Whereas Russia continues to concentrate on seizing Ukraine's industrial east, two different provinces - Kharkiv within the northeast and Zaporizhzhia within the southeast - got here beneath missile hearth on Sunday.
Residential areas had been hit together with a cluster of homes the place a toddler was among the many casualties.
In Kharkiv, which was recaptured by Ukrainian forces in September, two males had been killed, one other was hospitalised in a crucial situation.
Ukraine got here beneath missile, rocket and artillery hearth, based on the nation's navy.
In his nightly handle, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy referred to the strike on Zaporizhzhia, saying Russia "places itself in even better isolation from the world and from humanity" by hitting houses on the Orthodox Church's Palm Sunday.
The overwhelming majority of Ukrainians with a spiritual affiliation determine as Orthodox Christian, a religion that observes Easter on 16 April this yr.
Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby used their conventional Easter messages to spotlight the struggle in Ukraine and different conflicts around the globe.
The Zaporizhzhia area's governor, Yurii Malashko, stated 18 communities in all had been shelled. Three individuals had been killed and 5 had been wounded on Saturday, Malashko stated.
Governor of the southern Kherson area, Oleksandr Prokudin, stated two communities had been bombarded by Russian planes late Sunday, however he didn't report any casualties.
In the meantime, the Ukrainian Air Pressure launched for the primary time footage of the Nationwide Superior Floor-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) being operated.
The video claimed that "over 5 months of fight operations, the Ukrainian NASAMS have destroyed over 100 enemy missiles and drones."
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