The Kharkiv region in Ukraine is hit by a Russian attack that kills 49 people, including a six-year-old boy, according to Kyiv

Kharkiv place governor Oleh Synehubov stated that a cafe and a keep had been attacked in the village of Hroza.

A Russian assault killed at least forty nine people, together with a six-year-old boy, in a village in the Kharkiv area of northeastern Ukraine on Thursday, Ukrainian officers said.

Kharkiv place governor Oleh Synehubov stated that a cafe and a save had been attacked in the village of Hroza in the Kupyansk district of Kharkiv, and that many civilians had been there at the time.

“The rescuers proceed to work on the site,” Synehubov stated on the Telegram messaging app.

Officials posted photos of rescue employees clambering via smoldering rubble. Bodies lay alongside slabs of concrete and twisted metal.

It used to be now not straight away clear whether or not Russian forces, who invaded Ukraine 19 months ago, had shelled the village or had fired a missile.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who used to be attending a summit with European leaders in Spain, stated that “the Russian terror have to be stopped”.

“Now we are speaking with European leaders, in particular, about strengthening our air defence, about strengthening our soldiers, about giving our u. s. a. safety from terror,” he stated in a publish on the Telegram messaging app.