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Ukraine says video shows second Russian strike hit village shelter
Ukraine released bodycam footage of strikes on Komyshuvakha, a village in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region.
The video shows police warning residents to take shelter after an initial strike, then the shelter being hit seconds later.
Ukraine says the shelter was near a former school where humanitarian aid was being distributed.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said 33 people were killed and more than 50 could be trapped in rubble; five people had been rescued.
The United Nations’ rights mission said Russian forces either knew about the aid distribution or failed to take basic steps to find out what was happening.
Rescue operations were still under way, and Russia’s military had not publicly commented on the attack.
Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States are due to meet in Abu Dhabi on Nov.
10 and 11, amid hopes the talks could lead to a ceasefire and further negotiations.
Ukraine says bodycam video shows Russian forces struck a shelter in Komyshuvakha seconds after police directed residents there.
The footage was released by Ukraine’s national police on Wednesday and shows damage from an earlier strike before the shelter is hit.
Ukraine said the shelter was near a school used to distribute humanitarian aid.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said 33 people were killed and more than 50 might still be trapped after strikes on the village.
The Russian military had not publicly commented on the attack, according to the BBC.
- Who
- Ukrainian authorities say Russian forces carried out the strikes; residents, police officers and rescuers were affected.
- What
- Ukraine says a second strike hit a shelter after police directed residents there. Zelensky said strikes on the village killed 33 people.
- When
- The strikes were reported on Nov. 2 and 3; the bodycam video was released on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
- Where
- Komyshuvakha, in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Russian strikes hit Komyshuvakha, according to the Straits Times.
Zelensky said 33 people had been killed and more than 50 might still be trapped in rubble.
Ukraine's national police released bodycam footage showing the shelter being hit after police directed residents inside.
- Village
- Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region
- Deaths
- 33 people, according to Zelensky
- Potentially trapped
- More than 50 people, according to Zelensky
- Rescued
- Five people, according to Zelensky
- Video release
- Wednesday, Nov. 4, by Ukraine's national police
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What people are saying
nine aerial bombs were dropped by the Russians. First, they hit people who came to receive humanitarian aid, and then rescuers and police officers who arrived at the scene.
Just one strike killed 33 people. Five people were rescued and more than 50 may still be trapped under the rubble.
Either the Russian armed forces knew that there was a humanitarian distribution taking place, or they failed to take the most basic steps to find out what was happening in this village.
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An utterly horrific Russian attack on the settlement of Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region. Since this morning, the settlement has been hit several times by aerial bombs. The strikes targeted a school used for humanitarian purposes – people were receiving humanitarian aid