Russia airstrikes on a school used as a humanitarian aid distribution point in southeastern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region killed at least 26 people, including rescue workers and police officers, Ukrainian officials said. Another 27 people were reported missing.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces dropped several aerial bombs on a school in the village of Komyshuvakha on Monday, 2 November.
The building was also being used as a shelter, with aid distributed there every Monday. Classes had been suspended because the village lies close to the front line.
According to Zelenskyy, Russian forces carried out two rounds of strikes, initially targeting the area as people arrived before hitting the shelter.
Emergency services said two rescue workers and four police officers were among those killed.
Regina Kharchenko, secretary of the Zaporizhzhia City Council, said 27 people remained missing following the attack.
Police and emergency crews continued searching through the rubble for residents believed to be trapped beneath the debris.
Photographs shared online showed smouldering wreckage scattered across the area.
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of undermining humanitarian efforts
The attack came a day after a six-day local ceasefire expired in Oleshky, a town in neighbouring Kherson region. The agreement had allowed humanitarian aid deliveries and the evacuation of residents wishing to leave.
Zelenskyy accused Moscow of rejecting opportunities to reduce tensions following the mission.
“If Russia genuinely wanted de-escalation, there was an opportunity following the situation in Oleshky to continue taking humanitarian steps. We proposed this. But Russia continues to kill people,” he said.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha condemned the attack and urged countries to oppose Russia's return to major international sport competitions.
His comments followed a ruling by sport's highest court ordering Russia's reinstatement in major tournaments.
“Russia deserves condemnation, isolation, and consequences, not a return to international respectability,” Sybiha wrote on X.
He argued that Russia's participation in international sport could not be separated from its military actions in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, a senior U.S. official told Reuters that Washington plans to bring Ukrainian and Russian delegations together in Abu Dhabi on 10–11 November.
The discussions are expected to focus on possible steps towards ending the war, post-war security arrangements and de-escalation.
U.S. negotiators have been seeking diplomatic progress before winter. The last U.S.-mediated peace talks took place in February before the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran.
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