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Death toll rises to 29 in Russian strike on Ukrainian aid site

A Russian attack on a humanitarian aid facility in southern Ukraine kills 29 people, with 48 still missing, as overnight strikes target power plants across the country.

Nov 3, 2026

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Death toll rises to 29 in Russian strike on Ukrainian aid site

A Russian attack on a humanitarian aid facility in southern Ukraine kills 29 people, with 48 still missing, as overnight strikes target power plants across the country.

In brief

A Russian attack on a humanitarian aid facility in southern Ukraine kills 29 people, with 48 still missing, as overnight strikes target power plants across the country. Russian strikes on a Ukrainian aid site in Zaporizhzhia killed 29 people with 48 missing, part of a wider overnight barrage that damaged hospitals and…

Aid site destroyed in southern Ukraine

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, a residential building is seen following a Russian air attack in Dnipro, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 20

A Russian attack on a humanitarian aid facility and shelter in Komyushuvakha, a village in Zaporizhzhia region, killed 29 people on Monday, with 48 still missing under the rubble.

One of the worst tragedies in the region

Mykhailo Semikin, acting head of Zaporizhzhia's military administration, called it one of the worst tragedies in terms of civilian victims since the full-scale war began.

“The scale of the tragedy is terrifying.”

Bunker-busting bombs used in attack

Russian bunker-busting bombs filled with nearly one point five tons of explosives were used in Monday's attack. The dead included four police officers and two rescue workers.

Overnight barrage across nine regions

A woman and her cat take shelter from a Russian drone and missile attack, in a metro station, now used as a bomb shelter, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 202

Russia launched two hundred eighty-nine attack drones, seventeen ballistic missiles and fifty-nine cruise missiles across nine regions, triggering emergency power cuts, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Hospitals damaged, patients transferred

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, rescuers evacuate a wounded civilian from a residential building after Russian air attack in Dnipro,

In Kharkiv, a combined Russian missile and drone attack wounded at least sixty-two people and damaged a medical facility. More than two hundred patients were transferred to other medical facilities.

Zelenskyy calls for help defending skies

President Zelenskyy said Russia will never stop missile strikes unless Ukraine gets help defending its skies, warning the barrage coincided with U.S. elections to send a signal.

“We need to help Ukraine defend its skies; otherwise, Russia will never stop its missile strikes.”

The key point

Russian strikes on a Ukrainian aid site in Zaporizhzhia killed 29 people with 48 missing, part of a wider overnight barrage that damaged hospitals and power plants across the country.

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