At least five people were injured in a Russian rocket attack in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj once again insisted on more international help with air defense.

In the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukrainian border, a man was killed and two other people injured when a drone hit a residential building. CDU leader Friedrich Merz believes that Ukraine's defeat is increasingly likely more than two years after the start of the war. The main day of action against the war against Ukraine is Holy Saturday, for which 70 events have been announced.