Ukraine's Defence Intelligence identifies Russians involved in airstrike on Komyshuvakha school
Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has identified the Russian colonel who allegedly planned the airstrike on a school in Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on 2 November, as well as the six pilots who carried out the bombing.
Source: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU)
Details: According to intelligence reports, the strike on Komyshuvakha was planned by Colonel Fyodor Zubakov, head of the fire engagement group at the headquarters of the Russian Dnepr Group of Forces. A total of four Su-34 aircraft were involved in the attack.
DIU also established the identities of the six Russian pilots who dropped the aerial bombs:
- Captain Sergei Yeliseyev;
- Captain Dmitry Zverev;
- Senior Lieutenant Rodion Plotnikov;
- Senior Lieutenant Nikita Ignatyev;
- Senior Lieutenant Maksim Sokolenko;
- Lieutenant Vadim Perekhrest.
The crew of another Russian aircraft is still being identified.
Background:
- On 2 November, Russian forces dropped aerial bombs on a school in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, where humanitarian aid was being distributed.
- On 7 November, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported that the death toll from the attack had risen to 55. Search and rescue operations are ongoing.
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