Russian Strike Leaves 31 Dead and Scores Missing in Southern Ukraine
The attack on Komyshuvakha underscores the human cost of ongoing conflict as emergency workers scramble among rubble.
The death toll from the Russian strike rose to 31 on Tuesday, with the devastation centered in the village of Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Dozens remain missing, and the strike is part of a broader wave of overnight attacks that have targeted power plants and damaged hospitals across Ukraine.
Emergency workers and volunteers have been picking through debris, pulling bodies from the rubble and carrying them away in white plastic sheeting.
Original reporting
The Washington Times
Death toll hits 31 after Russian strike on Ukrainian aid site, with dozens still missing
The death toll from a Russian attack in southern Ukraine on a site where people had gathered to receive humanitarian aid rose to 31 on Tuesday, with dozens of people still missing, as a wave of overnight strikes targeted power plants across the country, damaged hospitals and wounded scores of people.
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Russian strikes on Ukrainian aid site kill at least 31 people, with dozens still missing
Teams of emergency workers and volunteers picked through debris at the cratered blast site in Komyshuvakha, a village in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region where bodies were pulled from the rubble and carried away in white plastic sheeting. More than 45 residents are still missing.
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- The death toll from a Russian strike on a site in southern Ukraine where people had gathered to receive humanitarian aid rose to 31.
- The death toll rose to 31 on Tuesday.
- Dozens of people are still missing after the strike; PBS News reports that more than 45 residents are still missing.
- A wave of overnight strikes targeted power plants across Ukraine.
- The strikes damaged hospitals and wounded scores of people.
- The strike site is in Komyshuvakha, a village in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region.
- Emergency workers and volunteers picked through debris at the cratered blast site in Komyshuvakha.
- Bodies were pulled from the rubble in Komyshuvakha and carried away in white plastic sheeting.
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