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 Typically, current #Russia narratives on the rocket attack on the Hroza village in Kharkiv oblast’ of #Ukraine are entirely contradictory:

The hit was targeted at funeral of fallen Ukrainian soldier from “Aidar” group and 100 soldiers attending the funeral were killed with “Iskander” missile.[^1]
“All accusations of Russia conducting attacks against civilian targets were so far fake, so this one must be fake too and the hit on civilians was conducted by Ukrainian forces” - Sergey Markov, prominent Russian political expert.[^2]

If you check the widely available graphic photos from the place of the tragedy, you see numerous civilians, including women, and no soldiers among the casualties.

The attached map shows the most violent Russian attacks against non-combatant targets in Ukraine. I write “non-combatant” because one of the listed attacks in Olenivka prison was conducted on Ukrainian prisoners of war, who are not civilians but are still protected by international conventions. All other attacks were against civilians.

[^1]: https://news-kharkov.ru/society/2023/10/05/64215.html

[^2]: https://dnr-news.ru/society/2023/10/05/497030.html

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