50 reported killed as Russian forces target grocery store in Kharkiv Oblast

A 6-year-old boy is among the dead. There is also a child among the injured. The rubble is being cleared.

Ukrainian media report that the village had a population of 330, and that 60 people – one from practically every household – had gathered at the grocery store and café for a funeral lunch for a deceased fellow villager.

Later, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a Russian rocket had hit a grocery store in the village. He called it an absolutely deliberate terrorist attack and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims.

The Ukrainian president added that Russian terror must be stopped so that genocide does not become "the new normal for the whole world."

"Now we are talking with European leaders, in particular, about strengthening our air defenses, in particular, about strengthening our soldiers, in particular, about giving our country protection from terror," the head of state added.

“And we will respond to the terrorists. Absolutely fairly. And powerfully.”

Earlier on Oct. 5, Russian troops attacked a hospital in the town of Beryslav, Kherson Oblast. Two medical workers were injured in that attack, which destroyed much of the fourth floor of the building.

On the morning of Oct. 5 the Russian army also shelled the city Kherson, killing two people, including a utility worker who was trimming trees.