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Zelensky says dozens dead, missing in Russian attack days before US talks

BERLIN - More than 50 people could be trapped under rubble in a Ukrainian village where a Russian attack killed 33 people, President Volodymyr Zelensky...

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said Tuesday, in what he called one of Moscow's worst attacks of the war. Russia pummelled Ukraine on Monday and Tuesday after a rare truce between the enemies ended at the weekend, with the strikes dampening hopes for a breakthrough at US-led negotiations set for next week in Abu Dhabi. Rescue operations were ongoing in the frontline southeastern village of Komyshuvakha, where Russian forces had struck a former school building that Ukraine said was being used to distribute aid every Monday. "Just one strike killed 33 people. Five people were rescued and more than 50 may still be trapped under the rubble”, Zelensky said, describing it as "one of the largest Russian killings of this war". The United Nations' right mission in Ukraine slammed the attack. "Either the Russian armed forces knew that there was a humanitarian distribution taking place, or they failed to take the most basic steps to find out what was happening in this village”, said Danielle Bell, the head of the rights mission. The attack hit hours after a ceasefire held for several days in the Kherson region, allowing for a rare humanitarian mission. A Russian strike on a hospital in Kharkiv also wounded dozens Tuesday, Zelensky said, with Ukrainian authorities reporting another four dead across the country. Zelensky, the Kremlin and Washington confirmed their negotiators will meet in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11 for the first talks between all three sides since February. Visiting Berlin on Tuesday, Zelensky said he hoped that the gathering will pave the way for his meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin. "We are counting on the fact that work in this format and our other diplomatic steps will open the way to a trilateral format at the level of leaders”, he told reporters. (Bssnews)