In the Donetsk region, two died during shelling, in Kharkov

Authorities in the Donetsk region of Ukraine reported on Sunday evening that two people were killed and one wounded as a result of shelling over the past 24 hours.

In total, according to the regional military administration, there were thirteen attacks. It is not specified which specific settlements were hit. It is only reported that 383 people, including 10 children, were evacuated from the frontline zone. 44 school-age children from Pokrovsky and Avdeevsky districts were sent to one of the sanatoriums in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, it is noted in the message.

In the Zaporozhye region of Ukraine, two elderly local residents were injured as a result of two shelling of Gulyai-Polye from the Grad MLRS. How reported the head of the Zaporozhye regional military administration, Ivan Fedorov, the wounded were in the courtyard of their house at the time of the shelling.

The Kharkov regional prosecutor’s office informed that five people were wounded during the shelling of Kharkov. The agency published photographs showing the consequences of the shelling, noting that they show destruction of non-residential premises and residential buildings with broken windows. “On April 7, at about 11:45, the armed forces of the Russian Federation fired at a residential area of ​​the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkov. Five civilians were injured. As a result of the strikes, at least 13 multi-storey and private houses, educational institutions, a cafe, a hostel, a hotel, and cars were damaged,” it says in the message prosecutor’s office.

Earlier, the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations published photographs of fire extinguishing after the shelling of Kharkov on Sunday afternoon.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, in an evening address on Sunday, called the situation in Kharkov “very tough.” “The situation in the city is very tough, constant Russian terror, now almost daily – with aerial bombs. We are looking for opportunities to give Kharkov more sky protection – and this is a task for both the military and all diplomats of Ukraine – for everyone who is responsible for international communication who must be in dialogue with partners every day,” Zelensky said.

In recent days, Russia has stepped up attacks on Kharkov. Russian propaganda is increasingly talking about Kharkov as one of the targets of the military operation. There was information about a large attack on this city, but so far it has not been confirmed.

• Russia shells Ukraine every day. The Russian Ministry of Defense says it only attacks military targets. The Russian command does not comment on the deaths of civilians and the destruction of housing and civilian infrastructure.