Ukraine War: Village Children of Hroza Orphaned by Russian Missile

Zhanna Bezpiatchuk in Hroza - BBC Ukrainian

Teenager Dima lost his mum, dad and two grandparents when they were all killed in a missile attack on his village of Hroza in north-eastern Ukraine last October.

"I still can't grasp it completely," the 16-year-old tells me.

"Now I am responsible for our house," he says.

He adds that he feels most sorry for his youngest sister: "Before this happened she didn't like it when I hugged her. Now she wants to hug me all the time."

On 5 October 2023, a missile struck a cafe in Hroza, in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, killing 59 people - a fifth of the village's total population.