Ukraine has raised the death toll from a Russian strike on an aid distribution centre in the Zaporizhia region to more than 50, calling it one of the deadliest attacks of the year.

Emergency crews said Friday that more bodies had been recovered from the ruins in the village of Komyshuvakha after Monday's raid. The acting regional governor put the toll at 53 as searchers worked into a fifth day. Local police earlier listed dozens of people as missing and warned that many may still lie trapped under debris.

Ukrainian officials say Russian aircraft bombed a former school near the front that civilians used for weekly aid handouts. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a first blast was followed by a second wave aimed at the underground shelter where people had taken cover, causing most of the destruction. Police officers and rescue workers were among the dead.

DNA testing is being used to identify remains while further Russian fire continues to endanger the rescue effort. The United Nations human rights mission in Ukraine said the strike was likely a breach of international law. Kyiv cast the attack as proof that Moscow will not halt the fighting even after short local pauses elsewhere along the line.

The raid came a day after a brief ceasefire ended in a Russian occupied city further south. For families still waiting on names and for communities that rely on aid points near the front, the rising toll underlines how civilian supply lines remain exposed in a war now stretching toward its fifth year.