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UN rights chief deploys field team to probe Russian attack on Ukrainian village of Hroza

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday deployed a field team to probe the Russian attack on the Ukrainian village of Hroza that left at least 52 people dead.

"The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, who saw for himself the horrific impact of such strikes, is profoundly shocked and condemns these killings," OHCHR spokesperson Elizabeth Throssell  told reporters in Geneva.

"He has deployed a field team to the site to speak to survivors and gather more information."