Russia’s military destroyed a café in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, killing at least 49 people as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was traveling abroad for international help.
A Russian attack on a village in northeast Ukraine Thursday left at least 49 people dead, including a 6-year-old boy, Ukrainian officials said. It also left at least six others injured.
Presidential Chief of Staff Andrii Yermak and Kharkiv Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said Russian forces shelled the village of Hroza in the Kharkiv region, hitting a shop and a café around 1 p.m. Syniehubov said another child was among the wounded.
Russia targeted Ukraine with drones in another major attack early Thursday, striking the southern Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kirovohrad regions. The country’s air defenses intercepted 24 out of 29 Iranian-made drones that were used in the attack, Ukraine’s air force said.
