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The Odesa regional military enlistment office is looking into reports by local media of a 14-year-old boy detained by men in military uniforms, the office said on April 7. The men reportedly did not initially believe he was 14 but released him after seeing his passport.

CNN  —  Two Russian strikes have killed at least seven people in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, officials said, as Kyiv continues to urge allies for more air defenses.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensk complains about dwindling air defense missiles

Alexey Meshkov, Russia’s ambassador to France, said French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent hawkish commentary on Russia posed “a serious strategic problem”.

Zelenskyy warned that Ukrainian air defense systems are rapidly dwindling as antiaircraft systems intercepted 17 Russian UAVs overnight.

Russia still has 1,500 soldiers based there, according to official figures, which it says are part of a peace-keeping mission.

Russian forces have captured the village of Vodyane in Ukraines eastern Donetsk region.

According to Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukraine's corridor has already facilitated shipments of more goods than the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by Turkey and the U.N. in July 2022.

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian officials claimed Friday they used a barrage of drones to destroy at least six military aircraft and badly damage eight others at an airfield in Russias Rostov region. Russian defense officials, however, claimed they intercepted 44 Ukrainian drones and that only a power substation was damaged in the attack.

Russian missile strikes in Ukraine overnight and on Saturday killed eight people and wounded 12 more, officials said.