Russian drone damages Ukrainian rescuers’ equipment
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Bénin Web TV
A Russian drone damaged rescue equipment in Komyshuvakha, Ukraine, without injuring teams searching for people missing after a 2 November bombardment. The death toll from the strike has reached 55, while 45 people remain missing, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Ukrainian rescuers continuing searches in Komyshuvakha, in the Zaporizhzhia region, were targeted on Sunday 8 November by a Russian drone, which damaged specialised rescue equipment without injuring any team members, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service said. President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian forces of using an FPV drone to target the rescuers.
Forty-five people are still on the missing persons list after the 2 November bombardment, according to acting head of the regional military administration Mykhailo Semikine. Twenty-nine of the 55 victims found have been identified, while searches continue with rescuers and canine teams, including through DNA analysis. Operations are regularly interrupted because of the threat of further strikes, according to local authorities.
The 2 November bombardment destroyed a former school and an underground shelter where residents were receiving humanitarian aid. The death toll, initially put at 40, has now reached 55 victims according to Ukrainian authorities. The bodies and remains of nine other victims were recovered from the rubble on Saturday.
The 8 November attack came four days after the Russian strike on a Ukrainian aid centre, announced on 4 November with an initial death toll of 40.
