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Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:10 PM 4 hrs ago

Zelenskiy accuses Russia of 'Easter escalation'

Source: The Canberra Times

A large-scale daytime Russian strike has killed at least two people in Ukraine, officials ‌say, in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced as an "Easter escalation" as Russian forces shift tactics to avoid Ukrainian air defences.

Since the beginning ‌of the war more than four years ago, Russia has mainly carried out major drone and missile strikes at night.

In recent weeks, it has repeatedly sent hundreds of drones and missiles during the daytime, setting a record for the number of weapons used in one such strike on March 24.

Russia launched hundreds of "Shahed combat drones and dozens of missiles against our cities and towns," Zelenskiy wrote in a social media post after a telephone conversation with Pope Leo XIV.

Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9213992/zelenskiy-accuses-russia-of-easter-escalation/



Putin won't even stop his killing for Easter weekend. Per a tweet link in the article, Zelenskyy was actually talking to the Pope when the Russians started bombing.
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