Emergency workers search the victims of the deadly Russian rocket attack that killed more than 50 people in the village of Hroza near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, 5 October 2
Death toll in Hroza rises to 51
A Russian missile struck cafe and grocery store in a village in north-eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 51 people as they held a memorial service, Ukrainian officials said according to Reuters.
Officials posted footage of dazed-looking rescue workers clambering through smouldering rubble. Some photos showed bodies lying alongside slabs of concrete and twisted metal, and others showed rescue workers carrying away bodies.
The attack was the deadliest in the Kharkiv region since Russia’s invasion more than 19 months ago, a spokesperson for the Kharkiv regional military administration told Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne.
It also appeared to be one of the biggest civilian death tolls in any single Russian strike since the start of the war.