Ukraine says Russian attack kills 51 in Northeastern Ukrainian village

Emergency workers search the victims of the deadly Russian rocket attack that killed more than 40 people in the village of Hroza near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Oct. 5, 2023. [AP Photo]

A Russian attack Thursday on a village in northeastern Ukraine killed at least 51 people and injured another six, Ukrainian authorities reported.

Presidential chief of staff Andrii Yermak and Kharkiv Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said a shop and a cafe in the village of Hroza, in the Kharkiv region, were hit in the early afternoon. A 6-year-old boy was among those killed, Syniehubov said, and a child was also among the wounded.