Russian strike on aid site kills 29, leaves 48 missing in southern Ukraine

A Russian assault on a humanitarian aid shelter in Komyushuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, raised the death count to 29 on Tuesday, with 48 people still unaccounted for, NPR reported.

How many weapons did Russia use in the latest barrage?

Russia launched 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles and 59 cruise missiles across nine Ukrainian regions, according to NPR.

What casualties and damage were reported beyond the aid site?

The strike killed four police officers and two rescue workers, injured at least five people, and prompted three days of mourning in Zaporizhzhia, where bunker‑busting bombs containing nearly 1.5 tons of explosives were used, NPR said. In Kharkiv, a combined missile‑drone attack wounded at least 62 people, damaged a medical facility in the Nemyshlianskyi district and shattered windows in four apartment blocks, with over 200 patients moved to other hospitals, NPR reported. In the Dnipro area, one person was killed, 17 injured and a woman rescued from rubble; an outpatient clinic and a hospital were also damaged, NPR noted.

What broader impacts did the attacks have?

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted that the barrage coincided with U.S. elections and urged international help to defend Ukraine’s skies, NPR quoted. Russia’s defence ministry claimed to have shot down 856 Ukrainian drones overnight, while Moscow’s mayor said 493 drones were fired toward the Russian capital, NPR said. A Ukrainian drone strike wounded two workers at an oil refinery in Yaroslavl, Russia, and rolling blackouts were imposed in parts of Russian‑occupied Crimea after energy infrastructure was hit, NPR reported.