At least 49 people were killed in a Russian bomb attack on a supermarket in a city in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian authorities said on Thursday.
President Volodymyr Zelensky initially reported a death toll of 48 in that town near the city of Kupiansk, close to the front line separating Ukrainian forces from Russians, and denounced a “completely deliberate terrorist attack”.
Shortly afterwards, the regional governor, Oleg Synegubov, reported 49 deaths and six injuries.
The attack took place around 1:15 p.m. (11:15 p.m. GMT) and hit a supermarket and a cafe in the town of Groza, about 30 km west of Kupiansk, Synegubov said on Telegram.
Before the war, approximately 500 people lived in Groza.
A six-year-old child was among the dead, the governor added.
Zelensky published a photo of several people lying on the ground showing no signs of life.
“There were residents in the shop and in the cafe [cercano]gathered for a ceremony in memory of a deceased villager,” said a resident of the city of Groza, Minister Igor Klymenko.
In the images published by Synegubov you can see a pile of rubble and several rescue workers.
Source: Eluniverso
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