According to Ukrainian sources, a Russian airstrike on a supermarket and a café in the northeastern Kharkiv region on Thursday, October 5, resulted in at least 51 fatalities.Read full article
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, denounced the "demonstrably brutal Russian crime," referring to it as "a rocket attack on an ordinary grocery store."
Zelenskyy labelled it a "terrorist attack" and threatened a "powerful" response in a statement posted on his Telegram channel as he travelled to Spain with European leaders to ask for further assistance for his nation.
Ihor Klymenko, minister of internal affairs for Ukraine, reported that 51 bodies had been found among the building's debris. He estimated that there were roughly 60 persons inside the building at the time the Russian rocket or missile struck.
Images posted online by Zelenskyy's office showed rescuers inspecting a sizable mound of twisted metal and smashed concrete at the scene, while other images showed victims' remains lying on the ground after being extricated from the debris.
"My sympathies to everyone who has lost a loved one! The injured are getting assistance, Zelenskyy reported on his Telegram account. "We must put an end to Russian terror. Anyone who aids Russia in evading sanctions is guilty of a crime.
Oleh Synehubov, the regional governor of Kharkiv, reported that the building hit was a café and shop in the village of Hroza, in the Kupyansk district of Kharkiv, and that the missile or rounds landed at around 1:15 p.m. local time, while the establishment was bustling.
It was said that a 6-year-old boy was among the dead in the community, which had only 500 residents before the conflict. Over the past year, a lot of people have left the war-torn area.
Ukraine would "respond to the terrorists," Zelenskyy vowed. Absolutely powerful and fair.