Ukraine Says 49 Killed by Russian Missile in Eastern Region

Emergency workers search the victims of a Russian rocket attack in Hroza near Kharkiv, Ukraine on Oct. 5.

Photographer: Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP Photo

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Ukraine said at least 49 people were killed when a Russian missile struck the eastern Kharkiv region in one of the deadliest attacks against Ukraine’s civilian population in months.

Another seven people in the village of Hroze near the city of Kupyansk were wounded, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on local television Thursday.