Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack 'a completely deliberate act of terrorism'.
Nearly 50 civilians including a six-year-old boy have been killed in a Russian rocket strike on a village in eastern Ukraine.
Rescue workers were pictured searching through the still-smoking rubble following the attack on a café and store in the village of just over 300 people.Presidential chief of staff Andrii Yermak and Kharkiv governor Oleh Syniehubov confirmed that a six-year-old boy was among the 49 dead, adding that six other people were wounded.
Saviano Abreu, spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said the people of Ukraine were forced to witness "another barbaric consequence of Russia’s invasion". “The key for us, especially before winter, is to strengthen air defense, and there is already a basis for new agreements with partners,” he said in a statement posted on his Telegram channel.
Zelenskyy noted the Granada summit will also focus on “joint work for global food security and protection of freedom of navigation” in the Black Sea.Credit: AP “Russia almost certainly wants to avoid openly sinking civilian ships, instead falsely laying blame on Ukraine for any attacks against civilian vessels in the Black Sea,” it said, adding that the UK was working with Ukraine to help improve the safety of shipping.
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