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'Exceptionally horrific strike' - Russian bombs hit school used as humanitarian aid center in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, killing 26
The Kyiv Independent • • world
Key Points:
- Russian strikes on a school used for humanitarian aid distribution in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, killed at least 26 people, including two rescue workers and four police officers, with five others injured, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service (DSNS).
- President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attacks as "exceptionally horrific," highlighting that the school was regularly used to distribute aid and that Russian forces continued bombing the site even after rescue workers arrived.
- The strikes destroyed a gymnasium, an outbuilding, a fire truck, and damaged the school building, with two rescue workers, Denys Konovalenko and Oleksii Sushchevskyi, among the deceased; both had long service records and state awards.
- Komyshuvakha, located about 20 kilometers from the front line, has been a front-line settlement since November 2025 and has faced repeated Russian guided aerial bomb attacks.
