Ukraine accuses two men of helping guide missile that killed dozens in Hroza village

An aerial picture shows freshly dug graves at the cemetery in the village of Hroza, near Kharkiv, where at least 52 people were killed in a missile attack amid Russia's ongoing attack on Ukraine, October 8, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's domestic intelligence service on Wednesday accused two villagers who fled to Russia of helping guide a missile strike that killed dozens of people, mostly civilians, at a soldiers' wake in the Ukrainian village of Hroza.

The Oct. 5 strike was the deadliest attack in Ukraine this year, and one of the worst since Russia invaded in February 2022. Ukrainian prosecutors put the death toll at 55, and a local official told Reuters a sixth of the northeastern village's population of about 300 people had been killed.