UN rights chief deploys field team to probe missile strike on Ukrainian village of Hroza

Emergency personnel work at a site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Hroza, Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 6, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) deployed a field team on Friday to investigate an air strike on the Ukrainian village of Hroza that left at least 52 people dead.

A missile slammed into a cafe and grocery store in the village on Thursday as people gathered to mourn a fallen Ukrainian soldier. OCHR said it had likely been fired by Russia but that it was too early to say for certain.