31 Killed in Russian Strike on Ukrainian Aid Facility, Dozens Still Missing

Rescuers in the southern Ukrainian village of Komyshuvakha continued searching rubble on Tuesday after a Russian strike demolished an aid facility and shelter, killing at least 31 people and leaving more than 45 residents missing. Emergency workers and volunteers removed bodies wrapped in white plastic sheeting, while officials confirmed the deaths of four police officers and two rescue workers, and reported at least five injuries.

Mykhailo Semikin, acting head of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration, described the incident as one of the deadliest civilian attacks in the region since the war began. The strike involved Russian bunker-busting bombs, some containing up to 1.5 tons of explosives, and prompted three days of mourning in the oblast.

The attack coincided with a broader wave of overnight Russian strikes across nine Ukrainian regions, including 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles and 59 cruise missiles that targeted power plants, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that the barrage was intended to send a signal ahead of U.S. elections and called for increased international support to defend Ukraine's skies.

In the Kharkiv region, a combined missile and drone assault wounded at least 62 people and damaged a medical facility, prompting the transfer of more than 200 patients to other hospitals. Similar attacks in the Dnipro area resulted in one death, 17 injuries and damage to an outpatient clinic and a hospital.

Ukraine's energy ministry reported that Russian nightly attacks on power plants caused extensive damage and rolling blackouts in several regions, including Russian-occupied Crimea. The state utility DTEK said three of its plants halted operations after severe damage.

President Zelenskyy travelled to Germany on Tuesday to begin consultations with European leaders ahead of U.S.-mediated peace talks scheduled for November 10-11 in Abu Dhabi. U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, confirmed the meeting dates, noting that negotiations will focus on post-war security, de-escalation and humanitarian assistance. The Kremlin announced that a Russian delegation will attend the talks, which follow a recent agreement to resume three-way negotiations involving Washington, Kyiv and Moscow.

The European Commission also announced a meeting on Wednesday with officials from the EU, NATO, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ukraine, the United States and the World Bank to discuss post-war reconstruction in Ukraine.