[Korrespondent] 22:15 The State Agency for the Management of the Exclusion Zone reported that as of now there are no strangers at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
22:13 Up to 20,000 residents of Izyum need to be evacuated, but the Russian invaders have been preventing the work of green corridors for almost 20 days, Deputy Mayor Vladimir Matsokin said.
22:07 In the occupied Melitopol, 18 school directors quit their jobs so as not to work with the administration of pseudo-measure Galina Danilchenko, ex-Minister of Education Lilia Grinevich said.
21:45 Today, 1,458 people have reached Zaporizhia via the agreed humanitarian corridors on their own transport, Vereshchuk said. Of these, 631 people from Mariupol and 827 residents of the cities of the Zaporozhye region.
A total of 45 buses were going to Berdyansk, but the invaders did not let them through. People got off the buses and tomorrow morning they must go to Zaporozhye. The occupiers also took away humanitarian aid that was going to Melitopol - 14 tons of food and medicine.
21:30 In the Luhansk region, the situation may worsen in the near future, so local residents are asked not to postpone the evacuation, said the head of the Regional State Administration Serhiy Gaidai.
21:27 Auction house Christie's has banned the sale of luxury goods to customers from Russia and Belarus.
21:23 Zelensky, after a conversation with Erdogan, said that Turkey is ready to become a security guarantor for Ukraine.
21:08 Russian occupiers, without means of protection, dug trenches in the most polluted place of the Exclusion Zone - the Red Forest. More details - in the material The invaders left the Chernobyl nuclear power plant .
20:52 During the retreat from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the invaders took the captured National Guardsmen with them, said the mayor of Slavutych, Yuri Fomichev.
20:50 More lethal weapons will be sent to Ukraine to counter Russian aggression, in particular, longer-range artillery and more anti-aircraft missiles, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said.
20:38 The invaders do not let people out of the captured villages of the Dergachev community of the Kharkiv region and do not allow them to be evacuated. They do not even listen to the Red Cross and the clergy, said VTG head Vyacheslav Zadorenko.
20:25 American intelligence agencies have partially declassified a report stating that Putin's entourage does not provide him with accurate and complete information about what is happening in Ukraine. For more details, see Putin in a Vacuum .
20:22 Russia plans to capture a third of the territory of Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told CNN. In his opinion, in this way Moscow seeks to strengthen its position in the negotiations. In this regard, he called on the allies to continue to impose sanctions against the Russian Federation.
20:20 Russia has banned the entry of some officials from the EU's top leadership and MEPs. In particular, the list includes "a number of European commissioners and heads of EU military structures, as well as the vast majority of deputies of the European Parliament who promote anti-Russian policy."
20:15 Russia has blocked the continuation of the work of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, said US Ambassador to the OSCE Michael Carpenter.
20:08 Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar announced non-interference in the "conflict" between Ukraine and Russia. He also called for a settlement through diplomacy and peace talks.
20:07 Arestovich on negotiations: "There is no demilitarization and denazification in the negotiation process. There has been a constructive approach. Any war ends with a peace agreement. By May 9, the Russian Federation must demonstrate a certain result or victory to Putin. To strengthen its position, Russia can take Mariupol or try to encircle the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone OOS".
20:04 Arestovich said that part of the group of Russian troops from the side of Brovary is withdrawing, and part remains and holds the lines. In the northwestern direction (Bucha, Gostomel) there are signs that the Russian troops are on the defensive, battles are coming.
In the Sumy region, according to the adviser to the head of the OP, there is a rotation of enemy troops. In Izyum, fierce battles are "a repeat of the Kursk Bulge of the Second World War."
He also said that the negotiating group is preparing a framework agreement for the meeting between Zelensky and Putin.
19:55 A senior US Department of Defense official says that the Russians will soon concentrate airstrikes on Kiev, Chernigov, Izyum and Donbass, CNN reports.
19:52 From today, the United States is imposing sanctions against 13 individuals and 21 legal entities of the Russian Federation. These are the so-called secondary sanctions - they impose restrictions on companies that are not registered in Russia, but could help Russian counterparties evade sanctions. Most of them are involved in the field of high technologies.
19:47 Greenpeace activists in kayaks and inflatable boats blocked two oil tankers off the coast of Denmark, which were supposed to transport 100,000 tons of Russian oil. It is known that the Seaoath ship arrived from Russia with 100,000 tons of oil and was trying to transfer raw materials to the larger tanker Pertamina Prime.
