unilaterally declared<\/a> a 30-hour ceasefire last Easter, but each side accused the other of breaking it.<\/p>\nOne person died on Friday in Ukraine\u2019s northern Sumy region, near the Russian border, after a Russian guided aerial bomb struck a residential block in the city of Shostka, local Gov. Oleh Hryhorov reported. He said three more people were hospitalized with injuries following the strike, including a 29-year-old woman whose condition was serious.<\/p>\n
In Russia, 192 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight over Russia and occupied Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday morning. <\/p>\n
Two people were hospitalized on Friday following a Ukrainian drone strike on the Leningrad region, over 1,100 kilometers (684 miles) from the border, regional Gov. Alexander Drozdenko reported. According to Drozdenko, the drones also set fire to an \u201cunoccupied\u201d building within the Morozov industrial zone. <\/p>\n
The settlement of Morozov houses a state-owned plant that makes explosives and components for ammunition, including solid fuel used in Topol-M missile systems. The plant was put under U.S., EU and other Western sanctions following Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Twelve people, including at least three Russian soldiers, were injured in a Ukrainian drone strike late Thursday on Russia\u2019s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, local Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov reported. Separately, he said that seven people were wounded in the region after a drone struck a commercial facility.<\/p>\n
Four drones were downed during the night on the approach to Moscow, mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported Friday. He did not reference any casualties or damage.<\/p>\n
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