KYIV, Oct 12 (Reuters) - The death toll from a missile strike on the village of Hroza in northeastern Ukraine has risen to 59 after police finished identifying the victims, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Thursday.

Ukraine said a Russian missile hit a cafe in the village in the Kharkiv region last week as people gathered to mourn a fallen Ukrainian soldier.

Moscow denies targeting civilians in its full-scale invasion, a position it repeated in response to a question at a Kremlin briefing about the strike on Hroza.

"The Russians killed 59 people with a direct hit with an Iskander (missile) on the village of Hroza," Klymenko said on the Telegram messaging app.

Ukraine's SBU security service has accused two villagers who it said had fled to Russia of helping guide the missile strike.

The Czech Foreign Ministry will summon Russia's ambassador over the attack on Hroza, CTK news agency reported on Thursday.

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