19:45 The Board of Governors of the World Association of Organizations Operating Nuclear Power Plants decided to transfer Energoatom, together with all plants and nuclear power units, to the WANO Paris Center.
19:43 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on March 29, 200 mercenaries were transferred to the Gomel military airfield. In addition, Russia continues to transfer missile units to Belarus in order to increase the intensity of ballistic missile attacks on settlements and infrastructure on the territory of Ukraine. So, in the Gomel region, the arrival of three Iskander missile systems and two S-300 air defense systems was detected to cover them.
19:37 The Russian occupation troops are trying to create a new grouping of troops in the Slobozhansky direction in order to establish control over parts of the territories of the Kharkiv, Lugansk and Donetsk regions, including the blockade of the cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, the General Staff reports.
19:33 According to Vereshchuk, about 75,000 residents were saved from Mariupol, about 45,000 more were forcibly taken by the occupiers to the so-called "DPR" and Russia. About 100,000 remained and need immediate evacuation.
19:28 Sweden allocates more than a billion dollars for the accommodation of Ukrainian refugees.
19:17 A lot of Russian military equipment enters the Luhansk region. Most of it is unloaded in Debaltseve, after which it goes to the Luhansk region, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the number of shelling of settlements has increased significantly in the region. The official death toll in the region is 150 people, but the real number cannot be established due to constant shelling.
19:14 As part of reducing dependence on Russian gas, the European Union intends to increase LNG supplies from the US and other countries .
19:07 The head of the Kiev regional military administration, Oleksandr Pavlyuk, said that Irpin is under the control of the Ukrainian army, but the city is constantly shelled. Vorzel, Bucha and Gostomel are still in the hands of Russian troops. According to him, the enemy withdraws troops, but retains significant forces in the Kiev direction, which hold back the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:57 Tariffs for the transit of oil through the territory of Ukraine from April 1 will increase by almost 30%. New tariffs for the Druzhba oil pipeline in the direction of Slovakia and Hungary under an agreement with JSC Ukrtransnafta will amount to 11.5 euros per ton compared to 9 euros per ton.
18:54 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, following the results of the donor conference, said that the countries agreed to supply Ukraine with more lethal weapons.
18:50 Traffic along the Kiev-Zhytomyr highway, which was blocked due to the Russian occupation of some settlements, can be resumed in the near future, said the head of the Kiev Regional Police Oleksandr Pavlyuk.
18:29 According to the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Gruzevich, 700 units of enemy equipment moved away from Ivankov, Kiev region, towards the Belarusian border. "There will be no enemy in Kyiv, at least not a living one," he said.
“Vyshegrad is already ours, under control. Yesterday we found almost seven high-capacity minefields within settlements, sappers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the State Emergency Service are working. In a day or two we will see good news,” Gruzevich said.
He specified that the remaining enemy forces around Kyiv "can still cause damage with missile strikes, but our air defense forces are ready for this."
18:21 Stoltenberg assured that "if Finland decides to apply to join NATO, it will be able to quickly get membership in the alliance."
18:18 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the country is introducing a ban on entry to the top leadership of the EU in response to sanctions.
18:14 The White House announced that Biden will announce record deliveries of oil from strategic reserves to the market - one million barrels per day for six months. In particular, it is planned to unpack strategic stocks in coordination with allies around the world.
18:08 The US Treasury said that anti-Russian sanctions may affect three more sectors of the economy - aerospace, maritime and electronics. Now the American authorities will be able to impose sanctions against any individual or legal entity from these areas.
17:57 In Melitopol, Zaporozhye region, collaborators who seized city power are threatening teachers of local schools and parents of schoolchildren, demanding to resume the educational process in the city on April 4, local media write.
17:53 The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the villages of Sloboda and Lukashevka near Chernihiv from the invaders, the head of the regional administration said.
17:45 Russian invaders are leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the satellite town of Slavutych. They set off in two columns towards the Ukrainian border with Belarus. According to Energoatom, information about the trenches that the Russians dug right in the Red Forest, the most polluted in the entire Exclusion Zone, was also confirmed.
"It is not surprising that the invaders received significant doses of radiation and panicked at the first sign of the disease. And it manifested itself very quickly. So, almost a riot began to brew among the military, and they began to gather from there," the company said.
