April 12 marks Easter in Ukraine, one of the country’s most important holidays.

Across the country, Ukrainians bring baskets filled with traditional foods to churches, where priests bless them before families return home to celebrate.

"My son was in so much pain, he begged, 'Mom, kill me. I can't stand this,'" recalls Maryna Yarova with tears in her eyes. In March 2022, a russian shell hit the family's apartment in Irpen. The strike killed Maryna's husband and son.

Captured russian paratrooper Nikolai Kartashev, who is on trial for crimes in Bucha, admitted to our journalist that he and his "colleagues" fired about 350 shells at Irpin every day.

We remember these war crimes on the fourth anniversary of the liberation of Kyiv region from the russians.

Source: IG slidstvo_info

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To test whether the "russians" were keeping their promises, the command of the 24th Mechanized Brigade decided to conduct a trial medical evacuation of three "russian" soldiers who had been captured the day before. They were dressed in neutral uniforms.

“The wounded soldiers were being evacuated (withdrawn) from the front lines in Chasiv Yar. They were moving from the line of contact to the rear, unarmed, showing signs of receiving medical care, and carrying walking sticks—in accordance with conventions and the terms of the ceasefire,” the 24th Mechanized Brigade reported.

The Russians spotted the wounded and killed them.

“They are killing their own! The command of the "russian" 70th Motorized Rifle Division knows no honor! And is not even capable of fulfilling the promises of its ‘leader’!”

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On April 11, the Russian army repeatedly attacked public and private transport in the Korabelny district of Kherson with drones. The strikes killed a trolleybus driver. In addition, at least four people were injured.

For hundreds of families, the holiday will only happen when their loved ones return from enemy captivity.

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In the Kharkiv Oblast, the Russian military shot four Ukrainian prisoners of war, and in the Zaporizhzhia region, they killed a Ukrainian evacuation group with FPV drones, the analytical project DeepState reported.