
24killed in Komyshuvakha aid centre strike
Dead
at least 24
Injured
5
Missing
27
Rescue workers killed
2
Police officers killed
at least 4
Bomb size
~3,000 kg each
Bombs in second wave
9
Distance from front line
~20 km
"After the first aerial bomb strike, there was a repeat strike with nine more bombs, directly on the shelter where people were gathered. Russian forces could not have been unaware that local residents received humanitarian aid at that very location every w
"Zelenskyy
Russia struck a school in Komyshuvakha used weekly for aid distribution; residents were present during the attack.
Weapons used were guided aerial bombs (KABs) fitted with wing kits, released from aircraft outside air defence range.
The double-tap pattern: a first strike, then a second wave targeting the shelter where survivors took cover.
Among the dead: two rescue workers and at least four police officers.
Rescuers named by Ukrainian media include Denys Konovalenko, 44, and Oleksii Sushchevskyi, 44, both decorated veterans of Ukraine's civil protection service.
The Kremlin said it shot down 212 Ukrainian drones overnight; it has not commented on the Komyshuvakha strike.
Ukraine General Staff separately reported Russia used the just-expired Oleshky humanitarian ceasefire to rotate troops and resupply.
Whether the death toll will rise: 27 people remain listed as missing.
Whether the building struck was the same school used as a rehabilitation centre in earlier Wikimedia-documented destruction, or an adjacent building.
Any independent damage assessment; the settlement is near an active front line.
What happens next
Search and rescue operations to continue as conditions allow
Ukraine to present the strike at the UN Security Council
International partners expected to respond; US State Department has been asked for comment
Russia under pressure to explain targeting of a known civilian aid site
Photo: Ruins of a school in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, after repeated Russian bombings. Vadym Balachuk, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.