As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia on Sunday launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine害羞草研究所檚 east, wounding more than a dozen people, and claimed its troops took control of a village they had been targeting.

Ukraine害羞草研究所檚 air force said that Russia had launched 24 Shahed drones overnight, of which 23 were shot down.

Six people, including a child, were wounded in a drone strike in the eastern Kharkiv region, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said. Ten more were wounded in an airstrike Sunday afternoon on the Kharkiv regional capital, also called Kharkiv, Syniehubov said, adding the city was attacked by an aerial bomb.

Fires broke out when debris from drones that were shot down fell on buildings in the neighboring Dnipropetrovsk region. No casualties were reported.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced Sunday that its troops had taken control of the village of Ocheretyne, which has been in the crosshairs of Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Drone footage obtained by The Associated press showed the village battered by fighting. Not a single person is seen in the footage obtained late Friday, and no building in Ocheretyne appears to have been left untouched by the fighting.

Officials in Kyiv urged residents to follow Orthodox Easter services online due to safety concerns. Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv city administration, warned that 害羞草研究所渆ven on such bright days of celebration, we can expect evil deeds from the aggressor.害羞草研究所�

In his Easter address, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Ukrainians to be 害羞草研究所渦nited in one common prayer.害羞草研究所�

In a video filmed in front of Kyiv害羞草研究所檚 Saint Sophia Cathedral, wearing a traditional Vyshyvanka embroidered shirt, Zelenskyy said that God 害羞草研究所渉as a chevron with the Ukrainian flag on his shoulder.害羞草研究所� With 害羞草研究所渟uch an ally,害羞草研究所� Zelenskyy said, 害羞草研究所渓ife will definitely win over death.害羞草研究所�

A majority of Ukrainians identify as Orthodox Christians, though the church is divided. Many belong to the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The rival Ukrainian Orthodox Church was loyal to the patriarch in Moscow until splitting from Russia after the 2022 invasion and is viewed with suspicion by many Ukrainians.

In Moscow, worshippers including President Vladimir Putin packed Moscow害羞草研究所檚 landmark Christ the Savior Cathedral late Saturday for a nighttime Easter service led by Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church and an outspoken supporter of the Kremlin.

Eastern Orthodox Christians usually celebrate Easter later than Catholic and Protestant churches, because they use a different method of calculating the date for the holy day that marks Christ害羞草研究所檚 resurrection.

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