Every Family In Hroza Affected By Missile Attack- Ukraine

People from “every family” in Ukraine’s North-Eastern village of Hroza have been affected by a missile attack that killed 51 people on Thursday, Ukraine’s Interior Minister has said.

An eight-year-old boy was among the victims when a cafe was hit during a wake in the Kharkiv region.

“From every household there were people present”, Ihor Klymenko said.

Ukraine’s Defence Ministry blamed Russia for the attack, and said there were no military targets in the area.

Russia has not directly commented on the strike.

However, Russia’s State news agency Ria Novosti reported that the Russian military had carried out 20 air and artillery strikes on Ukrainian targets in the Kupyansk district, where Hroza village is located. It did not say when the strikes were carried out or mention the village of Hroza

Russia went on to launch missile strikes on the city of Kharkiv itself in the early hours of Friday, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.

BBC