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In east Ukraine, a Russian strike kills 51 people gathered for a wake

A spokeswoman for the regional assembly, quoted by Ukrainian media, said it was the single deadliest attack since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022.

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A Russian strike killed at least 51 people gathering for a wake in northeastern Ukraine on Thursday, eliciting condemnation from Western leaders for what the UN called a possible war crime.

Mourners for a slain Ukrainian soldier had congregated at a cafe in the Kharkiv region village of Groza.

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inhabitants who were in a shop in the same building were also killed in the attack on the little community of 330 inhabitants.

A spokeswoman for the regional assembly, quoted by Ukrainian media, said it was the single deadliest attack since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022.

AFP journalists at the scene of the aftermath saw blackened and dismembered bodies spread out on the ground opposite the ruins of the cafe.

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