Ukraine raises Zaporizhia strike death toll to 40, with dozens feared trapped

Ukraine has raised the death toll from a Russian strike on an aid centre in the Zaporizhia region to 40 people, with over 30 more possibly still under rubble. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the updated figure on Wednesday. The Monday attack on a school in Komyshuvakha used as an aid distribution point included a follow-up strike on an underground shelter. Four police officers and two rescue crew members were among the dead, and Ukrainian police released body-camera footage showing people being led into the shelter before the blast. The strike is among the deadliest on civilians in Russia's nearly five-year war, occurring as Kyiv prepares for US-brokered ceasefire talks with Moscow next week in Abu Dhabi. Russian drones are hampering rescue efforts, and the UN human rights mission said the bombing likely violated international law.