April 2023 Sloviansk airstrike

April 2023 Sloviansk airstrike
April 2023 Sloviansk airstrike
Part of Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
	Firefighters and rescue workers on a residential building in Sloviansk after the Russian airstrike
Location	Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Coordinates	48°51′12″N 37°37′30″E / 48.85333°N 37.62500°E
Date	14 April 2023 ; 18:00 hrs
Deaths	15
Injured	24
Perpetrators	Russia

On 14 April 2023, on Eastern Orthodox Christian Good Friday, a Russian missile strike struck residential buildings in Sloviansk, Ukraine, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[3]^[4]^[1] 15 civilians were killed and 24 were injured.^[2] 34 apartment buildings, administrative buildings, and shops were damaged in the blasts.^[3]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack, noting that it shows Russia's cruelty since it was carried out during the religious holiday of Easter.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ukraine war: Civilians killed in Russian strike on Ukraine homes". BBC News. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Oleksiy Pshemyskiy, Ellie Kaufman (16 April 2023). "15 dead, including 1 child, after Russia attacks Slovyansk". ABC News. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Matthew Mpoke Bigg (15 April 2023). "Death Toll From Russian Missile Attack in Eastern Ukraine Climbs to 11". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
^ "At least eight civilians killed in Russian strike on Ukrainian town". Le Monde. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.