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A Russian rocket hit a village cafe and store eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 50 civilians one of the deadliest attacks months, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other senior officials Kiev. The attack came as Zelenskyy was attending a summit of about 50 European leaders in Spain to rally support from Ukraine's allies. He condemned the attack in the village of Hroza as "clearly a brutal Russian crime" and a "completely deliberate act of terrorism". READ Bitter court battle over Hancock mining riches reignites Presidential private secretary Andrii Yermak and Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov said that a 6-year-old boy was among the dead and seven people were injured. Hroza, whose population was around 500 before the war, is located in the northeastern Kharkiv region. Speaking on national television, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that about 60 people attended funeral service after the funeral at cafe. According to first information from Kiev, the village was hit by Iskander missile. Emergency teams searched the rubble of damaged buildings. Ukrainian prosecutors released photos showing bloo corpses and emergency workers combing through the burning debris of the building. Hroza and other parts of the eastern Kharkiv region were captured by Russia early in the war and recaptured by Ukraine in September 2022. The village is located just 30 kilometers west of Kupiansk. Zelenskyy had visited the region on Tuesday to meet with soldiers and inspect equipment provided by the West. On Thursday, Zelenskyy was at the European Political Community summit in Granada, Spain, where he appealed for more support from the West, saying "Russian terrorism must be stopped." "Russia needs these and similar terrorist attacks for only one thing to make genocidal aggression a new norm for the whole world," he said in a statement posted on his Telegram channel. "We are now talking with European leaders specifically about strengthening air defense, strengthening our soldiers, protecting country against terrorism. We will also respond to terrorists." In this photo provided by Press Office the President Ukraine, emergency workers search for victims a deadly Russian rocket attack that killed more than humans in village Hroza near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, October 5, 2023. via AP) "The important thing for us is to strengthen air defense, especially before winter, and there is already a basis for new agreements with partners," he told the group, which was formed after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February. 2022. Last winter, Russia targeted Ukraine's energy system and other vital infrastructure with sustained missile and drone attacks, causing rolling power outages across the country. Ukraine's energy system has shown a high degree of resilience and resilience, helping to mitigate the damage, but there are concerns that Russia will re-escalate attacks on energy facilities as winter appro
