Ukrainian authorities said the death toll from a Russian strike on an aid distribution point in Komyshuvakha has risen to 50, while the acting regional governor reported 53.
The death toll from Russia's bombing of an aid distribution point in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on Monday has risen to 50, Kyiv's Emergency Service said on Friday, making it one of the deadliest strikes on civilians this year.
The strike hit a former school building in the frontline village of Komyshuvakha on Monday as civilians gathered for weekly humanitarian aid distributions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow hit an underground shelter with people inside.
In a post on the Telegram messaging app, Mykhailo Semikin said search and rescue work at the site in the village of Komyshuvakha had entered its fifth day.
Ukraine's state emergency services said: "The death toll from the Russian airstrike on the settlement of Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, on November 2 has risen to 50." It said eight more bodies were pulled out from under the rubble during search operations, which are still ongoing, four days after the attacks.
The acting regional governor said the death toll had risen to 53. Ukraine's Emergency Service had earlier said the toll was 50 and that search and rescue work was continuing despite difficult conditions and the constant threat of repeat Russian strikes.
The UN's human rights mission in Ukraine slammed the attack this week, saying the strike likely violated international law. The strike came after the longest ceasefire between the two enemies ended in the southern Kherson region. Ukraine-Russia talks under US mediation are due to restart in Abu Dhabi next week.
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