HROZA, Ukraine - A Russian missile slammed into a cafe and grocery store in a village in northeastern Ukraine on Thursday (Oct 5), killing 51 people during a gathering to mourn a fallen Ukrainian soldier, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the incident was a deliberate attack on civilians and 'no blind strike'. Large piles of bricks, shattered...
Rescuers work at a site of a Russian military strike in the village of Hroza, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine on Oct 5, 2023.HROZA, Ukraine - A Russian missile slammed into a cafe and grocery store in a village in northeastern Ukraine on Thursday , killing 51 people during a gathering to mourn a fallen Ukrainian soldier, Ukrainian officials said.
The attack was the deadliest in Kharkiv region since Russia's invasion more than 19 months ago, a regional official told public broadcaster Suspilne. It also appeared to be one of the biggest civilian death tolls in any single Russian strike. The village was near the town of Kupiansk, recaptured by Ukrainian forces late last year and close to one of the war's front lines.
"It's difficult to talk about this, but we only found bits and pieces and remains of the bodies," said regional police investigator Serhiy Bolvinov. "We'll use DNA laboratories to identify the bodies." Prosecutors told public broadcaster Suspilne that the son of the soldier undergoing reburial -- also a soldier -- was also killed in the attack, along with the son's wife and mother.
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