Several People Injured in Russian Attack in Ukraine's Northeast

A local resident stands in a damaged flat of a multistory residential building following a drone strike in Kyiv on May 25, 2025, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
A local resident stands in a damaged flat of a multistory residential building following a drone strike in Kyiv on May 25, 2025, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
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Several People Injured in Russian Attack in Ukraine's Northeast

A local resident stands in a damaged flat of a multistory residential building following a drone strike in Kyiv on May 25, 2025, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
A local resident stands in a damaged flat of a multistory residential building following a drone strike in Kyiv on May 25, 2025, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

Russian forces launched a massive drone attack overnight that injured several people, including two teenagers, in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, local officials said on Friday.

Eight people, including two 16-year-olds, were injured in an attack in the village of Vasyliv Khutir, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.

He gave no further details, Reuters said.

The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia launched 90 drones and two ballistic missiles overnight against Ukraine that targeted the Kharkiv, Odesa and Donetsk regions.

The Kharkiv region's main city also came under Russian drone attack which targeted a trolleybus depot and injured two people, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.

"Today, Kharkiv suffered another attack: the enemy fired 8 'shaheds' at one of the depots where our trolleybuses were being repaired and maintained," he said on the Telegram messaging app.

He added that more than 30 nearby apartment buildings were damaged, while one trolleybus was completely destroyed, and 18 others sustained varying degrees of damage.

Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city situated some 30 km (19 miles) from the country's northeastern border, has been a repeated target of Russian air attacks.

Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Russia.

Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war that Russia started with its full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago.



Australia Pledges Cyclone Aid to Pacific Neighbors

Australian servicemen stand on HMAS Canberra, ahead of the Kakadu International Fleet Review, a biennial maritime exercise marking 125 years of the Australian Navy, in Sydney, Australia, March 21, 2026. REUTERS/Hollie Adams
Australian servicemen stand on HMAS Canberra, ahead of the Kakadu International Fleet Review, a biennial maritime exercise marking 125 years of the Australian Navy, in Sydney, Australia, March 21, 2026. REUTERS/Hollie Adams
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Australia Pledges Cyclone Aid to Pacific Neighbors

Australian servicemen stand on HMAS Canberra, ahead of the Kakadu International Fleet Review, a biennial maritime exercise marking 125 years of the Australian Navy, in Sydney, Australia, March 21, 2026. REUTERS/Hollie Adams
Australian servicemen stand on HMAS Canberra, ahead of the Kakadu International Fleet Review, a biennial maritime exercise marking 125 years of the Australian Navy, in Sydney, Australia, March 21, 2026. REUTERS/Hollie Adams

Australia pledged Au$2.5 million ($1.7 million) in aid to Pacific neighbors Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands Sunday, after tropical cyclone Maila caused devastating floods and landslides that killed 11.

In Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea that is seeking independence, school was cancelled this week after the cyclone destroyed critical infrastructure including roads and bridges and severely disrupted food supply chains, the region's government said in a statement Saturday.

Eleven people were killed in the region, including eight in a landslide.

Access to Panguna, home to a gold and copper mine that was once among the world's largest, had been cut.

The Bougainville autonomous region president, Ishmael Toroama, urged the population to "not lose hope" in a statement Friday.

The weather system began to weaken Saturday and has since been downgraded to a tropical low.

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong pledged Au$1 million for Papua New Guinea to respond to the cyclone's impact in Bougainville and Milne Bay.

Another Au$1.5 million will be provided to Solomon Islands, where severe impacts have been felt in remote communities across Western and Choiseul provinces.


Russia, Ukraine Trade Accusations on Easter Truce Violations

People cry as they hold hold photos of their missed relatives as Ukrainian soldiers return from captivity during a POW exchange between Russia and Ukraine in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
People cry as they hold hold photos of their missed relatives as Ukrainian soldiers return from captivity during a POW exchange between Russia and Ukraine in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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Russia, Ukraine Trade Accusations on Easter Truce Violations

People cry as they hold hold photos of their missed relatives as Ukrainian soldiers return from captivity during a POW exchange between Russia and Ukraine in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
People cry as they hold hold photos of their missed relatives as Ukrainian soldiers return from captivity during a POW exchange between Russia and Ukraine in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday that Ukrainian troops are violating the Easter ⁠truce while Russian ⁠forces are observing the ⁠declared ceasefire.

Civilians, including a child, were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Kursk region, ⁠the ⁠Ministry was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.

Moscow accused Ukraine of 1,971 violations, while the Ukrainian army said that Russia has violated the truce in place for Orthodox Easter nearly 2,300 times since it came into effect.

"As of 7:00 a.m. on 12 April, 2,299 ceasefire violations were recorded. Specifically: 28 enemy assault actions, 479 enemy shellings, 747 strikes by attack drones... and 1,045 strikes by FPV drones," the Ukrainian military's general staff said in a post on Facebook.

"There were no missile strikes, guided aerial bomb strikes, or Shahed-type UAV strikes," it added.


At Least 30 Dead in Stampede at Haiti’s Historic Laferriere Citadel

A refugee woman rests at a school in Marchand Dessalines, Haiti, 04 April 2026 (issued 11 April 2026). EPA/Lebon Elysee
A refugee woman rests at a school in Marchand Dessalines, Haiti, 04 April 2026 (issued 11 April 2026). EPA/Lebon Elysee
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At Least 30 Dead in Stampede at Haiti’s Historic Laferriere Citadel

A refugee woman rests at a school in Marchand Dessalines, Haiti, 04 April 2026 (issued 11 April 2026). EPA/Lebon Elysee
A refugee woman rests at a school in Marchand Dessalines, Haiti, 04 April 2026 (issued 11 April 2026). EPA/Lebon Elysee

At least 30 people were killed on Saturday in a stampede in the northern countryside of Haiti, authorities said, warning that the death toll could rise.

Jean Henri Petit, head of Civil Protection for Haiti's Nord Department, said the stampede occurred at the Laferriere Citadel, an early-19th-century fortress built shortly after Haiti's independence from France, Reuters reported.

One of Haiti's most popular tourist attractions, the fortress was packed with students and visitors ⁠on Saturday who had ⁠come to participate in the annual celebration of the UNESCO World Heritage site, Petit added.

Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé said in a statement that he "extends his sincere condolences to the bereaved families and assures them of his profound ⁠solidarity during this time of mourning and great suffering."

He added that "many young people" were in attendance at the Citadel's celebrations, although it is unknown who died and the prime minister's statement did not give an estimate of the death toll.

Petit said the stampede occurred at the entrance to the site, adding that the rain further exacerbated the disaster.

The deadly stampede comes as Haiti is grappling ⁠with widespread ⁠violence by gangs that have massacred civilians, as well as an increasingly deadly crackdown by security forces.

The island nation has also been the site of various disasters in recent years, including a 2024 fuel tank explosion that killed two dozen people, another fuel tank blast in 2021 that killed 90 people and an earthquake that left some 2,000 people dead that same year.