Firefighters battle a fire at a meat processing plant on the outskirts of Kharkov, Ukraine, along with a residential building on Saturday. The cause of the fire was a Russian missile. Six plant employees were injured Photo: Anadolu
Russia launched drones and missiles into Ukraine as people filled churches to celebrate Orthodox Easter.
Two people were killed and more than a dozen were injured, including one child , during attacks in the east of the country over the weekend.
On Saturday evening, the Ukrainian Air Force reported that it had destroyed 23 of 24 Russian drones fired at Kharkov, Kherson and the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Previously on the same day, President Vladimir Zelensky announced that Ukraine had shot down another Russian fighter.
Analysts warn that Russia is stepping up its offensive inside Ukraine ahead of U.S. weapons reaching frontline Ukrainian forces.
Orthodox Christians in both Ukraine and Russia were celebrating Easter as the strikes hit cities.
“In Pokrovsk, two people were killed and a house was damaged as a result of rocket attacks,” Vadim Filashkin, governor of the Donetsk region. , reported.
Police officers stand next to a TV tower partially destroyed by a Russian missile in Kharkov, Ukraine, April 22 Photo: Sofia Gatilova/REUTERS
Igor Terekhov, mayor of Kharkov, said: “The missile hit the central part of the city. , in a residential area. At least five people have been wounded so far.”
Russian officials have begun calling Kharkov, which has a population of nearly 2 million, a serious target. They did this for the first time since September 2022, when a Ukrainian counterattack forced the Russian army to retreat.
Last month, a Russian missile destroyed a Kharkiv television tower as part of a series of escalating attacks.
Russia has made progress in the past few weeks in pushing back Ukraine's outnumbered and outgunned forces. On Sunday, Russia's Defense Ministry said it had captured the village of Ocheretino, a few miles west of Avdeevka, a town Russia captured earlier this year.
A 120mm mortar crew fires at Russian positions in Chasovy Yar, Ukraine, April 27 Photo: Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu
Western analysts said the capture of Ocheretino was part of Russia's consolidation of control over one section of the front line and its strategic importance was limited . More important is the battle for Chasov Yar, a city built on high ground and protecting several other cities in the valleys below. Sources there said Ukrainian forces continue to defend against waves of near-suicidal Russian attacks.
Britain's Ministry of Defense said the Russian army had suffered 465,000 casualties killed or wounded in more than two years. war. That's about the same as the population of Liverpool.
However, it said Russia could accept a high level of casualties amid the Kremlin's plans to reorient society and the economy to fuel its war machine.
“Despite the extreme cost of life, Russia has fully adapted its armed forces to a war of attrition that relies on mass rather than quality,” she said at a daily security briefing.
Ukrainian generals briefed on the situation along the front line. The situation is dire, but Jake Sullivan, the US national security adviser, told the FT that Ukraine could contain Russian attacks with weapons resupply and even prepare for a new counter-offensive next year.
In April After months of delay US lawmakers approved £48 billion in military aid to Ukraine.
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