According to local authorities, two children were killed in Russian shelling in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk. These are two girls aged five and 14, said Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko on the short message service Telegram. The building in the village of Ocheretynsk where they lived was destroyed in the shelling. Kyrylenko urged people to leave the vicinity of the combat zones and go to safety.
Podoliak, who is also a leading negotiator in the negotiations with Russia, called on the Moscow leadership to mark the Orthodox Easter celebrations for a “real Easter peace in Mariupol.” Russia must “think about the remnants of its reputation” and agree to an immediate humanitarian corridor for civilians and separate talks for military-civilian exchanges.
According to Ukrainian sources, Russia is also strengthening its troops north of Ukraine. Additional units would be transferred to the Russian region of Belgorod, the Ukrainian General Staff said. Among them are combat units with short-range Iskander-M missiles, which are stationed around 60 kilometers from the border. Iskander is a mobile short-range ballistic missile system. The guided missiles have a range of up to 500 kilometers and can carry conventional or nuclear warheads.
According to British sources, Ukrainian forces repelled numerous Russian attacks along the “line of contact” in the Donbass region in the east of the country this week. Despite some Russian gains in territory, Ukrainian resistance has been strong on all fronts and has inflicted significant casualties on Russia’s armed forces, the British MoD tweeted from a regular military intelligence situation report. “The low morale of Russian troops and the limited time for recovery, re-equipment and reorganization of forces after previous offensives are likely to hamper Russian combat efficiency,” the status report said.
According to the authorities, a 48-year-old man was killed in Russian shelling in the night in the Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk. This was announced by regional governor Valentyn Resnichenko on social media.
According to the authorities, eight people were killed in Russian attacks in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk on Saturday. Regional governor Serhij Gajdaj announced this on social media.