Russia just bombed a Ukrainian bomb shelter full of rescue workers

The death toll from Russia's strike on an aid site in Komyshuvakha just hit 42.

And up to 33 people are still buried under the rubble right now.

So here's what happened. Three days ago, Russian forces dropped nine bombs on a former school in this Zaporizhzhia region village. People were using it to hand out humanitarian aid.

The school hadn't been a school for months. The children in the area were evacuated back in June.

One of those nine bombs was a three-tonne glide bomb. It was carrying around 1.4 tonnes of explosives.

But here's why the death toll climbed so high.

Russia struck a second time. This time it hit the shelter where residents had run to hide. It also hit the police and rescue workers who had shown up to help.

That's called a double-tap strike. One bomb hits the target. A second bomb hits whoever comes to help.

At least four police officers and two emergency workers were killed.

Ukraine's National Police released bodycam footage today. It shows the moments right before that second strike. The officer who recorded it was killed. The footage shows residents running into the shelter, seconds before the bombs hit it. The same shelter they'd been told was safe. Reuters has verified the footage.

And the toll just kept climbing. 29 the morning after. Then 31. Then 33. Then 37. Then 40 a day ago. Now 42 today.

Ukraine's National Police say quote "as of now, 42 bodies have been recovered from the rubble".

They're now collecting DNA from victims' families, because some of the bodies can't be identified by sight.