GENEVA, Oct 31 (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights office has found « reasonable grounds » to conclude a missile strike that killed 59 people in a cafe in the Ukrainian village of Hroza was launched by Russia’s armed forces, the office said on Tuesday.
« Today, we are publishing a report into the events of Oct. 5 that concludes there are reasonable grounds to believe that the missile was launched by Russian armed forces, » Liz Throssell, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, told reporters in Geneva.
She added that « there was no indication of military personnel or any other legitimate military targets at or adjacent to the cafe at the time of the attack. »
Ukraine said a Russian missile hit a cafe in the village in the Kharkiv region this month as people gathered to mourn a fallen Ukrainian soldier. Moscow denies targeting civilians in its invasion, a position it repeated in relation to the strike on Hroza.
Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Rachel More
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