Russians kill 2 Donetsk region civilians on Easter despite reduced shelling intensity
Residents of the cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in Donetsk region were killed and one more was wounded in Russian shelling on the previous day, April 12, Donetsk regional military administration head Vadym Filashkin said.
"Kramatorsk district. In Sloviansk, 2 cars were damaged. In Kramatorsk, 1 person was killed and 1 wounded, 3 private houses were damaged. In Druzhkivka, a person was killed and a non-residential building and a car were damaged," Filashkin wrote on Telegram on Monday morning.
In addition, a house was damaged by Russian shelling the previous day in Riznykivka of Siverskа hromada in Bakhmut district, with no casualties reported.
In total, on Sunday April 12 - when eastern-rite Christians in Ukraine celebrated Easter - Russians shelled settlements in Donetsk region five times, Filashkin said. Some 280 people, including 55 children, were evacuated from front-line settlements during the day.
As reported, on April 11 Russian occupiers shelled settlements in Donetsk region 23 times, wounding 15 civilians with no fatalities. On April 10, occupiers shelled the region’s settlements ten times, killing one and wounding three civilians. On April 9, occupiers shelled Donetsk region’s settlements 23 times, wounding seven residents with no fatalities.
On April 11, 353 people including 74 children were evacuated from the front line over the course of the day; on April 10 - 424 people including 86 children; on April 9 - 370 people including 72 children.