Russia Caps Ukraine's Easter With Massive Overnight Drone Attack

Ukrainian air defenses neutralized 87 of 98 drones launched overnight, but strikes wounded civilians, cut power and triggered alerts across multiple regions. Make us preferred on Google Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied (Photo by Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration) Content Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied Flip Make us preferred on Google As Ukrainians marked the end of Easter Sunday, Russian forces launched a wave of nearly 100 drones overnight, targeting settlements across the country in attacks that wounded civilians, knocked out power and triggered air raid alerts from Zaporizhzhia to Chernihiv. Ukraine’s Air Force said it neutralized 87 of 98 strike unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) launched beginning at 12:10 a.m. Monday, April 13. The drones – including Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and other types – were fired from multiple directions inside Russia and from occupied Crimea. Aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups all took part in repelling the attack. Nine drones struck their targets at nine locations, with debris from downed UAVs falling at a tenth. As of Monday morning, the attack was ongoing, with enemy drones still in Ukrainian airspace. Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . Russian forces launched 456 attacks on 28 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region over 24 hours, deploying 431 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – mostly first-person-view (FPV) drones – against towns including Orikhiv, Huliaipole, Stepnohirsk and Pavlivka, among others, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, Ivan Fedorov, reported . Russian forces also carried out three airstrikes, two multiple launch rocket system strikes and 20 artillery strikes across the region. One woman was wounded in the Zaporizhzhia district, and 10 reports of damage to infrastructure, residential buildings and vehicles were received. A separate drone strike on Novooleksandrivka wounded 10 police officers and one civilian. Other Topics of Interest Easter Prisoner Exchange – What It Was Like and What It Could Have Been Exclusive report by Kyiv Post from the prisoner exchange on April 11 – and why it was not as expected In the Kherson region, two people were wounded over the past 24 hours as Russian forces struck settlements across the area with drones, airstrikes and artillery, regional administration head Oleksandr Prokudin said on Telegram . Towns targeted included Antonivka, Stanislav, Sofiivka, Tiahynka and Kherson city, among others. Two private homes, a garage and several vehicles were damaged. The attacks follow a Russian strike on Saturday, April 11 in the Kherson region, where three people were killed , including a trolleybus driver. Elsewhere, more than 12,000 customers lost power in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region after a Russian strike damaged an energy facility there, regional energy operator Chernihivoblenergo said. Emergency repair crews were standing by pending security clearance to access the site, the company said in a statement on Telegram . Russian forces also shelled the city of Zolochiv in the Kharkiv region on Sunday, wounding two people, Kharkiv regional police reported on Telegram . Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization since 1995. Its international market reach of 97% outside of Ukraine makes it truly Ukraine’s Global – and most reliable – Voice.