Fighting continued in Ukraine over the weekend despite calls for a truce to mark Orthodox Easter. In the Ukrainian port city of Odessa, at least eight people died in a reported Russian military strike on an apartment building. Earlier today, Russia bombed five train stations in western Ukraine. Russia is also continuing to bombard a steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol, where Ukrainian fighters and civilians are holed up. On Sunday, an Orthodox Ukrainian priest condemned the ongoing violence.

Father Feodosiy: “They are attacking. Unfortunately, as we were finishing our Easter Mass, we suddenly heard air raid sirens. It is tragic that people who call themselves Christians allow themselves to do such things. They don’t even stop on the biggest celebration in the world: the resurrection of Christ.”