Ukrainians celebrated Orthodox Palm Sunday yesterday. But the party didn’t end the war: at least 7 civilians were killed in bombings over the weekend. Ukraine’s eastern provinces have come under rocket, missile and artillery fire. president Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the Russian attack that killed a father and his 10-year-old daughter, in particular in Zaporizhia – the city of the nuclear power plant – while the mother was seriously injured. “This is how Russia isolates itself even more from the world, from humanity,” the leader of Kiev said in his evening message on Telegram. “May next year’s Palm Sunday be spent in peace and freedom for all our people”
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06:08
CNN: Kiev changes military plans after US documents ‘leaked’
Ukraine has already changed some of its military plans based on leaks from the online release of classified American military documents. CNN reported this, citing a source close to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Some texts highlight weaknesses in Ukrainian defenses at a critical and delicate moment in the war, that is, when the armed forces were preparing to launch a counteroffensive against the Russians. The Pentagon has launched a “multi-agency effort” to assess the impact of the leak, spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said.
05:59
Mariupol authorities: Russians destroy station
Occupying Russian troops are demolishing Mariupol’s main train station and several surrounding buildings, which were half destroyed during the city’s siege by Moscow forces, exiled city councilor Petro Andriushchenko told Telegram. The train station was allegedly dismantled,” Andryushenko told Ukrainian media. A video included in the city council’s post shows a practically destroyed train station with a construction crane next to it.
02:50
Nyt: Kiev will run out of anti-aircraft stocks by May
The Ukrainian air defense systems are running out of ammunition, and without the arrival of huge western supplies, they will not be able to withstand attacks by the Russian Air Force, whose strength is still intact. This is the prediction of American officials and some top-secret Pentagon documents that have hit social media, according to The New York Times. Missile stockpiles for the Soviet-era S-300 and Buk air defense systems, which account for 89 percent of Ukraine’s protection against most fighter jets and some bombers, will be completely depleted by mid-April by May 3, according to the leaked documents. The Biden administration announced last week that it is sending additional ammunition and air defense interceptors as part of a $2.6 billion aid package, part of which will be used to help Kiev prepare for the spring offensive. US officials contacted by the NYT say whether that will be enough will depend on a number of factors, including whether NATO allies make their deliveries and whether Putin will continue to refrain from risking his prized warplanes. “The Russian military has been torn apart, but the Russian Air Force has not,” Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley told MSNBC in February.
01:50
Russian airstrike hits village in Kherson
During the night, Russian forces attacked two communities in Kherson province. That’s what the governor said Oleksandr Prokudin, according to local media reports. Enemy fighters also dropped three bombs on the village of Kizomys in the municipality of Bilozerka,” Prokudin reported on Telegram. No civilian casualties were reported.
01:39
Air warning in 7 eastern regions
Air raid alerts went off overnight in seven regions of eastern Ukraine, according to official sources cited by local media. Air raid sirens sounded early today in Dnipro, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts.
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