Russian Airstrike on Ukrainian Humanitarian Aid Centre Kills at Least 26

Russian forces carried out a two-wave airstrike on the village of Komyshuvakha in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, targeting a local school that had been repurposed as a weekly humanitarian aid collection point for residents. Because the village sits close to the front line, the school was no longer open to students and instead served as a Monday distribution point for aid packages. The first strike hit just as people were arriving to collect supplies, followed by a second strike on the shelter where survivors had taken cover. At least 26 people were killed, among them two emergency service rescuers and four police officers. Five others, including two rescue workers, were hospitalised, and Zaporizhzhia City Council secretary Regina Kharchenko reported 27 people missing as rescue teams searched the rubble. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack "a vile terrorist strike," adding that it was "yet further proof that Russia does not want any kind of de-escalation, any real justice." Hours after the attack, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff announced that Ukrainian and Russian delegations would meet in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11 for peace talks, after Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to the new round following a meeting with Witkoff in St Petersburg on October 21.