The U.N. human rights office says 'indications are that it was a Russian missile' that struck Ukrainians gathered to mourn a fallen soldier.
Kyiv — Families in the small northeast Ukrainian village of Hroza were trying to process horror and loss Friday morning after a Russian rocket strike hit a grocery store and café, killing at least 51 of the town's remaining 300 or so inhabitants. Thousands of people had already fled the Kharkiv region, where Hroza is located, close to the Russian border, since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale assault on Ukraine in February 2022.
High Commissioner for Human Rights , deployed a field team on Friday 'to speak to survivors and gather more information' on the attack, with a spokesperson for his office saying he was 'profoundly shocked and condemns these killings.' The missile strike was the bloodiest single attack in 16 months and it came as a poll showed U.S. public support for sending more aid to Ukraine falling — down 5% since the summer to 41%.With additional U.S.
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