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2023-04-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: March 31st, 2023
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:06 Zelensky said that fixing the results of Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine should take place along the diplomatic path, but only after the withdrawal of all Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine and with the participation of partner countries.
22:30 The United States plans on Monday, April 3, to announce a new $2.6 billion military aid package to Ukraine, Reuters writes.
22:03 All US citizens, including journalists, should leave Russia for their own safety, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said: "Now is not the time for Americans to be in Russia ... even if you work as a journalist. Russia is now hostile environment for American citizens. And it's time to leave if you're there."
21:46 Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said that Ukraine can again export electricity to Europe: "The stabilization of the Ukrainian energy system and a certain power reserve allow us to discuss this issue."
21:14 Zelensky confirmed that the IMF has approved a four-year program to support Ukraine for a total of $15.6 billion.
21:07 The Russians shelled Avdiivka from artillery - two people were killed, among them a child born in 2022. Two more people were injured, the President's Office said.
20:06 Zelensky said that the decision of the Russian Federation to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus indicates an unsuccessful meeting between Putin and Xi Jinping: “The signal that Russia will deploy nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus indicates an unsuccessful meeting with China. It was necessary to show some subjectivity , which Russia under the leadership of President Putin has completely lost ... This is a complete loss of any subjectivity and the President of Belarus. I think he no longer decides what weapons are on his territory. "
20:00 The IMF has approved a record $15.6 billion loan to Ukraine, Reuters reports. The program is designed for four years, the funds will go to urgent needs, as well as to support reforms and Ukraine's integration into the EU.
19:28 Europol analyzed 7,000 photographs and video clips and was able to identify 150 Russians suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine, said Europol Executive Director Catherine de Bolle during a conference in Bucha.
19:23 Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan called on Russia to return abducted children to Ukraine: "Give them the opportunity to return to Ukraine as soon as possible. Directly to Ukraine or through third parties, but let the children return home... The rights of the child must be given paramount attention ".
The ICC prosecutor added that the issuance of an arrest warrant for Putin and Lvova-Belova did not make him feel happy, because it concerned the head of a country that is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. According to Khan, Putin and Lvova-Belov should be brought to justice and answer the charges.
19:17 The Russians are preparing for a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the left bank of the Kherson region, Natalia Gumenyuk, speaker of the OK Pivden, said: "The invaders began to constantly reformat and change their locations. Because they understand that before the counteroffensive begins, we will take a number of measures to deplete their logistics ".
18:39 Zelensky also met with Moldovan President Maia Sandu: "We paid special attention to the creation of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, as well as the prospects for our states to move along the path of European integration."
18:25 Zelensky said that he had met with Croatian Prime Minister Andrey Plenkovic: "We discussed many important issues. Special attention was paid to further joint work on the creation of a special tribunal to investigate the crime of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine."
17:58 Ukraine has received a preferential loan from Canada in the amount of $1.8 billion, the Ministry of Finance announced. The funds were provided through the IMF administrative account mechanism and will be used primarily to finance priority state budget expenditures. Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko noted that these funds will help support Ukrainians during the war and bring victory over Russia closer.
17:39 Ukraine is now seeing "the apogee of this campaign, which was called the new Russian big offensive," said Andrei Yusov, spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. In his opinion, it was rather an attempt by the Russian Federation to demoralize Ukrainian society, partners and allies. Yusov recalled that the Russian army failed the next deadlines and tasks that Putin set for the military leadership, in particular for Valery Gerasimov after he was appointed responsible for the war in Ukraine. Thus, Russian troops were supposed to capture the territory of Donbass by the end of March, but once again this did not happen.
16:47 Ukrainian military aviation is already using JDAM bombs, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: “We also use JDAM bombs. These are Western-style bombs with which our aviation delivers successful strikes on important targets. ".
16:30 Podolyak reacted to Lukashenka's calls for a ceasefire: "Any ceasefire will mean the right of the Russian Federation to remain in the occupied territories. This is categorically not allowed. Ukraine has the right to move troops and equipment on its territory as it sees fit. Strange "peacekeepers" look comical."
