Two dead in Zaporizhia
11-year-old dies after Russian missile attack
04/09/2023 11:07 am
During the night, the Kremlin’s troops launched another rocket attack on Zaporizhia in southern Ukraine. A house is destroyed, a man and a girl are killed. Meanwhile, more and more Ukrainian Christians are turning away from the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
According to authorities, at least two people have died in new Russian attacks in Ukraine in the city of Zaporizhia. A 50-year-old man and his 11-year-old daughter were killed in a rocket hit a private home, authorities said in the southern Ukrainian city. According to the emergency services, the 46-year-old mother was rescued from the rubble, and an older daughter was not in the apartment at the time of the attack.
According to the mayor of Zaporizhia, Anatoly Kurtyev, two Russian rockets hit a residential building in his city, and windows and roofs were damaged in dozens of adjacent buildings. The 11-year-old girl died in the ambulance after being pulled out of the rubble.
The head of the presidential office in Kiev, Andriy Yermak, published in his channel on Telegram and on twitter a photo of the collapsed house. He called the attackers “common animals”. Russia illegally annexed the Zaporizhia region, but does not control the regional capital.
Easter celebrations like in the west
Meanwhile, Yermak and other Ukrainian leaders wished Happy Easter to Ukrainians who, like Western Christians, were celebrating Jesus’ resurrection. The Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army Valeriy Zalushnyy said that the holiday also symbolizes the victory of life over death. Zalushny thanked the Western allies, who are supporting Ukraine with arms and ammunition, “helping us to bring victory and the triumph of justice closer with each passing day”.
In Ukraine, more and more Christians are now celebrating their holidays according to the Western rite and not according to the old Julian calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church, which celebrates Easter in a week’s time. Traditionally, Orthodox Christians in Ukraine celebrated church holidays in the same way as in neighboring Russia. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago, the public discussion intensified that the church calendar should also be changed from Russia.