33 killed in Russian strikes on Komyshuvakha village, more than 50 may be trapped under rubble
Russian strikes on the frontline village of Komyshuvakha in Ukraine's Kherson region killed 33 people, and more than 50 may remain trapped under rubble. Russia also hit Ukraine's energy system in waves on Tuesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday, 4 November, that Russian strikes on the previous day had killed 33 people in Komyshuvakha, a village on the frontline in south-eastern Ukraine, and that more than 50 could be trapped under rubble. He described the attack as one of Moscow's worst of the war. Rescue operations are continuing.
Russian forces struck a former school building that Ukraine says was being used to distribute aid. The attack came after a ceasefire had held for several days in the Kherson region, allowing a rare humanitarian mission.
Large-scale attack on energy infrastructure
On Tuesday Russia also bombarded Ukraine's energy infrastructure in waves, cutting power to large parts of the country. According to Zelenskyy, 289 drones, 17 ballistic missiles and 59 cruise missiles were launched overnight, hitting power plants and substations from the Black Sea port of Odesa in the south to Rivne in the west. The attack came a week before US-brokered peace talks were due to resume.
DTEK, Ukraine's largest private power generator, said three of its five thermal power plants had been knocked offline. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram that the power situation in the city was "extremely difficult".
Other developments
German prosecutors said another Turkish national had been arrested in Reutlingen in connection with a September fire at a Polish Starlink station. Two other Turkish suspects were detained in Germany three weeks earlier and remain in custody pending possible extradition to Poland. Polish prime minister Donald Tusk has called the fire an act of hybrid warfare.
Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation has opened a probe into reports that a group of alleged army deserters was held against their will at a house in the Kyiv region. The bureau said clashes broke out near the house.
Management of the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant said a Ukrainian drone killed two people in a car, including a female employee of the plant. Ukraine did not comment.
The ice hockey federations of Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the Czech Republic said they will refuse to play Russia at next year's men's world championship in Germany, citing safety concerns. Last week the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Russia may return to International Ice Hockey Federation events.
