Number of people killed as result of Russian missile attack on village of Hroza in Kharkiv region has increased to 53, - police
Data is incomplete as DNA tests are ongoing and 5 people are still missing.
Serhii Bolvinov, head of the Kharkiv region Police Investigative Department, stated this, Censor.NET reports with reference to Suspilne.
"As of now, we have identified 53 people who died. Therefore, we can say that today the number of dead has increased. And taking into account the still unidentified body parts and reports of missing persons, the final number may increase," he explained.
The investigator noted that the police received a total of 22 reports of missing persons.
"All statements were processed. Four statements were not confirmed because we found people. We identified 13 among the corpses. Five are currently missing," Bolvinov said.
Criminalists conducted 288 DNA tests.
Vasyl Nebenzya, Russia's representative at the UN, said that the occupiers killed many "Ukrainian neo-Nazis" with a rocket attack on the village of Hroza. According to him, the funeral of a "high-ranking nationalist" was allegedly taking place in the cafe where the Russians directed the rocket.
He made the corresponding statement at a meeting of the UN Security Council, Censor.NET informs.
"It is known that there was a funeral of one of the high-ranking Ukrainian nationalists there at the time of the attack, there were many henchmen of the Nazis. That is why most of the bodies in the pictures are men of military age," he said.
On October 5, the Russian occupiers hit the village of Hroza, Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, with an "Iskander" missile. The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko, said that there was a memorial service for a Ukrainian serviceman who died at the front in a village cafe during the shelling.
