April 2023 Sloviansk airstrike

On 14 April 2023, on Eastern Orthodox Christian Good Friday, a Russian missile strike struck residential buildings in Sloviansk, Ukraine, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[3][4][1] 15 civilians were killed and 24 were injured.^[2] 34 apartment buildings, administrative buildings, and shops were damaged in the blasts.^[3]

April 2023 Sloviansk airstrike
Part of Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Firefighters and rescue workers on a residential building in Sloviansk after the Russian airstrike
Location	Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Coordinates	48°51′12″N 37°37′30″E
Date	14 April 2023 18:00 hrs[1]
Deaths	15[2]
Injured	24[2]
Perpetrators	Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack, noting that it shows Russia's cruelty since it was carried out during the religious holiday of Easter.^[3]

See also

• Zaporizhzhia residential building airstrike
• September 2023 Kostiantynivka missile strike
• 26 August 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine
• War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine