Authorities in Ukraine announced that a Russian force attacked a residence building in the southeastern Ukrainian town of Zaporizhzhia at around 3 am on Sunday (9 April).
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FIGHTING
According to the Russian defense ministry, Russia destroyed a fuel depot near Zaporizhzhia in the southeastern Ukraine.
According to the Moscow-installed head for Crimea's administration, a missile from Ukrainian-held territory was fired over Fedosia in the Black Sea. The attack occurred on Saturday. Reuters couldn't immediately confirm the reports, and it wasn't clear how Ukraine could attempt such a strike.
* Reuters was unable to verify the battlefield reports.
LEFT DOCUMENTS
Russia or pro-Russian elements may have been behind several classified U.S. documents being leaked. Three U.S. officials said to Reuters that they had seen military documents on social media showing a partial, one-month-old picture of the conflict in Ukraine. The Justice Department, however, stated it was investigating the leak separately.
POPE'S EASTER MESSAGE
* Pope Francis asked Russians to find the truth about Ukraine's invasion in Sunday's Easter message to the world. He also appealed to dialogue between Israelis, Palestinians, and Israelis after recent violence.
CHILDREN
After a lengthy operation to bring them home from Russia or Russian occupied Crimea where they were taken from areas occupied during the war, more than 30 children were reunited with families this weekend. Kyiv claims that nearly 19,500 children were taken to Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea in illegal deportations since Moscow invaded. Moscow claims they were taken away to ensure their safety.
DIPLOMACY, TRADE
According to a newspaper report, Emine Dzhaparova, Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Ministry, will visit India Monday to seek humanitarian assistance and equipment for repairing the energy infrastructure that was damaged by Russia's invasion.
* Russia threatened to abandon a UN-brokered wheat deal unless it removed obstacles to its agricultural exports, while Turkey reached an agreement to remove barriers to the extension of the agreement beyond next month.
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