KYIV, 4 November, 2026 (Ghufran): The death toll from a Russian airstrike on a humanitarian aid distribution centre in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region has climbed to 37, while dozens of people remain missing, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. Rescue teams continued searching through the rubble of a former school building in the village of Komyshuvakha, which had been serving as a shelter and humanitarian assistance centre. Acting Head of the Regional Military Administration Mykhailo Semikin said emergency workers were still trying to locate survivors following Monday’s devastating attack. Ivan Fedorov, co-head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Defence Council, said 59 people remained unaccounted for. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated that Russian forces first dropped aerial bombs on the school as residents gathered to receive humanitarian assistance and then carried out further strikes on the shelter. Emergency services confirmed that two rescue workers and four police officers were among those killed. Although classes had been suspended at the school because of its proximity to the frontline, the building continued to provide shelter and distribute humanitarian aid every Monday. Russia’s Defence Ministry, however, said its forces had targeted Ukrainian military units in and around Komyshuvakha and two nearby settlements, claiming that up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen had been killed. Both Russia and Ukraine deny deliberately targeting civilians. The attack came a day after the expiry of a six-day ceasefire aimed at evacuating civilians from the Russian-occupied southern Ukrainian town of Oleshky. The temporary truce, brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump, reportedly enabled nearly 800 people to leave the area. President Zelenskiy subsequently awarded her a state honour in recognition of her role in the evacuation effort. Meanwhile, diplomatic efforts to end the conflict are continuing, with US envoy Steve Witkoff announcing that American officials will host delegations from Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11. The proposed trilateral talks are expected to focus on ending the war, postwar security arrangements and measures to reduce tensions.