Death toll from Russian strike on Komyshuvakha aid center rises to 37: 38 may still be trapped under rubble
Rubryka reports the figures, citing Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Defense Council, and Mykhailo Semikin, acting head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration.
Fedorov said some of the missing may be identified among the people whose bodies rescuers have already recovered.
"Fifty-nine people are still missing. Some of them may be identified among those already found. Preliminary estimates suggest that another 38 people may still be trapped under the rubble," Fedorov said.
Semikin said the death toll from the attack has risen to 37.
Search teams, rescue dogs, and emergency workers from Ukraine's State Emergency Service are working at the site. The search and rescue operation is still underway.
As Rubryka previously reported, Russian forces bombed an underground school in Komyshuvakha on November 2. At the time, the building served as a humanitarian aid center where residents could pick up supplies.
Russian forces hit the community with at least nine FAB-3000 guided aerial bombs. The strike hit a site used to distribute humanitarian aid to residents who had stayed in Komyshuvakha. Aid was handed out there every week. Ukraine's president noted that Russian forces could not have been unaware of the site's purpose.
Serhii Bodnar, acting medical director of the city's emergency hospital, said rescuers saved five people after the airstrike. Four of them remain hospitalized.
A 22-year-old woman is in critical condition, with burns covering 81% of her body. The other patients have moderate injuries.
All the patients arrived at the hospital conscious. They are now receiving treatment in the burn unit, neurosurgery unit, oral and maxillofacial surgery department, and trauma unit.
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