And it's with that we end our live coverage.

This page began with news of a deadly Russian missile strike on the small village of Hroza, in Ukraine's Kharkiv region.

The focus of some of our team then diverted to Sochi, Russia, where Vladimir Putin gave his annual address to the Valdai Discussion Club, all the while keeping an eye on the European Political Community summit in Spain.

We'll keep you updated on the latest from Hroza in our news story, and you can also read about Vladimir Putin's claim that Russia has successfully test-flown a nuclear-powered missile, as well as the 1.1 million bullets seized from Iran that the US has given Ukraine

That's it from us. This page was edited by Rob Corp and Jamie Whitehead. The writers were Ece Goksedef, Antoinette Radford, Sean Seddon and Emily Atkinson.

Just before we go, we can bring you an intriguing line from Vladimir Putin today - where he claimed a hand grenade detonating on board Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane was to blame for the crash in which the Wagner mercenary group leader and nine others were killed in August.

The Russian president said he had seen evidence from the investigative committee set up to look into the incident which suggested the plane was blown up from the inside.

The committee - which has not published its findings publicly - also found there was no evidence of an external strike on the aircraft, Putin said.

"Fragments of hand grenades were found in the bodies of those killed in the crash," he told an event in the Black Sea region of Sochi.

Priozhin, formally a close ally of Putin, died around two months after leading a convoy of troops to within miles of Moscow.

The Kremlin has repeatedly rejected any suggestion that it was to blame for the downing of his private jet.

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We're coming to the end of our live coverage of a Russian air strike on the Ukrainian village of Hroza which has killed dozens of people.

Reaction to the attack is still emerging - but here are the key developments from today:

• A Russian strike in Ukraine's Kharkiv region has killed at least 51 people, officials say
• The attack happened at 13:15 local time in the village of Hroza near Kupyansk
• A six-year-old boy was identified among the dead
• Villagers from Hroza had gathered in a local cafe for a wake following the death of a resident when the attack happened, reports said
• Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of "genocidal aggression"
• The Ukrainian leader was attending the European Political Community summit in Spain, where he discussed the attack with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and other leaders

• The attack came just hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the Valdai Discussion Club - a Moscow-based think tank
• He told the conference that Europe was shutting off Russia behind a new Iron Curtain

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As we've been reporting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and 50 other European leaders have been meeting at a summit in Spain's Andalucia today.

Amog those pledging their continued support for Ukraine was German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who, according to Zelensky, promised to provide additional Patriot missile systems ahead of the winter months.

"I'm grateful for Germany's support in defending our freedom and people. This is also the defence of Europe and our shared values," Zelensky posted on Telegram.

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The US has said the attack on the cafe and grocery in Hroza is "incredibly horrifying for the people of Ukraine".

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told a briefing this was why "we're doing everything that we can to help Ukraine".

"Let's stop and think about what we're seeing: innocent people, who were killed by a Russian air strike while they were shopping for food at a supermarket. That's what they were doing.

"We have to continue to support the people of Ukraine because this is the horrifying nature that they live in every day," she said.

Last week, the US government passed a temporary funding bill to avoid a federal shutdown which did not include new aid for Ukraine.

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak discussed the Hroza attack with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky when the pair met on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Spain.

Speaking to reporters after their talks, Sunak said the strike "illustrates Russia's barbarity" and responded to Vladimir Putin's claims earlier today that he did not start the war.

According to Reuters, Sunak said: "President Putin can say all he likes. There is one person responsible for this illegal unprovoked war and it is him".

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The European Union's foreign policy chief has said the Russian attack on Hroza is a "war crime."

Josep Borrell said targeting a civilian area "had brought Russian atrocities to yet another grim level".

"Intentional attacks against civilians are war crimes," he added.

Borrell has been at a European summit in Granada, Spain, where leaders met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Regional head of Kharkiv Oleh Synyehubov has said the search for survivors at Hroza is now over, in a post on Telegram, external. He confirmed 51 people had died and six were injured.

"All the victims are local civilians. In addition to the cafe building, which was completely destroyed, neighbouring houses were also damaged," he added.

In its most recent update, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said there had been 30 "combat clashes" along the front line today.

A statement, external posted on an official channel said the Ukrainian air force carried out 12 strikes on Russian positions and three on anti-aircraft missile systems.

Ukraine says among the targets it hit was an "electronic warfare station", a communications centre and various weapons systems.

