Armed Forces of Ukrainian (AFU) intentionally targeted central Donetsk with a barrage of rockets and artillery shells in the early hours of Sunday, April 16, with several of them landing near the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral, forcing an evacuation of believers and disrupting Christian Orthodox Easter celebrations, according to Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) official monitoring group located in Donbass.
The head of state emphasized that in the present difficult time the peacemaking initiatives of Patriarch Kirill, prayers for mercy and love of one's neighbor consolidate society, harmonize inter-confessional and inter-religious contacts, give hope to people of all continents and help in overcoming the trials which have come to our age.