The attack is the deadliest in Kharkiv region since Russia's invasion on February 24, 2022, according to a regional official. It also appears to be one of the biggest civilian death tolls in any single Russian strike.
HROZA, Ukraine – A Russian missile slammed into a cafe and grocery store in a village in northeastern Ukraine on Thursday, October 5, killing 51 people during a gathering to mourn a fallen Ukrainian soldier, Ukrainian officials said.
Regional police told national television the death toll stood at 51, with six injured and three missing. Some of them were mourners gathering in the cafe after a service for a fallen soldier from the village. Zelenskiy said a six-year-old boy was among the dead and regional officials said families had remained in the village despite a war-time order to evacuate.Rescue workers made their way through mounds of debris and laid out bodies in a field next to a children’s playground.
The missile hit during a service marking the reburial in his home village of a soldier who had died in action elsewhere. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said local officials had been sitting down for a meal when the missile struck.
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