Occupiers attack rescuers in Komyshuvakha again: specialised equipment and service vehicle damaged. PHOTOS
On the eighth day of search operations in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, Russian forces carried out two strikes on State Emergency Service rescuers.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) reported this, according to Censor.NET.
What is known
No personnel were reported injured.
The attack damaged specialised rescue equipment and a service vehicle.
"Despite constant shelling by the occupiers, rescuers continue to do their work, risking their own lives to save others!" the SES stressed.
Aftermath of the attack
Russian strike on Komyshuvakha on November 2
On November 2, 2026, Russian troops carried out a massive air strike on the settlement of Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia area of Zaporizhzhia region. The strike hit a school that local residents used as a humanitarian hub and shelter. Humanitarian aid was distributed there every Monday to residents of Komyshuvakha and surrounding villages.
As of the morning of November 7, the death toll from the Russian air strike on the settlement on November 2 had risen to 55.
People helping local residents were killed in a follow-up strike.
Those killed included:
- two SES personnel, Denys Konovalenko and Oleksii Sushchevskyi;
- four police officers, Mykhailo Buzhenko, Mykola Balanda, Mykhailo Romanov and Dmytro Biesiedin.
Humanitarian coordination centre workers were also killed, including people who organised the distribution of food parcels and bread.
