At least 24 killed in strikes on aid site in Komyshuvakha

At least 24 people were killed and five injured in Russian strikes on a school used to distribute humanitarian aid and a nearby shelter in Komyshuvakha, Ukrainian emergency officials said Monday. Two rescue workers were among the dead, and two other rescue workers were injured, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. The reported death toll rose from 18 earlier in the day as search and rescue operations continued. A regional official also said 27 people were missing in a later update. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the first aerial bombs hit the school, where residents gathered for weekly aid distribution. He said people then took shelter, and Russian forces dropped nine more bombs on the shelter. The account of the strike sequence came from Zelensky; the State Emergency Service reported the casualties. The sources do not provide an independent assessment of the intended targets. The State Emergency Service identified the two dead rescuers as Denys Konovalenko and Oleksii Sushchevskyi, both 44. The agency said four police officers were also among those killed. It reported that five people were injured, including two rescue workers. The strikes damaged the school...