According to Energoatom, the occupiers drew up and signed the act of acceptance and transfer of the guards of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which states that "there are no claims from the administration of the protected facility in relation to the troops of the state guard of the Russian Federation."
17:27 Washington imposed sanctions against 13 individuals and 22 companies associated with the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation.
17:15 The EU can discuss security guarantees for Ukraine, but at this stage it is necessary to concentrate on a ceasefire, Borrell spokesman Peter Stano said. He added that "if there is such a request addressed to the European Union, the Member States will discuss it."
16:54 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Ukraine wanted to "spray biological weapons" from Bayraktarov: "The request of the Ukrainian Motor Sich to the Turkish manufacturer of Bayraktarov about the possibility of spraying aerosols from them is noteworthy ... In fact, we are talking about the development by the Kiev regime of biological delivery vehicles weapons capable of being used against Russia."
16:49 Zelensky addressed the people and politicians of Belgium: "Our defenders deserve to receive from Europe, for whose freedom they are fighting, the weapon that will definitely stop the Russian offensive, which means the offensive of tyranny. When we talk about aircraft, tanks, artillery systems, anti-ship weapons, we are talking about what is really needed. And what the countries of the European Union, NATO have. Our defenders deserve that European companies finally stop earning along with those who are trying to destroy us."
16:48 Paris and Berlin will not accept Moscow's conditions to pay for gas supplies in rubles, the head of the French Ministry of Finance repeated his position.
16:44 Russian media clarified by Putin's decree on payment for gas in rubles: the State Commission may issue a special permit so that gas can be paid in foreign currency.
“This means that the story will be exactly like with a ban on paying Russian debts in foreign currency: in the end, when they get a refusal from the EU and the G7, they will quietly allow you to pay whatever you like. If only they paid,” said MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
16:41 Great Britain introduces new sanctions against Russian propagandists, as well as Russian Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, known as the "Mariupol butcher" for the brutal blockade and destruction of Mariupol.
16:35 According to the Office of the President, the Russians captured 24 officials of local authorities and civil servants, the fate of two more is being specified.
16:34 Pushilin decided to create "the administration of the city of Mariupol."
16:27 Putin announced that he had signed a decree on a new procedure for paying for Russian gas in rubles with "unfriendly countries": now they must open accounts in Russian banks. The order will come into effect on April 1.
According to him, if "unfriendly countries" do not pay in rubles from April 1, "we will consider this a default on gas contracts, in which case the existing contracts will be stopped."
16:09 The invaders are shelling Kharkiv right now, including important industrial enterprises, MP Goncharenko said.
16:07 Erdogan said that Turkey is ready to become one of the security guarantors for Ukraine, but the details need to be clarified.
16:05 During the first day of operation of the new functionality, 20,000 applications were submitted in Dії about property destroyed as a result of the Russian invasion. Shmygal assured that all applications would be carefully worked out, "so that after our victory, every city, every house will be systematically rebuilt."
16:02 NATO will supply weapons to Ukraine in its opposition to Russian aggression for as long as necessary , Stoltenberg said.
16:00 Shmyhal said that Ukrainian business is returning to work. Thus, more than 120,000 entrepreneurs applied in two days to switch to a new taxation system - 2% of turnover. Also, in the last 24 hours, a thousand new sole proprietors have registered through the Diya system. And 1,500 manufacturing enterprises have applied for relocation, several hundred have already moved or are moving right now.
15:56 The largest refineries in Russia plan to reduce the volume of oil refining to the lowest levels in history, writes Reuters. In particular, Rosneft, Surgutneftegaz, Lukoil and Gazprom Neft are planning to reduce oil refining.
15:40 Arestovich - on why negotiations to end the war are needed: "A big war, military aggression and a peace agreement is always a compromise between the parties. Because both sides suffer losses. And if you think that we do not, - very You are very mistaken. They have practically destroyed our military industry and in many ways are specifically finishing off our civilian industry. They will do everything to squander us so that no one is interested in us, like a destroyed territory. So they are doing this, and will do it."
15:38 New houses in Ukraine after the war will be designed with bomb shelters and fortified underground parking lots, Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said. Moreover, according to him, the apartments should have "safety rooms" - individual bomb shelters in the core of the house, which should stand in the event of a missile hit.
