Russia started Good Friday, April 18, with ballistics, cruise missiles and Shaheds’ strikes on cities and civilians.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this on the Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
"This is how Russia started this Good Friday – with ballistics, cruise missiles, Shaheds – mockery of our people and cities," he said.
In particular, Zelenskyy said that dozens of houses, an enterprise, and cars were damaged due to the missile strike on Kharkiv, about 70 people were injured, including five children, the youngest of whom, Valeria, is only 2 years old, and one person was killed.
One of the targets of russian strike drones in Sumy was a bread production facility, one person was killed by this strike.
There were also russian strikes on the Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, and Donetsk Regions.
Zelenskyy thanked rescuers, medics, and other emergency and special services who save people and restore living conditions in cities and villages of Ukraine.
He also expressed gratitude to partners who help defend Ukraine, emphasizing that every defense package matters, and air defense systems and a sufficient number of missiles really help them.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, in Sumy on Good Friday, russian drones hit a private workshop for the production of Easter cakes, killing an entrepreneur.
On the morning of April 18, russian invaders launched a missile strike on a densely populated area of Kharkiv, and four enemy missile strikes on the city were recorded.
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