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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Luhansk Region
The occupiers tried to launch an unsuccessful offensive south of Dibrova. Losses inflicted by the Ukrainian army on the personnel forces of the Russian Federation are replenished by the Russians at the expense of the mobilized.
Novoselivske, Makiivka, Nevske and Bilohorivka were subjected to artillery shelling by the invaders over the past day.
Donetsk Region
In the Donetsk region, on April 9, as a result of the actions of the Russians, four civilians were injured: 2 – in Druzhkivka, 1 – in Kurakhove, and 1 – in Kostyantynivka.
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the Russians have killed 1,463 people in the region, and wounded another 3,367. However, these statistics do not take into account the victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha, since it is currently impossible to count the dead and wounded there.
Sumy Region
Here, during the past day, 2 border communities were shelled by the Russians: Nova Sloboda and Bilopillia. The occupiers fired mortars and grenade launchers. In both cases, there were no casualties or damage. The defense forces shot down an enemy drone over the Sumy region – previously, a Zala 421-16e type.
And on the night of April 10, the occupiers fired 20 shots at the Seredyno-Buda community. According to preliminary data, there were no victims or destruction either.
Kharkiv Region
During the past day, the occupiers shelled the border and front-line settlements of the Kharkiv, Chuhuiv and Kupiansk districts of the Kharkiv region. Shelling damaged at least 15 private houses in the village of Kurylivka, another house in Petropavlivka, and a forest fire in the Podoliv district.
In the village of Karaichne, a Russian strike injured a 36-year-old man: he is hospitalized in serious condition. Also in Snizhivka, a 38-year-old civilian man stepped on an anti-personnel mine in his own garden. He was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds.
Zaporizhzhia Region
In the Vasyliv and Polohy districts of the region, the occupiers caused 31 more destructions during the day. In addition to residential houses and farm buildings, the Russians destroyed a modern school in one of the communities of the Polohy district.
The enemy carried out three air attacks, one with the use of UAVs and 58 artillery strikes on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia region.
Kherson Region
In this region, on April 9, the occupiers shelled populated areas 78 times, firing 360 shells from MLRS, mortars, artillery, tanks, drones, and aircraft.
The Russians attacked the residential quarters of Kherson 5 times, damaging the garage cooperative. During the day, there were no casualties among the civilian population in the region.
And on the morning of April 10, the occupiers also shot at the hospital in the Suvorov district of Kherson. The explosions damaged several windows, but there were no casualties.
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In Russia, deported Ukrainian children are punished for refusing to sing the national anthem of the Russian Federation
After returning to Ukraine, children deported by Russia reported beatings and other punishments for refusing to sing the Russian national anthem and mentioning that they are Ukrainians.
Daria Gerasimchuk, adviser to the president’s representative on children’s rights and child rehabilitation, told about this on the air of the Yedyni Novyny telethon, writes Ukrinform.
«The children who return do not say anything good about what happened to them there. In general, it depends on their locations, because some were even beaten... for constantly mentioning that they were Ukrainians, for that they refused to sing the Russian anthem, that they refused to stand up during the Russian anthem, that they refused to sing «Russia, forward» every morning, etc. They were beaten and punished for this: they were not allowed to go for walks, they were forced to write and rewrite some Russian texts, etc. d.,» said Gerasimchuk.
She emphasized that total Russification of Ukrainian children is taking place in Russia. Little Ukrainians are turned against their parents, saying that their parents have abandoned them and that they should not return to Ukraine, where supposedly no one is waiting for them.
«And further in this spirit – everything that allows the sick imagination and fantasy of Russians to say to children,» – summed up the authorized adviser to the president.
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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