15:28 Stoltenberg on Istanbul talks: "I welcome all efforts to find a political solution to this brutal and senseless war, including the recent talks in Turkey. At the same time, it is clear that we have seen not much desire on the Russian side to find a political solution."
The NATO Secretary General emphasized that instead of reducing the intensity of hostilities by Russia, the “military seizure of Ukraine and the shelling of cities” continues: “We see that Russia is moving some troops, most likely trying to strengthen forces in the Donbas. We need to judge Russia by its actions, not words. And it remains to be seen if the Russian side is willing to find a political solution."
15:14 The Spanish government has already sent a total of ten aircraft with offensive weapons to Ukraine, the country's Defense Minister Margarita Robles said.
15:04 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine declares that it has personal data of all Belarusian servicemen and their relatives, "whom they are trying to draw into a shameful, alien to them and obviously losing war against Ukraine."
In this regard, the Ministry of Defense calls on the citizens of Belarus to refrain from participating in the war against Ukraine, otherwise "we will confirm the seriousness of our statements by publishing relevant information."
14:59 From under blockages of a building of the Nikolaev regional state administration removed a body of one more dead, the total number of victims reached 20 people.
14:53 Shmyhal said that the sowing campaign has already begun in 20 regions of Ukraine. According to him, sowing can be carried out on 80% of the area that was sown last year.
The prime minister also said that the food industry will deploy new capacities and hire new workers - we are talking about 300 such enterprises. The Cabinet of Ministers will soon consider and approve a separate loan product for retail chains in order to revive their cooperation with Ukrainian manufacturers.
14:49 Russia is offering oil to India, one of the few buyers of Russian energy carriers, at a discount of up to $35 per barrel, writes Bloomberg.
14:31 The head of the Kiev OVA, Oleksandr Pavlyuk, said that Makarovskaya and Irpinskaya communities are under shelling, an oil depot in Fastov was also fired upon, and withdrawal of enemy forces is observed in the Baryshevskaya, Kalityanskaya and Velikodymerskaya communities of the Brovarsky district.
14:29 Finns are looking at their long border with Russia in a new way, fearing that the Russian Federation could invade their country as well. Against the backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty, support for NATO membership is growing in Finland. Read more in the material Will Finland join NATO .
14:27 German Economy Minister Robert Habek warned citizens that the country will become poorer because of the war in Ukraine, but this price "is incomparable with the suffering that Ukrainians endure."
14:18 Erdogan said he intends to hold talks with Zelensky and Putin this week to discuss the possibility of their early meeting.
14:10 The Prime Minister of Italy said that both Ukraine and Russia see the country as a guarantor of security.
14:09 EU countries are ready to consider a request to provide Ukraine with security guarantees, if it comes from Kyiv, said the representative of the EU Foreign Service, Peter Stano.
14:07 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said that Russia's payments for gas will be made in euros and dollars, "and converting them into rubles or not is an internal affair of the Russian Federation."
14:04 The Office of the Prosecutor General opened 3457 criminal proceedings against Russian servicemen under the article "violation of the laws and customs of war." "All the most serious - the murder of citizens, mass violence, abuse of children, torture. Documentary facts. The consequences for the Russian Federation are catastrophic in all jurisdictions," Podolyak wrote.
13:55 A Ukrainian blogger and "political expert" who approved of the Russian invasion of Ukraine was arrested in Lvov. Based on the materials of the SBU, Gleb Lyashenko was declared suspected of high treason.
13:33 Zelensky, in an address to the parliament and people of the Netherlands, said that "we have no right to give this war another 36 days, we must all together force Russia to seek peace as soon as possible."
13:30 Losses of the 1st motorized rifle battalion of the 36th separate motorized rifle brigade (military unit 06705, Borzya) of the 29th combined arms army of the Russian Federation amounted to more than 60% of the personnel, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
13:28 The Prime Minister of Italy said that Putin, in a conversation with him, said that the time had not yet come for a meeting with Zelensky. Also, according to the Russian leader, the conditions for a ceasefire in Ukraine "have not yet matured."
13:26 The air assault troops, together with other defense forces, liberated Calm, Malinovka, Vesele, Zeleny Gay, Krasnoe of the Zaporozhye region from the invaders, MP Goncharenko said.
13:21 When trying to attack Kiev, the Russian troops found themselves in a vulnerable position, which allowed the Ukrainian army to counterattack. Therefore, now the Russians will have to focus on other areas, said Jack Watling, a researcher at the London-based defense think tank at the Royal Combined Arms Institute.
