Russian bombing kills dozens at Ukraine aid centre as fighting returns to Kherson region

Russian forces have reportedly killed at least 24 people in a bombing that targeted an aid distribution center and an adjacent shelter in Komyshuvakha, located in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the area, which included a school building used for humanitarian aid, was hit by ten guided bombs. Emergency responders are continuing to search through the rubble, with approximately 20 people still missing, and officials anticipate the death toll could increase. Rescue efforts were reportedly hampered by further Russian drone attacks in the vicinity.

This devastating attack on the aid center coincided with the expiration of a localized ceasefire in the neighboring Kherson region on Monday, November 2, 2026. The truce, which had been brokered with the reported assistance of US First Lady Melania Trump, was the longest pause in fighting in the region since Russia's full-scale invasion began in 2022. Its purpose was to facilitate humanitarian missions and the evacuation of stranded civilians from Russian-occupied Oleshky.

Following the ceasefire's end, fighting has intensified in the Kherson region. Ukrainian authorities reported that Russian forces resumed attacks, including a drone strike on a civilian vehicle in the Korabelny city district of Kherson, which wounded a 62-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man. Ukraine had offered to extend the humanitarian truce, but Russia reportedly declined.