A Russian missile attack has killed a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, as villagers gather to mourn the victims of the missile strike that killed 52 people in the village of Hroza.
A Russian missile attack has killed a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, officials say.Officials said preliminary information indicated that the Kremlin's forces used two Iskander missiles in the attackUN deployed a field team to investigate the air strike on Hroza
The strike also killed the boy's grandmother and injured an 11-month-old child, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Telegram. In Hroza, workers at the local cemetery on Friday cut down trees and mowed grass to prepare graves for those killed. Three days of mourning were announced in the Kharkiv region after the attack, the deadliest in the region since Russia's invasion more than 19 months ago.A Ukrainian rescuer carries a child's teddy bear and flowers as emergency personnel clear debris on the site of a Russian strike on Hroza.About 20 rescuers from Kharkiv city were cleaning the rubble from the destroyed cafe and nearby shop on Friday morning.
Ukrainian officials say a Russian attack on a village in the north-east of the country has killed 51 people, including a child."The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, who saw for himself the horrific impact of such strikes, is profoundly shocked and condemns these killings," OHCHR spokesperson Elizabeth Throssell told reporters in Geneva.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied Russia was responsible for the Hroza attack.
"But given the location, given the fact that the cafe was struck, and the indications are that it was a Russian missile.""The absolutely clear thing is that there was horrible loss of life and of course, that is to be deplored in all circumstances."
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