16:21 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that during a meeting with Xi Jinping, he called on him to negotiate with Kiev. In particular, he told the Chinese leader that Spain supports Zelensky's peace formula and urged him to talk to the Ukrainian president. At the same time, Sanchez refused to say that Xi Jinping answered him.
15:43 The Russians fired two missiles at the city of Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, from an airplane. Two people were injured, one in serious condition. There was also a blow in the Kommunarsky district, two victims were reported in the President's Office.
15:40 Zelensky announced that he had met with Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger, discussed countering Russian aggression, and thanked for the latest support package.
15:24 Australia has imposed new sanctions and banned the entry of seven Russian officials in Crimea, who hold regional leadership positions in Sevastopol. The restrictions affected the "governor", "prime minister", former "head" and "deputy chairman of the election commission", members of the "legislative assembly". In total, Australia has imposed sanctions on more than 1,000 people since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
14:58 Zelensky awarded Bucha the title of Hero City. Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk received an honorary distinction from the hands of the president.
14:56 Putin signed a decree on a new concept of Russia's foreign policy. In the document, the United States is called "the main initiator and conductor of the anti-Russian line." At the same time, it is specified that Russia does not consider itself an enemy of the West and does not isolate itself from it, does not have hostile intentions, but counts "on the West's awareness of the futility of confrontation and on a return to equal interaction."
Moscow views the US course as "the main source of risks for its security and international peace." Priority will be given to removing "rudiments of US dominance in the world," the document says. The Kremlin will pay particular attention to ties with China and India.
14:39 The European Union intends to leave the price ceiling for Russian oil at $60 per barrel, writes Bloomberg, citing sources. The European Commission believes that such a price cap effectively limits the Kremlin's revenues and does not affect the global oil market. They also said that most of the G7 countries are also not ready to lower the ceiling.
14:28 During a visit to Beijing, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will try to convince Xi Jinping to take a more pro-European side on the issue of Russia's war against Ukraine, writes El País. According to the publication, Madrid considers China's position to be decisive in resolving the war. "We have a lot of expectations, we believe that this meeting with Xi Jinping is very important," the premier said on the plane en route to China.
14:21 In Belarus, a division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs published a video of the detention of "extremists" in one of the garage cooperatives in Gomel. Two S-400 air defense systems, which were standing on the runway of the Gomel airport, got into the frame, the monitoring group Belaruska Gayun reports. Thus, Lukashenka's security officials themselves additionally confirmed that the An-124 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces brought to Belarus not only missiles, but also launchers of the S-400 air defense system. In total, from March 25 to March 31, five such aircraft have already flown to Gomel airport.
The day before, the group learned that a convoy of military equipment was seen in the Gomel region, in which missiles for the S-300/400 air defense system were transported. According to eyewitnesses, the convoy was moving in the direction of the Zyabrovka airfield, so there is reason to believe that missiles and the S-400 air defense systems themselves are being transferred there, says Belaruski Gayun.
14:15 Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova said that Ukraine allegedly does not want to exchange 133 of its soldiers who are in captivity in the Russian Federation. The coordinating headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war said that Ukraine is using every opportunity to return its defenders, and Moskalkova ignores numerous attempts by the Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets and international humanitarian organizations to establish a constructive dialogue, "demonstrates a lack of independent behavior and is only a tool of Russian propaganda."
"The only positive in such provocations is that by publishing the lists, the enemy indirectly confirms the presence of Ukrainian citizens in captivity. We suggest that Ms. Moskalkova next time make public all the lists of Ukrainians in hostile captivity: information that the aggressor state diligently hides from Ukraine and international organizations," said in the Coordinating Headquarters.
14:09 Lukashenka said that, if necessary, he would agree with Putin on the introduction of strategic nuclear weapons into Belarus, and not just tactical ones. According to him, Belarus will "provide sovereignty and independence," including a nuclear arsenal.
13:57 Moldovan President Maia Sandu has arrived in Ukraine. She published a photo from Bucha, where she is with the heads of government of Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia, as well as Zelensky. The visit is timed to coincide with the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha.
