The Ukrainian outlet NEXTA reported on Telegram that a Russian drone attacked rescuers who were clearing rubble in Kamyshevakha, a village in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The post, dated 8 November, said equipment was damaged but that no rescuers were injured 1.
According to the same post, people may still be trapped under the debris. The rubble resulted from a Russian bomb strike on the village on 2 November, which the report said reached a school used as a shelter. NEXTA, citing Ukrainian sources, put the death toll at 55 as of 7 November 1.
The record of the incident also lists claims that Russian aircraft dropped FAB-500 and FAB-3000 bombs on the village on 2 November. These details are attributed to NEXTA's reporting on Ukrainian sources; the available excerpt of the post does not independently confirm them 1.
The record also attributes to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a description of the attack on rescuers as cynical and cruel. The material provided does not include the original statement, so that attribution could not be checked against a cited source.
Russia's Ministry of Defence posted on Telegram that drone crews of airborne troops from Ivanovo destroyed enemy equipment and personnel in the Orekhov direction. The post does not mention Kamyshevakha or rescuers, and it is not confirmation of the reported attack 2. The ministry is a party to the conflict, and its claims have not been independently verified.
Earlier reports on the village have given lower casualty figures. A report on 5 November, classed as reported, put the death toll from a Russian strike on the village at 43. The 55 figure comes from a later NEXTA account and has not been separately confirmed here.