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Russia strikes Ukraine’s Izium with missile just 30 minutes before Putin’s announced Easter ceasefire

19 April, 2025 Saturday
19:26

On Saturday, April 19, the Russian army launched a missile strike on Izium in the Kharkiv region. The attack took place half an hour before the Easter ceasefire announced by Russian dictator Putin

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Suspilne Kharkiv reported the information.

The head of the city's military administration, Valerii Marchenko, stated that around 5:30 p.m., the Izium community was hit by a missile strike from Russia. One hit was recorded in the city.

There have been no reports of damage or casualties so far.

By 6:00 p.m., air raid alerts were sounding in the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Dnipropetrovsk regions. The all-clear was announced in the Kyiv region at 6:01 p.m.. The air raid alert ended latest in the Dnipropetrovsk region, at 6:03 p.m.

  • Russian dictator Vladimir Putin promised that his troops would observe a truce for 30 consecutive hours on April 19-20, 2025.
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