Ukraine said on Monday (November 2) that Russian strikes on a school distributing humanitarian aid in a village in the southern Zaporizhzhia region killed at least 26 people, dashing fragile hopes of progress toward peace after a local ceasefire in the south expired. AFP reported the details, carried by Malay Mail on Tuesday.
The attack
The acting regional governor said repeated strikes hit the village hours after a truce in neighbouring Kherson ended. Some of the dead had come to collect aid at the school. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said aid was handed out there every Monday, and that the first strike hit as people arrived, followed by a second strike that targeted the shelter. The dead included two rescue workers and four police officers, according to regional officials.
The truce
The pause in fighting, brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump to enable a mission to the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, started the previous Tuesday and ended on Sunday, with neither side reporting breaches. It was described as the longest pause in the war, and it allowed an evacuation of Oleshky. A senior Ukrainian figure said Russia refused an offer to extend it, and Kyiv accused Moscow of using the pause to fortify positions. The Kremlin did not deny it and called such practice normal.
What is next
US envoy Steve Witkoff said US-led talks between Russia and Ukraine will resume on November 10 and 11 in Abu Dhabi. Meanwhile, both Russia and Ukraine said their emergency warning apps were hacked in apparent cyberattacks after the truce ended.
Source: Malay Mail (AFP) - Russia strikes kill 26 in Ukraine, dealing fresh blow to peace hopes
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