Russia hits Ukraine with heavy airstrikes throughout Zelensky telephone name with Pope Leo XIV | EUROtoday

The Russian navy hit Ukraine with a heavy airstrike on Good Friday with missiles and drones. “Hundreds of Shahed combat drones and dozens of missiles against our cities and towns,” President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on social media after a telephone name with Pope Leo XIV.

Zelensky stated this was Russia’s response to his provide of a ceasefire over Easter. However, the church buildings in Ukraine, like in Russia, won’t have fun Easter in line with the Orthodox calendar till subsequent week on April twelfth.

According to authorities, at the very least one individual was killed and one other injured within the space surrounding the capital Kiev. According to native electrical energy suppliers, the assaults in broad daylight additionally led to energy outages within the metropolis of three million individuals, Kiev, and different areas. Air alerts had beforehand been sounded throughout the nation because of the menace posed by Russian missiles and drones.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian navy used greater than 500 drones and 37 missiles of varied varieties in a single day and throughout the day. Accordingly, the vast majority of the missiles had been intercepted in time. Nevertheless, there have been impacts in 20 locations. As a precautionary measure, the Polish military additionally deployed its personal interceptors, in line with an announcement. However, there have been no violations of Polish airspace.

The Ukrainian navy says it has attacked an oil refinery within the metropolis of Ufa. As a outcome, a fireplace broke out within the facility, the Ukrainian General Staff stated by way of Telegram. Ufa is greater than 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

Ukraine has been resisting a Russian invasion for greater than 4 years. For Kiev, the state of affairs on the entrance is, in line with Zelensky, the very best previously ten months. Ukrainian troops thwarted a Russian offensive final month, his presidential workplace stated. However, the Russian armed forces would now improve their assaults. He cited information from the Ukrainian and British secret companies. He additionally defined that he had invited US negotiators to Kiev and acquired “positive signals”.