According to him, although the attack on Kyiv is now secondary for Moscow, they will not transfer troops from the capital to the Donbass, since the units in the Kiev direction are too weakened. They will probably be taken to positions that are more convenient for defense.
13:10 In the Dnepropetrovsk region, a missile attack was carried out on a military unit, Governor Valentin Reznichenko said. According to him, two people were killed and five injured. The administrative building and the fuel depot were destroyed.
12:57 The death toll as a result of rocket attacks of the building of the Nikolaev regional council increased to 19 people, reports GSChS.
12:53 Google said that Russian-based hackers tried to attack the military authorities of several countries in Eastern Europe and the NATO center of excellence. We are talking about the hacker group Coldriver, also known as Calisto, engaged in phishing mailings.
12:40 The EBRD predicts that Ukraine's economy will contract by 20% this year and then recover in 2023 if everything goes according to the scenario with a ceasefire in a couple of months.
12:38 The commander of a separate special unit of the International Defense Legion of Ukraine under the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense said that there are a lot of people who want to join the Legion - about 20-30,000 are now on the border of Poland and Ukraine.
“We can’t take everyone. We select really professionals who know what a special assignment is,” explained the commander with the call sign Adviser. “They are not here for money. Their motivation is to maintain peace and democracy around the world ... I have people from all over the world, they are really professionals."
12:27 The world's largest leasing company AerCap filed a lawsuit against Russia in the amount of $3.5 billion to cover the loss of its aircraft and engines, which the Russian Federation decided not to give away, writes the Financial Times.
Since the imposition of sanctions against Russia, the company has managed to return 22 aircraft out of 135 and three engines out of 14 that were placed on Russian aircraft before the start of the war.
12:24 A commandant's office has been created in Kiev, headed by Major General Viktor Plakhtiy. According to the city military administration, the commandant's office was created to organize and ensure activities during the introduction of a curfew and the establishment of a special blackout regime, as well as to coordinate the actions of military formations, law enforcement agencies, authorities and military command and control.
12:15 The UN announced the composition of the commission that will investigate war crimes in Ukraine. It will include Erika Møse from Norway, Jasminki Dzumhur from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Pablo de Griffa from Colombia as three independent members.
Members of the commission are to present an oral report on their work to the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council in September 2022. A full written report is due in March 2023.
12:07 Yermak explained why a group of experts is needed to monitor anti-Russian sanctions: "There are sanctions that work for a long time - but we don't have time. There are sanctions that someone calculated and came up with ways to circumvent them. Unfortunately, there are sanctions that which have been introduced look beautiful, but they do not work at all. Therefore, an initiative has arisen - we have created a platform, already about 30 experts who will constantly analyze whether the sanctions work or not, and speak publicly how it works."
11:49 Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanyshina announced the death of her husband from a Russian shell in the Chernihiv region.
11:47 Putin signed a decree on spring conscription, according to which 134,500 people will be drafted into the Russian Armed Forces.
11:38 Belarusian human rights activists report mass detentions of railroad workers due to the "rail war". In order to slow down the movement of Russian military equipment to Ukraine, the Belarusians independently disable the equipment.
11:36 According to the UN, more than four million people were forced to leave Ukraine because of the war. Over 2.3 million Ukrainians have crossed the border with Poland.
11:30 The head of the Kiev region police, Andrei Nebytov, said that after the end of hostilities, all bodies buried in residential areas would be exhumed. Forensic scientists will run DNA testing on unidentified bodies to establish identities. The work will continue until the location and cause of death of every citizen is established, he assured.
11:27 Internet providers who refuse to block Russian propaganda have begun to be excluded from the Register of operators, telecommunications providers. In the future, companies will face more serious sanctions, according to the State Service for Communications.
11:26 Ukraine received a notification from the International Committee of the Red Cross that Russia confirms its readiness to open access for a humanitarian convoy to Mariupol with transit through Berdyansk, Vereshchuk said.
11:23 "Authorities" of Crimea said that the apartment of the Zelensky family in the village of Livadia near Yalta could be included in the list of property subject to "nationalization".
11:11 Japan in its Diplomatic Blue Book returned to the definition of the South Kuriles as a territory "illegally occupied" by Russia. This wording was last mentioned in 2003.
