Russian missiles strike buildings in Sloviansk, Ukraine, killing at least 11
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On Saturday, authorities in Sloviansk, Ukraine said at least 11 people were dead and 21 injured after seven Russian S-300 missiles hit the city on Friday, ahead of Orthodox Easter this weekend. Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the partially occupied region of Donetsk, claimed S-300 missiles, which were designed as surface-to-air missiles, were responsible for the strike. The attack hit a residential area in the city, according to Ukrainian sources. One victim was reportedly a two-year-old boy pulled from the wreckage who died en route to hospital
On Saturday, authorities in Sloviansk, Ukraine said at least 11 people were dead and 21 injured after seven Russian S-300 missiles hit the city on Friday, ahead of Orthodox Easter this weekend.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the partially occupied region of Donetsk, claimed S-300 missiles, which were designed as surface-to-air missiles, were responsible for the strike.
The attack hit a residential area in the city, according to Ukrainian sources. One victim was reportedly a two-year-old boy pulled from the wreckage who died en route to hospital.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement on Friday: "The evil state once again demonstrates its essence […] Just killing people in broad daylight. Ruining, destroying all life."
Zelenskyy tweeted: "Not a single hour of this week before Orthodox Easter passed without [Russian] murders and terror. This is an evil state, and it will lose. To win is our duty to humanity as such. And we will win! The longer-range Ukrainian strikes are, the sooner Russian atrocities will end."
Sloviansk is north-west of contested Bakhmut.
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