Death toll from strike on Ukraine aid centre rises to 33, more than 50 feared trapped

Ukrainian officials said Wednesday that at least 33 people are now confirmed dead after Monday's Russian strike on a former school distributing aid in Komyshuvakha, in the Zaporizhzhia region, up from the 26 dead and 27 missing first reported; more than 50 people may still be trapped under the rubble, a count officials have not reconciled with Monday's smaller missing figure, with five rescued so far. President Zelenskyy called it "one of the largest Russian massacres of this war," and the strike came hours after a local ceasefire in the nearby Kherson region lapsed.

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