India, Nov. 3 -- Russia bombed a humanitarian aid distribution centre and a nearby shelter in southern Ukraine on Monday (November 2), killing 26 people, Ukrainian officials said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the strikes first hit a school building being used to distribute humanitarian aid before targeting a neighbouring shelter.

In a post on X, Zelenskyy said the attacks were further evidence that Russia was not seeking to de-escalate the conflict. "This is further proof that Russia wants no de-escalation," he said.

The strikes took place in the village of Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region as a limited ceasefire in the neighbouring Kherson region came to an end. The temporary pause had allowed humanitarian aid de...