Death Toll In Russia's Missile Strike On Ukrainian Grocery Store Rises To 55

An aerial photo shows freshly dug graves at the cemetery in the village of Hroza, near Kharkiv, where at least 55 people were killed in a missile attack on October 5.

The prosecutor's office in Ukraine's Kharkiv region said on October 11 that two more women had been identified among those killed in a Russian missile strike on a grocery store and cafe in the Kupyansk district last week, bringing the number of dead to 55. On October 5, the missile hit the site in the village of Hroza where people were attending a luncheon commemorating a recently deceased person. The Security Service of Ukraine said on October 11 that two former Kharkiv region residents, brothers Dmytro and Volodymyr Mamon, are suspected of assisting Russia to coordinate the attack. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.