The National Police of Ukraine said Nov. 9 it had identified 30 of 55 bodies recovered at Komyshuvakha, leaving the final toll uncertain as search crews continue work.
Police put the number of people who may still be beneath the debris at up to 19; that estimate does not confirm further deaths. The Zaporizhzhia regional administration listed 45 people as missing on Nov. 8 and cautioned that some could already be among those recovered. The counts describe different groups and should not be added together.
Police said some remains could not be identified by visual inspection. Specialists are collecting biological material from relatives for DNA comparisons, the police said.
The United Nations said Russian forces struck a school operating as an aid distribution point and a nearby shelter where civilians had taken cover on Nov. 2. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine said later strikes killed six responders: four police officers and two rescuers.
Danielle Bell, head of the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, said the publicly announced aid operation led her mission to view the strike as an apparent breach of international humanitarian law. The mission also cited a short-range drone attack on an aid operation in Komyshuvakha on June 15 that injured four civilians. The aid organization later suspended distributions there because of security risks.
Police have also reported drone activity against search teams and equipment. The ministry said a Nov. 8 incident damaged rescue equipment but left responders unharmed. Search and identification work continued, police said.
