International Desk : At least 49 people killed after Russian attack in a village in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said.

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Kharkiv region governor Oleh Synehubov said that a cafe and a shop had been attacked in the village of Hroza in the Kupyansk district of Kharkiv, and that many civilians had been there at the time.

He said "The rescuers continue to work on the site".

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Officials posted footage of rescue workers clambering through smoldering rubble. Bodies lay alongside slabs of concrete and twisted metal.

It was not immediately clear whether Russian forces, who invaded Ukraine 19 months ago, had shelled the village or had fired a missile.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that "the Russian terror should be stopped".

He said "Now we are talking with European leaders, in particular, about strengthening our air defence, about strengthening our soldiers, about giving our country protection from terror".

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