Ukraine has identified the Russian military personnel who planned and carried out airstrikes on the settlement of Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region on 2 November, according to the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU). According to the State Emergency Service, the death toll from the attack has risen to 55. On 6 November, rescue workers recovered the bodies and remains of 9 more victims from beneath the rubble.
Ukrainian intelligence reports that the strike was planned by Colonel Fyodor Vladimirovich Zubakov, head of the fire support coordination group at the headquarters of Russia's Dnepr Group of Forces.
Four Su-34 fighter-bombers were involved in the attack. The pilots included:
- Captain Sergei Alexandrovich Yeliseyev.
- Senior Lieutenant Rodion Sergeyevich Plotnikov;
- Senior Lieutenant Nikita Viktorovich Ignatyev;
- Senior Lieutenant Maksim Viktorovich Sokolenko;
- Lieutenant Vadim Olegovich Perekhrest.
The crew of another Russian aircraft is still being identified.
Russian forces dropped a FAB-3000 aerial bomb on the site of an underground school that housed a resilience centre, a shelter and a humanitarian aid distribution point.
The Russian military uses aerial bombs both to advance along the front line and to attack civilian cities. Some Russian guided aerial bombs have already reached Dnipro.
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) added that Tactical Aviation Group No. 5 of the Special Combat Group of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff's Reserve Aviation Group was involved in the strike on Komyshuvakha. The unit was formed from the 11th Composite Aviation Regiment (Military Unit 77978) of the 4th Composite Aviation Division and the 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 1st Composite Aviation Division, both belonging to the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.
