AT LEAST 49 people including a six-year-old boy were killed by a Russian attack at a supermarket in Kharkiv.
The deadly strike in the village of Hroza is believed to be among the worst civilian slaughters of the entire war in Ukraine.
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Another six people were injured in the attack that also targeted a cafe in the Kupyansk district, Kharkiv region governor Oleh Synehubov said.
Dozens of people were at the village at the time of the shelling while many had gathered at the cafe before attending a funeral, reports suggest.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed the strike and branded it a “terrorist attack.”
He posted on Telegram: “The brutal Russian crime of hitting an ordinary grocery store with a rocket is a completely deliberate terrorist attack.
“So far, more than 48 people have been reported dead.”
The Ukrainian leader had been pictured visiting frontline troops in Kharkiv just two days before the attack.
Ukrainian officials posted footage of rescue workers clambering through smouldering rubble.
It is believed to be one of the deadliest attacks on civilians since the invasion of Ukraine.
It follows a horror attack in the city of Chernihiv in March, where 33 civilians lost their lives.
Terrifying dashcam footage caught the moment Russian bombs flew overhead and slammed into a block of flats.
Another deadly missile strike in June left ten people dead after a hit on a restaurant.
14-year-old twin sisters were among the victims of the attack in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine.
A Russian double-tap missile strike on a hotel and restaurant in August left several people dead and 88 wounded.
The deadly blasts struck 40 minutes apart injuring dozens of first responders who raced to pull survivors from the rubble.
Vlad also targeted Zelensky’s hometown over the summer as a massive strike in Kryvyi Rih killed eleven people and left many trapped under the rubble.
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