Russian shelling killed four people across Ukraine on March 11

The National Police of Ukraine reported that as a result of Russian military shelling on March 11, 2026, four civilians were killed in the Kherson and Kharkiv regions, while more than 80 others sustained injuries, including in the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Sumy regions.

A residential building in the Kharkiv Oblast destroyed by a Russian strike

The victims of Russian shelling on March 11 included:

• Two men in the Shevchenkivskyi District of Kharkiv, which was struck by Russian forces in the morning;
• A man from Chuhuiv, whose house was hit by an enemy shell;
• An elderly man in Havrylivka, on whom the Russians dropped explosives from a drone.

In addition to the fatalities, dozens of people — including many children — were injured in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and the Sumy Oblasts.

In the first instance, the Russian military struck a bus, injuring 20 passengers, including an 18-year-old. In the second case, 12 people were wounded, including children aged 8, 9, 11, and 12.

A civilian bus struck by Russian military shelling in Kherson

In the Sumy region, Russians struck a police station near Shostka, injuring forty officers. They sustained minor injuries.

In the Kherson Oblast, the Russian military also wounded a volunteer in Lyubymivka, and three more women in Bilenke and Rozumivka. Additionally, the daily report includes a 91-year-old woman who passed away in the hospital, where she had been treated following a Russian strike on March 9.

In the Kharkiv Oblast, March 11 concluded with 15 casualties due to Russian strikes on the regional center, as well as Merefa, Chuhuiv, and Klynovo-Novoselivka. A 6-year-old girl is among the injured.

Another person was wounded as a result of Russian shelling in the Donetsk Oblast.

To provide background, seven civilians were killed by Russian strikes across Ukraine on March 10.

U.S. President Donald Trump has not secured an end to Russia’s war within 24 hours of taking office,  as he had promised. Furthermore, numerous Ukrainian and international experts point out that the U.S., as a guarantor state under the Budapest Memorandum, is pressuring Kyiv into capitulation.

On March 12, the U.S. Treasury lifted sanctions on the purchase of Russian oil and petroleum products aboard vessels at sea for 30 days. The license covers the delivery and sale of Russian oil and petroleum products loaded onto vessels as of March 12 and expires at midnight Eastern time on April 11.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned at a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron that a partial U.S. easing of sanctions on Russian oil at sea could hand Moscow up to $10 billion to fund the war.

“It is important to continue increasing pressure on Russia for this war in order to achieve real security and lasting peace. We must overcome the blocking of the 20th sanctions package against Russia — especially against the background of America’s decision to partially ease sanctions on Russian oil that is currently on tankers at sea. This single easing by America alone could give Russia around $10 billion for the war. This certainly does not help peace,” Zelenskyy stated.

He added that although Washington’s stated rationale is to stabilize global markets, Russia would spend the funds on weapons — primarily drones used to strike Ukraine.

“As we already see from intelligence reports, these same drones are also being used against Iran’s neighbors, as well as against Europeans and Americans stationed at various bases there. Therefore, lifting sanctions so that more drones later fly at you is, in my view, not the right decision,” he said.

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BBC News reported that French President Emmanuel Macron said there was “no justification” for it. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the decision was “wrong”. EU Council President Antonio Costa said it was “very concerning”.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate pointed out that the number of Ukrainian civilians killed or injured because of the war rose by 31% compared to the previous year. She asked why Trump’s year of negotiations was the deadliest for Ukraine’s civilian population since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

“Why did Putin not allow himself such brutal strikes on civilian infrastructure under Biden, whom Trump calls ‘weak,’ but totally destroys peaceful cities and disregards the ‘strong Trump’?” she asekd on her Facebook page.

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