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12 killed, 32 injured as Russia attacks 7 Ukrainian regions over past 24 hours

by The Kyiv Independent news desk April 3, 2023 11:28 AM 2 min read
The consequences of one of the Russian attacks on Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast on April 2-3, 2023. (Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko via Telegram)
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Russian forces launched attacks against seven Ukrainian oblasts over the past 24 hours, Ukraine's Defense Ministry media center reported on April 3.

Twelve civilians were killed, and 32 more were wounded as of 9 a.m.

Russian attacks were reported in Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, and Luhansk oblasts in the east, south, and north of Ukraine.

According to the report, Russia struck a total of 92 settlements using mortars, tanks, artillery, S-300 missiles, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), drones, and tactical aviation.

Seventy-four infrastructure facilities have been hit.

Mariia Kovach-Butsko: Russia must pay for its aggression through seized assets
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in the op-ed section are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the views of the Kyiv Independent. Discussions about confiscating frozen Russian assets and using them to rebuild Ukraine have been ongoing since the beginning of the full-scale invasio…
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