Zelensky said Russian forces dropped nine more aerial bombs on a shelter where people were taking cover after the first strike. Mikhail Semikin, head of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration, said at least nine FAB-3000 guided aerial bombs hit the center of the village.
On the fourth day of the rescue operation, one person listed as missing was found alive. As of November 5, another 33 people may still be under the rubble, according to the same figures.
The dead include emergency service workers, local administration officials and volunteers. Ukraine's National Police said some of the bodies cannot be identified visually, and specialists are collecting biological samples from relatives of the victims to obtain DNA profiles.
Citing Suspilne, around 100 people had come to the school for humanitarian aid on the morning of November 2. Russian forces first struck the village with lower-yield bombs and then hit the shelter where people were hiding directly. A body-camera video from one of the dead policemen, whose authenticity was confirmed by Reuters, captured the final minutes before the second strike.
The strikes also destroyed the Holy Elizabeth Convent. Metropolitan Luka of Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol said shrines and the peaceful life of the people were being destroyed.
According to Semikin, police have evacuated 166 people from Kamyshevakha since the start of the year, including 77 elderly residents and 33 people with limited mobility. About 200 people remain in the village.
In its daily briefing, Russia's Defense Ministry said units of its Dnepr group of forces struck formations of Ukrainian mechanized and mountain assault brigades and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of Kamyshevakha, Grigorovka and Orekhov. The ministry said up to 25 servicemen, 15 vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
The accounts diverge: Ukrainian authorities and the National Police report 43 civilians killed and more than 30 missing after the strikes on the school and the shelter, while Russia's Defense Ministry says up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen were killed and makes no mention of civilian casualties.