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Russia Ukraine War: It has been more than one and a half years since the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, yet the conflict is not showing signs of stopping. Russia once again attacked Ukraine strongly. At least 49 people, including an innocent six-year-old, were killed in this attack on Thursday (05 October). According to Ukrainian officials, Russia carried out drone attacks targeting several areas of Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials said the attacks hit a grocery store and a cafe in the eastern area of Kharkiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack took place in the Kupyansk district of the war-torn region bordering Russia, where Moscow’s forces are trying to retake territory lost to Ukrainian troops last year.
Zelensky said terrorist attack
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is participating in the summit of 50 European leaders in Spain, said that Russian terrorism must be stopped. “The brutal Russian crime of launching a rocket attack on a grocery store is a completely deliberate terrorist attack,” Zelensky said in a statement on social media. Regarding this attack, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General said that at least 49 people were killed in it.
At least 49 people were killed by a Russian missile strike on a cafe and a grocery store in the village of Hroza, Kharkiv region. Among them is a 6-year-old boy. The terrorists deliberately carried out the attack during lunchtime, to ensure a maximum number of casualties. There… pic.twitter.com/vjluqThoZn
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) October 5, 2023
“A cafe and a shop in the village of Hroza, located in Kharkiv’s Kupyansk district, were targeted. Several civilians were present there when the attack took place,” Kharkiv region governor Oleh Sinehubov said in a post on his Telegram channel. Rescue workers are engaged in relief and rescue operations at the spot.” He further said that a 6 year old boy was also included among the dead. He told that a child is also injured.
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