Blazes after Russia’s strikes on Odesa in southern Ukraine, April 11, 2026

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Just ahead of a 32-hour ceasefire for Orthodox Easter, Russia has murdered at least four Ukrainian civilians and injured dozens.

On Thursday, the Kremlin announced Vladimir Putin’s agreement to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s proposal, with a halt to attacks from 1600 (1300 GMT) on 11 April until the end of the day on 12 April 2026″.

But Russia maintained its assault throughout Friday and early Saturday.

In Poltava in central Ukraine, one person was murdered and one wounded by an overnight drone attack on a store and a cafe.

In Odesa in the south, two people were killed and two injured. Infrastructure and dozens of homes and residential buildings were damaged.

In the Donetsk region in the northeast, a civilian was killed in Dobropillia and three wounded in Sloviansk on Friday.

In the Sumy region in the northeast, drone strikes on residential areas injured 16 people, including a 14-year-old boy and an 87-year-old woman. Eleven residential buildings and a kindergarten were damaged.