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 48°51′12″N 37°37′30″E / 48.85333°N 37.62500°E / 48.85333; 37.62500
Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Date 14 April 2023
18:00 hrs[1]
Deaths 15[2]
Injured 24[2]
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]

See also

  • Zaporizhzhia residential building airstrike
  • September 2023 Kostiantynivka missile strike
  • 26 August 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine
  • War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

References

  1. ^ a b "Ukraine war: Civilians killed in Russian strike on Ukraine homes". BBC News. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "At least eight civilians killed in Russian strike on Ukrainian town". Le Monde. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.