13:46 On March 30, permanent representatives of all member states to the European Union paid a joint visit to Ukraine, the UE reports, citing a source in the EU structures. The visit was symbolically organized on the 400th day after the start of a full-scale invasion. Ambassadors, members of the Political and Security Committee (PSC), came to Ukraine to demonstrate EU solidarity and continued unwavering support.
In particular, Reznikov met with the ambassadors, who said that Ukraine needed heavy equipment and the training of reserves for the counteroffensive.
13:22 Peskov said that the Kremlin considers the discussion of the possibility of deploying peacekeepers in Ukraine, which Orban had previously announced, to be a "potentially very dangerous topic". The Kremlin speaker also stressed that nothing is changing in the context of Ukraine, "the special operation is now the only means of achieving the goals set by Russia."
He also said that next week a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State would be held, at which Lukashenka and Putin would certainly discuss Minsk's proposals for a "settlement."
13:07 Finland will officially become the 31st NATO member in the coming days, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
12:45 Prime Minister of Slovenia Robert Golob during his visit to Kiev met with Zelensky and promised that his country would contribute to the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. In particular, he stressed that Slovenia is ready to contribute to the reconstruction of the city of Izium in the Kharkiv region.
12:42 After the arrest of the American journalist, the Polish Foreign Ministry again called on its citizens to leave Russia.
12:18 Lviv city council urges city residents to send photos of improperly parked cars to a Telegram bot or Facebook page. The fines that the drivers of these cars will pay will be transferred to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The action is called Donate photo violations of parking lots to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:51 Beijing does not rule out the possibility of a telephone conversation or meeting between Xi Jinping and Zelensky, Chinese Ambassador to the EU Fu Cong said. According to him, high-ranking Chinese officials were in contact with their Ukrainian counterparts.
11:35 Lukashenka proposed to stop hostilities in Ukraine, declare a truce without the right to move equipment and transfer weapons from both sides. He also said that the "slaughter" in Ukraine will not stop "until the overseas master gives the go-ahead." Lukashenka claims that a third world war with "nuclear fires" "loomed on the horizon", negotiations are needed without preconditions.
Lukashenka also believes that the West is "preparing to invade the territory of Belarus to destroy the country."
11:26 In Bakhmut, time is playing against the enemy, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. According to her, the competent actions of the Ukrainian command in the Bakhmut direction and the courage of the fighters “made these long battles for the enemy the most expensive during a full-scale invasion. After all, the time, weapons, equipment and a huge number of dead spent by the enemy to capture Bakhmut are not justified from the point of view of military expediency ".
However, the Russian Federation does not abandon its plans, went on principle and raised the stakes to its own detriment. "It's very 'Russian', you can't understand the logic," added Malyar.
11:23 Prime Ministers of Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia Eduard Heger, Robert Golob and Andriy Plenkovich arrived in Ukraine , where they will take part in the summit on the occasion of the anniversary of the de-occupation of Bucha, writes the Slovak edition Aktuality.
11:07 Russians fired at the villages of Razumovka and Nizhnyaya Khortitsa of the Zaporozhye region. There are hits in residential private houses, as well as in the area of a local farm. According to preliminary information, people were not injured, the President's Office reported.
10:49 In the village of Posad-Pokrovskoe, Kherson region, three power engineers who were working on restoring the power grid were blown up by a Russian mine. According to preliminary information, two were killed and one was wounded, said Alexander Prokudin, head of the OVA.
10:38 Orban said that the EU countries are already close to discussing the possibility of sending peacekeeping forces to Ukraine: "We are close to the fact that in the conversations of European leaders, the question of whether EU member states can send to some form of troops of some peacekeeping type, or better not to send. We are close to this never-before-crossed border."
According to the Hungarian prime minister, Budapest's position is to achieve a cease-fire, after which a peace plan can allegedly be worked out. "The threat of a world war is not a literary exaggeration. At the moment it is a real danger," Orban said.
10:11 The Russians each time use a new tactic for attacks, said the speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuri Ignat. So, according to him, the day before they first used kamikaze drones during the day, and then at night, realizing that mobile fire groups could not destroy them as effectively as during the day. "But we do not stand still, and mobile fire teams receive modern equipment from our partners, from volunteers, which helps to destroy Shahedin even at night," Ignat added.
