Kiev, 'in Komyshuvakha the toll rises to 53 dead, around 50 missing'

Search operations are underway at the site of the November 2 air raid in the village of Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region. At the moment it is known that the bodies of 53 people have been recovered, while another fifty people are missing. This was made known by Yulia Barysheva, spokeswoman for the General Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region, during an inter-ministerial press conference, as reported by a Ukrinform correspondent.

Yesterday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, one of the missing had been found. "At the moment, rescuers have already recovered 53 bodies. About fifty people are missing. Search operations are underway," the official said today.

At the site of the intervention, in addition to the rescuers from Zaporizhzhia and the dog units, teams from other regions are also at work. Personnel are transported to the site in armored vehicles. Operations are made more complex by continuous threats, bombings and attacks, which force rescuers to interrupt operations several times.

As reported by Roman Samolenko, an expert in rescue dogs, the operations are also complicated by the large amount of dust. Rescuers with assistance dogs are examining the area to identify the bodies of the victims and their remains.