{"id":7735,"date":"2026-11-03T14:16:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T14:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/death-toll-climbs-to-31-after-russian-strike-on-ukrainian-aid-site-national-globalnews-ca\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T14:16:02","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T14:16:02","slug":"death-toll-climbs-to-31-after-russian-strike-on-ukrainian-aid-site-national-globalnews-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/death-toll-climbs-to-31-after-russian-strike-on-ukrainian-aid-site-national-globalnews-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll climbs to 31 after Russian strike on Ukrainian aid site &#8211; National | Globalnews.ca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpe_imgrss\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Death-toll-climbs-to-31-after-Russian-strike-on-Ukrainian-aid-site-National-Globalnews.ca_.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Rescuers in southern <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a> continued an intense search Tuesday for survivors at a bombed-out aid facility and shelter where at least 31 people were killed and dozens were still missing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Teams of emergency workers and volunteers picked through debris at the cratered blast site in Komyshuvakha, a village in Ukraine\u2019s southern Zaporizhzhia region where bodies were pulled from the rubble and carried away in white plastic sheeting. More than 45 residents are still missing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scale of the tragedy is terrifying,\u201d Mykhailo Semikin, acting head of the region\u2019s military administration, wrote in an online post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of the worst tragedies in terms of the number of civilian victims in our region since the start of the full-scale war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Ukraine prepared for a new round of U.S.-brokered peace negotiations next week, a wave of overnight strikes targeted power plants across the country, damaged hospitals and wounded scores of people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Russia launched 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles and 59 cruise missiles across nine regions, triggering emergency power cuts, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an online post that noted the barrage coincided with U.S. elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Russians think America won\u2019t notice this signal of theirs,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we need to notice and stop such terror. 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declared after aid centre attack\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Three days of mourning were declared in Zaporizhzhia, where Russian bunker-busting bombs, some filled with nearly 1.5 tons of explosives, were used in Monday\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The dead included four police officers and two rescue workers, Semikin said Tuesday. At least five people were hurt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\" readability=\"5.3013698630137\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Death-toll-climbs-to-31-after-Russian-strike-on-Ukrainian-aid-site-National-Globalnews.ca_-1.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\" readability=\"29.599315068493\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won&#8217;t miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the northeast region of Kharkiv, a combined Russian missile and drone attack wounded at least 62 people, local authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>A strike damaged a medical facility in the Nemyshlianskyi district, shattered windows in four apartment buildings and damaged cars. More than 200 patients were transferred to other medical facilities, Oleh Syniehubov, head of the regional military administration, said.<\/p>\n<p>In the Dnipro area, rescuers pulled a woman alive from the rubble Tuesday morning, after a Russian attack killed one person and wounded 17, local authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The attack damaged an outpatient clinic and a hospital. Patients were transferred to other hospitals, Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the regional military administration, said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"section-heading\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"l-article__sectionAnchor c-sectionHeading__anchor\" id=\"power-plants-pounded-in-latest-barrage\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"c-sectionHeading__title\">\n\t\t\t\tPower plants pounded in latest barrage\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Moscow kept up its nightly attacks on power plants and energy infrastructure ahead of winter, causing extensive damage and electricity outages as it carried out 20 strikes in 10 regions overnight, Ukraine\u2019s energy ministry said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\" readability=\"0.37078651685393\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ukrainian power utility DTEK said three of its power plants halted operations after significant damage from intense attacks. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defense said Tuesday that it had shot down 856 Ukrainian drones overnight. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 493 drones were fired toward the Russian capital.<\/p>\n<p>A Ukrainian drone attack wounded two employees at an oil refinery in the Russian city of Yaroslavl, regional Gov. Mikhail Yevrayev said Tuesday. 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class=\"c-sectionHeading__title\">\n\t\t\t\tZelenskyy consults with Europeans ahead of talks in Abu Dhabi\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>President Zelenskyy travelled to Germany Tuesday, beginning a new round of consultations with European leaders ahead of U.S.-mediated talks Nov. 10-11 in Abu Dhabi to try and end the war.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, confirmed the date of the talks late Monday, with negotiations to focus on postwar security arrangements, de-escalation and humanitarian efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed Tuesday that a Russian delegation will attend the talks.<\/p>\n<p>Russia had agreed last month to resume three-way negotiations with Washington and Kyiv aimed at ending the war, setting up the first such talks since February.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission said it would host a meeting Wednesday with officials from France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the European Union, NATO, Ukraine, the United States and the World Bank to discuss postwar reconstruction in Ukraine. Commission spokeswoman Paula Pinho did not comment on whether Zelenskyy would attend.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">: World<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rescuers in southern Ukraine continued an intense search Tuesday for survivors at a bombed-out aid facility and shelter where at least 31 people were killed and dozens were still missing.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}