On Easter, the occupiers shelled a church in the Ukrainian city of Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region. Two people were injured.

In Ingushetia, recruitment centres for military service under contract have been opened. The authorities are looking for men aged between 18 and 60. The Military Recruiting Office of the Republic promises that their recruitment will be facilitated.

As a result of the shelling of Kherson, two women were killed, and two teenagers were killed in the Nikolaev region. The number of victims in Slavyansk increased to 11 people.

As a result of the Russian strike on the city of Slavyansk, Donetsk region, eight people were killed. 21 people were injured. Among the dead was a two-year-old child who died in the ambulance.

The Security Service of Ukraine reported the detention in Odessa of a man who transmitted information to the Russian side about the deployment of Ukrainian units and coordinated raids on the city.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky received from the government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in exile the Order «Honor of the Nation» and the Order of Jokhar Dudayev. This is reported on the official portal of the Head of the Ukrainian state.

In the Donetsk region, a local resident was killed and 2 people were injured as a result of a rocket attack. In the Kherson region, 1 person was killed and 2 were injured.

Three Azerbaijani soldiers had died the day before as a result of shelling from the Armenian side on the border between the Lachin district of Azerbaijan and the Syunik region of Armenia. This is stated in the report of the Baku Defense Ministry.

The State Duma of Russia approved amendments on new rules for conscription and delivery of summonses. Electronic summonses have been equated to paper ones, and for failure to appear at the military registration and enlistment office, a ban will be imposed on leaving the country, opening an individual entrepreneur and registering property.

Vladimir Zelensky awarded the Azerbaijani Farhad Guliyev. He is an assistant member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and voluntarily participates in the war against Russia.

At least 25 ethnic Azerbaijanis died in the fighting in Ukraine, fighting on the side of the APU.