The update said Russia launched three missiles, 49 air strikes and aimed "26 rocket salvo fire systems" at Ukrainian troops and populated areas. It also claims that says Ukraine downed 24 out of 29 drones launched by Russia.

The BBC is unable to independently verify this information.

With news of this attack on a small village in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, the BBC's Ukrainecast team have put out an extra episode.

BBC Kyiv correspondent James Waterhouse says it is "the worst single loss of life by a missile attack for more than a year".

He and Victoria Derbyshire also discuss the importance of the region for Russia and Ukraine and why Moscow has a strategy of targeting civilian areas.

Listen to the podcast here.

Turning our attention back to Sochi, where President Vladimir Putin has told a conference that Russia has conducted another successful test of the its Burevestnik intercontinental cruise missiles.

He also told the Valdai Discussion Club said that no-one in the world in their right mind would use nuclear weapons against Russia, and that potential enemies knew about Russia's nuclear arsenal.

In response to a question, Putin said he was not ready to declare whether or not Russia needed to resume nuclear weapons testing, saying that "theoretically we could revoke ratification" of the international nuclear test ban treaty.

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Three days of mourning have been declared in the Kharkiv region, starting tomorrow.

"It was the bloodiest crime committed by the Russians in the Kharkiv region since the start of the full-scale invasion. Three days, from October 6 to 8, will be declared days of mourning in the Kharkiv region," regional head of Kharkiv, Oleh Synyehubov wrote on Telegram, external.

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UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has “strongly condemned” the attack on Hroza which killed at least 51 people.

"Attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited under international humanitarian law and they must stop immediately," a spokesperson for Guterres told reporters.

Footage showing rescue workers searching for bodies and clambering over rubble has been shared from the Kharkiv region.

The Reuters news agency says this video is from Hroza.

Personnel seen in this video matches those seen in corroborating videos from the aftermath of the attack.

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Europe is shutting off Russia behind a new Iron Curtain, Vladimir Putin said in his annual speech at the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi earlier.

The Russian leader says Western sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine had hurt the European economy while the US and Asian economies had become more competitive.

Putin insisted Russia itself was not shutting itself from Europe.

Martin Harris, who officially became the new British ambassador to Ukraine last month, has responded to the Hroza strike.

He said: "I am horrified to hear the news of Russia’s barbaric shelling of Hroza village and the deaths of dozens of civilians.

"My deepest condolences to all who lost their loved ones. We must defeat this evil."

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the front line in the north-east only this week, because this region has been the focus of Russia's military offensive ever since the summer.

Last month, Russia said it had captured strategic heights near Kupyansk, just 30km (18 miles) to the east of Hroza.

There is no obvious reason why such a small village would come under attack, but it is within reach of that front line.

Ukraine recaptured Kupyansk and areas around it last autumn and Russian forces have spent the past few months trying to re-occupy it.

Six weeks ago Ukraine ordered civilians to be evacuated from Kupyansk because of Russian shelling.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that the front line between Kupyansk and Lyman further south was "one of the hottest areas" of the war.

The latest civilian deaths are an indication of that.

Kharkiv regional head Oleh Synyehubov has confirmed that all the victims came from the village of Hroza.

According to 2020 census data, there were about 501 people who lived there.

That data is from before the war, so the population could be less now.

With the death toll now at 51 people, 10% of the village's pre-war population were killed in one Russian attack.

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More now from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is giving his yearly address to the Valdai Discussion Club in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

Putin said that he expects the US to continue giving financial aid to Ukraine despite the domestic political crisis.

"Eventually they will probably find money, will print money," Putin told the conference.

"As regards Europe - the situation is more difficult because if in the US we are witnessing economic growth... the situation in Europe is much worse," he said.

Therefore, he said, Europe too can continue to support Ukraine but only "at the cost of seeing its economy and the lives of citizens of European countries worsen further".

He expressed confidence that Russia's own economy was strong enough to sustain the war effort. "We have a stable situation," he said.

Putin said in Ukraine "we are defending our traditions, our culture and our people".

The UN humanitarian co-ordinator for Ukraine says she is appalled by reports of the "horrifying" Russian attack on the village of Hroza.

In a statement,, external Denise Brown says she, the United Nations, and the humanitarian community send their "most heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families".

"Our thoughts are also with the people of Ukraine who had to witness today, once again, another barbaric consequence of Russia’s invasion," she adds.

Brown asserts that intentionally directing an attack against civilians or civilian objects "is a war crime."

"Intentionally launching an attack knowing that it would be disproportionate is a war crime," she adds.