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Russian Strikes Kill 53 in Zaporizhzhia School Attack
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In Short: The attack on the school was part of a broader wave of Russian strikes that hit multiple locations in Zaporizhzhia, including a five-story residential building, on Nov. 3, resulting in at least 50 injuries.
Rescuers pulled four people from the rubble of a school in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, after Russian forces launched a series of attacks on the region, according to Mykhailo Semikin, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration.
The death toll from the Russian airstrike on Komyshuvakha in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Nov. 2 has risen to 53, Semikin said on Nov. 6. The attack targeted a school used as a humanitarian aid distribution center.
The attack on the school was part of a broader wave of Russian strikes that hit multiple locations in Zaporizhzhia, including a five-story residential building, on Nov. 3, resulting in at least 50 injuries.
Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the Zaporizhzhia Defense Council, said Russian forces used three-ton FAB-3000 bombs to strike the school.
In addition to the school, a critical infrastructure facility was also damaged, and 86 rescuers and 20 fire-rescue vehicles worked at multiple locations.
The attacks come amid growing pressure on Ukraine's defenses in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, where around 75% of the region is occupied by Russian forces.
On Nov. 14, Russian forces launched another wave of attacks across multiple districts of Zaporizhzhia, wounding 22 people, while a separate drone strike killed a man in the nearby settlement of Kushuhum.
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of 53 people from the rubble of the school in Komyshuvakha, and operations have been periodically suspended due to repeated attacks and shelling.
What this adds
The attacks on Zaporizhzhia come amid growing pressure on Ukraine's defenses and a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to lift sanctions on Russian diesel, a major setback for Kyiv.
What's confirmed
- A rescuer died later in the day after a concrete slab fell on him while he was clearing rubble from a building damaged in a Russian strike, according to Mykhailo Semikin, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration.
What's still developing
- Separately, Semikin said that a woman who had been severely injured in a Russian attack on public transport in the Zaporizhzhia district on Thursday had died in hospital on Friday.
- Seventeen people, including three children, were killed in a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to lift sanctions on Russian diesel in a major setback for Kyiv.