At Least 24 Killed in Russian Attack on Ukrainian Humanitarian Hub
The strike in the Zaporizhzhia region came a day after a brief humanitarian truce ended in neighboring Kherson. A photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service shows rescue workers at the site of a Russian strike in the village of Komyshuvakha on Monday. Credit... Agence France-Presse, via Ukrainian Emergency Service By Siobhán O’Grady and Liubov Sholudko Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine The New York Times Nov. 2, 2026 Updated 3:50 p.m. ET At least 24 people were killed on Monday in a Russian glide bomb attack on a humanitarian hub in southern Ukraine, officials said. It was a stark reminder of the limits of a rare local cease-fire in neighboring Kherson that ended only a day before. Russia launched at least nine glide bombs, each loaded with around 3,000 pounds of explosives, at the village of Komyshuvakha in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, Ukrainian officials said. At least one struck a school that doubled as a bomb shelter and humanitarian hub, trapping civilians an...