Ukraine's leader says Russian "insane attack" on aid center may have killed 70 people, pleads for air defenses
- By November 4, 2026 / 11:53 AM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Kyiv — The death toll from a Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian aid distribution center climbed to 40, President Zelenskyy said in a Wednesday post on social media.
- Zelenskyy said Russia dropped nine bombs on an old school being used to distribute humanitarian aid in Ukraine's southeast Zaporizhzhia region on Monday.
- "They first struck people who had come to receive humanitarian aid, and then first responders and police officers who arrived at the scene," Zelenskyy wrote, noting that rescue efforts were still ongoing Wednes
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- By November 4, 2026 / 11:53 AM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Kyiv — The death toll from a Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian aid distribution center climbed to 40, President Zelenskyy said in a Wednesday post on social media.
- Zelenskyy said Russia dropped nine bombs on an old school being used to distribute humanitarian aid in Ukraine's southeast Zaporizhzhia region on Monday.
- "They first struck people who had come to receive humanitarian aid, and then first responders and police officers who arrived at the scene," Zelenskyy wrote, noting that rescue efforts were still ongoing Wednes
Sources: Al Jazeera, CBS News