A missile strike kills 51 people in a cafe

Russia bombed several Ukrainian provinces on Thursday with a multi-pronged attack — killing at least 51 civilians in a missile attack on a cafe and village market in the northeast and sweeping through the southern and central regions with drones — just as President Volodymyr Zelensky was about to make his case for… A united front against Moscow’s aggression against European leaders.

Ukrainian authorities said that the attack that occurred in the village of Hruza in Kharkiv Province, where about 60 people were attending the funeral of a local soldier, was one of the bloodiest attacks in the war in months. Zelensky described what happened as “terrorism” and said it was “a clearly brutal Russian crime.”

Emergency personnel cleared the rubble while bodies and body parts were scattered on a nearby children’s playground in Horozha, which lies less than 20 miles west of Kubyansk and is the focus of Russia’s military efforts. Before traveling to southern Spain early Thursday to attend a summit with fellow European heads of state, Zelensky visited the region on Tuesday to meet with troops and inspect equipment provided by the West.

He demanded more after Thursday’s attack, which included 29 drone bombings targeting Odessa and Mykolaiv in the south as well as the central province of Kirovohrad. The Ukrainian air force said it intercepted 24 drones, but one of the five it infiltrated destroyed an infrastructure facility in Kirovohrad, said head of the regional administration Andriy Rajkovych.

“The key for us, especially before winter, is to strengthen air defense, and there is already a basis for new agreements with partners,” Zelensky said via Telegram.

The White House and the European Union condemned the missile attack, which European Union Foreign Affairs Coordinator Josep Borrell described as “horrific terrorism” and a war crime.

Developments:

∎ Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that Russia has successfully tested an experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile, warning that the country’s parliament may revoke its ratification of a treaty banning nuclear testing.

∎ Germany and Spain responded to Zelensky’s request for air defense assistance, pledging to acquire a fourth Patriot and six more Hawk air systems, respectively.

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