31 dead after Russian strike on aid site

At least 31 people died in a Russian attack on an aid facility and shelter in Komyshuvakha, a village in southern Ukraine. More than 45 residents remain missing as emergency workers and volunteers pick through the rubble. The village is located in the Zaporizhzhia region, where the blast site has been cratered by the impact.

Mykhailo Semikin, acting head of the regional military administration, described the event as one of the worst tragedies in the area since the full-scale war began. He noted that four police officers and two rescue workers are among the dead. At least five other people were injured in the strike. Three days of mourning have been declared for the region.

The attack occurred on Monday, with Russian forces using bunker-busting bombs that contained nearly 1.5 tons of explosives each. This strike was part of a larger overnight barrage that targeted power plants, hospitals, and other infrastructure across nine regions. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia launched 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles, and 59 cruise missiles during the offensive.

Zelenskyy said the timing of the barrage coincided with U.S. elections. He argued that Russia believed America would not notice the signal. He called for international support to help Ukraine defend its skies. In the Kharkiv region, a combined missile and drone attack wounded at least 62 people. A medical facility in the Nemyshlianskyi district was damaged, forcing the transfer of more than 200 patients to other locations.

In the Dnipro area, rescuers pulled a woman alive from the rubble on Tuesday morning. The attack in that region killed one person and wounded 17 others. An outpatient clinic and a hospital sustained damage, and patients were moved to safer facilities. Ukraine's energy ministry reported that 20 strikes hit 10 regions overnight, causing extensive damage to energy infrastructure.

Ukrainian power utility DTEK said three of its plants halted operations due to intense attacks. No injuries were reported at the power plants. Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed it shot down 856 Ukrainian drones overnight. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 493 drones were fired toward the capital. Rolling blackouts have been instituted in parts of Russian-occupied Crimea.

Zelenskyy traveled to Germany on Tuesday to begin consultations with European leaders. U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, confirmed that U.S.-mediated talks will take place Nov. 10-11 in Abu Dhabi. The negotiations will focus on postwar security, de-escalation, and humanitarian efforts. The European Commission will host a meeting Wednesday with officials from France, Germany, the U.K., the E.U., NATO, Ukraine, the U.S., and the World Bank to discuss postwar reconstruction.