Death toll rises in Ukraine after Russia attacks aid centre, hospice and hospital

What the report says

Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least 38 civilians in the space of 24 hours and wounded scores more, according to BBC World News’ reporting from 3 November 2026. The deadliest attack was in Komyshuvakha, in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, where a school building being used as an aid distribution centre was hit by glide bombs as residents gathered for humanitarian assistance. Ukrainian officials said at least 33 people died there, and President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that more victims could still be under the rubble.

The BBC also reported strikes on a hospice in Dnipro and a hospital in Kharkiv. In Dnipro, nearly 50 terminally ill patients were evacuated after the hospice was damaged, while another strike in the city killed two people and injured 18. In Kharkiv, Zelensky said 73 people were wounded, most of them elderly patients. Additional attacks in eastern Donetsk killed five more people. Russian officials said the Komyshuvakha strike targeted Ukrainian military units, but the BBC said there was no credible evidence the site was being used by the military.

Beyond the immediate casualties, the bombardment added to wider pressure on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure. The reporting said Russian strikes hit energy systems in nine regions, disrupting water and heating and cutting Kyiv’s water supply, while the capital’s metro was suspended. The attacks come as the UN has warned that civilian casualties in Ukraine are at a record level and as diplomacy around the war continues, including planned US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi.