensky accused Moscow of targeted bombing. "Russia could not have failed to notice that the residents remaining in Komyshuwacha receive humanitarian aid there every week." Several bombs were fired at a shelter where people had gathered. Zelensky spoke of a “devious terrorist attack”.

At least 46 people were injured in a Russian attack on a medical facility in Kharkiv, Ukrainian authorities said. The mayor of the eastern city, Ihor Terekhov, wrote this on the Telegram platform.

Around 1,000 windows on the hospital building and surrounding houses were damaged due to the detonations. According to the Kyiv Independent portal, around 200 patients have to be evacuated from the damaged facility. Attacks were also reported in other regions, such as Odessa on the Black Sea.

Tough reaction required

After the Oleschky ceasefire, there was a moment after which the next steps could have shown a possible peace, Zelensky continued. "With these murders, Russia has sent an absolutely opposite signal: Russia is counting on further murders." The president called for a “strong and tough” global response.

Komyshuwacha is located about 25 kilometers east of Zaporizhzhia and is a good dozen kilometers from the front line. The Zaporizhia region has been the target of serious Russian attacks for months.

In an attack on the city of Zaporizhia in mid-October, 23 people were killed, including four minors. Storage buildings in the region were also repeatedly bombed.