Police in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region said as many as 39 people could remain beneath debris from the Nov. 2 aid-site strike, while specialists collect DNA samples to identify victims.
Police’s Wednesday count listed 59 people as missing; they said some might already be among those recovered. The additional rescue details follow EconoTimes’ earlier coverage of the search.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) announced that at least 50 people had died after eight more bodies were recovered Friday. Acting regional governor Mykhailo Semikin later reported 53 deaths. Al Jazeera, in a report credited to Anadolu and Reuters, said it could not independently verify Semikin’s figure.
Ukraine said Russian aircraft bombed a former school used for weekly aid distribution. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said most of the damage resulted from a later bombing that hit the underground shelter people were using for cover. The fatalities included four police officers and two rescue workers. The U.N. human rights mission in Ukraine assessed the strike as a probable violation of international law.
Delegations from Russia and Ukraine were expected to meet in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 10-11 for U.S.-brokered talks, Al Jazeera reported. Earlier rounds had made little progress, the report said.