09:46 The defense forces continue to defend Bakhmut, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy in the East, said Alexander Syrsky, commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, in some areas "the enemy is noticeably nervous, because time is playing against them, and there are fewer human resources left to storm our positions."
09:23 Teams of Ukraine will boycott competitions in which athletes from aggressor countries will participate. This decision was made by the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleg Nemchinov said. The decision applies to all international competitions, including qualifying rounds for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
“A protocol decision was made at a government meeting at the suggestion of Gutzeit’s colleague that we participate in qualifying competitions only where there are no Russians. Accordingly, participation outside these criteria may be the basis for depriving federations of national status,” Nemchinov said.
09:08 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed, two more were injured. In the Donetsk region, one dead (in Bakhmut) and six injured, according to the IVA.
09:02 Late in the evening on March 30, the Russians launched a missile attack on the Novobavarsky district of Kharkov, in total, nine missiles were fired at the city, previously from the S-300 air defense system, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. In Kharkiv, a civilian infrastructure facility and private residential buildings were damaged. Part of the missiles hit the ground and exploded in the air. As a result of the rocket attack, three people received minor injuries.
Also last night, the enemy attacked critical infrastructure facilities in the Izyum region with kamikaze drones. Two people are injured.
08:45 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 31.
- personnel - about 173,360 (+460) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3615 (+5),
- armored combat vehicles - 6977 (+3),
- artillery systems - 2675 (+4),
- MLRS - 526 (+0),
- air defense systems - 278 (+0),
- aircraft - 306 (+0),
- helicopters - 291 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 2248 (+9),
- cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 5521 (+3),
- special equipment - 294 (+3).
08:22 At night, the Russians fired nine S-300 missiles at the civilian infrastructure of Kharkov. In addition, the enemy deployed ten Shahed-136 strike UAVs, nine of them were destroyed, the General Staff said in a morning report . According to the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, up to five other air targets, probably balloons, were also recorded in the sky. The Russians attacked with shock kamikaze drones from the northern direction - the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, through the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.
The Russian Army is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repulsed more than 80 enemy attacks. Belogorovka, Bakhmut, Avdeevka and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities.
07:58 From April 1, Russia will chair the UN Security Council for a month. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that a country that grossly violates the UN Charter and invades its neighbor has no place in the Security Council, but today there are no legal ways that can exclude Russia from the Security Council. According to Jean-Pierre, the Russian Federation will continue to use its seat at the UN to spread Kremlin narratives and try to justify its military aggression against Ukraine and war crimes.
07:41 At night, the Russians attacked Zaporozhye, an infrastructure facility was damaged. People and residential buildings were not affected, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the City Council.
07:36 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that about 30,000 Russian military and Wagner PMC mercenaries were killed or wounded in the Bakhmut area. According to analysts, the significant losses of Wagner PMCs will threaten their ability to maintain their influential role among the Russian forces fighting in Ukraine. At the same time, experts note that Russian troops continue offensive operations in the Bakhmut area, as well as in the Avdiivka-Donetsk sector.
The ISW also believes that Putin is unlikely to send newly mobilized Russians to Ukraine because of fears for the stability of his regime. And since Russia has limited training opportunities, the fact that they will be filled by conscripts who will not fight in 2023 makes it impossible for the Kremlin to train reservists and volunteers.
Experts admit that the Russian authorities may try to recruit reinforcements for the war in Ukraine by forcing or persuading some of the soldiers who are completing their military service and already to some extent prepared to sign contracts. However, ISW is not sure that such an attempt will bring the desired result.
06:47 Japan has banned the export to Russia of toys, hydraulic excavators and bulldozers, aircraft and ship engines, electronic equipment for navigation, spacecraft and drones, optical equipment and photographic equipment, steel, aluminum and products from them, fiber optic cable.
05:14 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the plans of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces do not include a second wave of mobilization - the volunteers already called up as part of partial mobilization allegedly "are quite enough to carry out the tasks assigned as part of the special operation."
02:23 NATO intends to provide the Ukrainian military with everything necessary for the future counter-offensive, which may take place this spring, said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. She added that the allies will discuss the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at a meeting of defense ministers in Brussels on April 3-5.
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