The explosions damaged residential buildings and other buildings, fires broke out in two places.
Russia has recently stepped up attacks on Kharkiv with rockets, guided aerial bombs and drones. Attacks destroy energy infrastructure and kill civilians.
Orthodox Christians are celebrating Easter today, and Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terechov wished the city’s residents that the holidays “bring them new strength in the fight for truth and justice.” He said churches would be open all day, but urged caution. “After all, even today the Russians can try to use it for their terrorist purposes,” he wrote on his Telegram account.
The Ukrainian Air Force announced today that air defense systems over the Kharkiv, Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk regions destroyed 23 of the 24 attack drones that Russia sent into Ukrainian territory.
In Dnipro, debris from downed drones hit unspecified infrastructure objects and one multi-story building. Two cars and a shop were damaged in the Slobojanské district north of the Dnipro, informed Serhij Lysak, head of the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Zelenskyy said that his troops shot down a Su-25 over the Donetsk region
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