11:05 Zelensky, in his speech to the Australian Parliament, said that if the world had punished Russia for attacking Ukraine in 2014, there would not have been a large-scale invasion in 2022. And now, according to him, the world must correct mistakes and change international security mechanisms. He also recalled the downed MH17 aircraft, for which the Russian Federation was never punished.
The President called on Australia to join the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine - for example, the city of Kherson.
10:59 As a result of the shelling of Russian troops in Kharkov, an underground gas pipeline of medium pressure was destroyed, about 34,000 consumers were left without gas, Kharkivgorgaz said.
10:56 As of March 30, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the Nikolaev region, 134 civilians, including six children, were killed, the head of the Nikolaev Regional State Administration Vitaly Kim said.
10:47 The head of the Donetsk OVA, Pavel Kirilenko, said that Maryinka, Krasnogorovka and Novomikhailovka were once again bombed with phosphorus charges. 11 wounded, including four children, were taken from Maryinka to the Kurakhovskaya hospital. In the morning, the Ocheretinsky community was also under enemy fire.
10:34 Swedish television channel TV4 said that two Russian aircraft that violated Swedish airspace near Gotland on March 2 were equipped with nuclear weapons. Experts are convinced that this was a deliberate act to intimidate Sweden.
The violation of Swedish airspace lasted about a minute. In response, the country's air force raised two fighters. At this time, according to Swedish media, it was confirmed that Russian aircraft were equipped with nuclear warheads.
10:24 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said he does not see "full implementation" of the results of the Istanbul talks between Ukraine and Russia. He also said that on March 30 he talked with Kuleba and Lavrov about organizing their meeting, which is possible "in the next two weeks."
10:21 Russian occupiers yesterday near Chernihiv shot five buses with volunteers who tried to enter the occupied territory in order to evacuate people from there, Gerashchenko reports. Among the volunteers, one was killed, four were seriously injured. One driver was also injured.
09:58 The UN reported that the organization managed to obtain evidence of the use of prohibited weapons by Russia in settlements at least 24 times. Experts are also investigating the facts of the possible use of prohibited weapons and ammunition by the Ukrainian side.
09:50 Arakhamia said that Ukrainian diplomats are actively working to find a scheme according to which Ukraine will receive Russian assets arrested around the world in the form of compensation for damage.
09:48 In the Naked Pristan of the Kherson region, people went to a peaceful rally, demanding that the Russian invaders return the kidnapped mayor of the city and other residents, reports Suspіlne.
09:43 Australia will introduce duties in the amount of 35% on the import of all goods from Russia and Belarus into the country, the government said.
09:36 The German government claims that Putin has agreed to receive payments for gas from the EU in euros, but it is not yet clear how the mechanism will work.
09:32 The General Staff named the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of March 31:
- personnel - about 17,500 people,
- tanks - 614,
- armored fighting vehicles - 1735,
- artillery systems - 311,
- MLRS - 96,
- air defense systems - 54,
- aircraft - 135,
- helicopters - 131,
- automotive equipment - 1201,
- ships/boats - 7,
- tanks with fuel and lubricants - 75,
- UAV operational-tactical level - 83,
- special equipment - 22,
- launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.
09:28 The head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai said that the enemy is withdrawing the group from the north of Ukraine and transferring it to the east of the country, while during the relocation of troops there is a massive shelling of the Luhansk region. According to him, as a result of the battle with the units of the Joint Forces Operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the headquarters of the Kadyrovites was destroyed.
09:24 Mayor of Dnipro Boris Filatov warned residents that the authorities, together with the SBU, are beginning to search for and detain those who post photos of shelling on social networks.
09:21 In the subdivisions of the 60th separate motorized rifle brigade of the 5th combined arms army of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Federation, two platoon commanders have been removed from their posts due to non-compliance with the order to conduct hostilities, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. To carry out explanatory work, the deputy commander of the brigade for military-political work should come to Yasinovka, Donetsk region.
In addition, according to the General Staff, in formations and units of the Baltic Fleet, in particular, the 79th separate motorized rifle brigade of the 11th Army Corps, conscripts massively refuse to continue to serve and sign contracts.
09:17 As of today, two humanitarian corridors have been agreed: Melitopol - Zaporozhye and Energodar - Zaporozhye.
09:09 Russian troops do not leave the Chernobyl zone, but, on the contrary, are fixed around it, said the former deputy head of the SBU Viktor Yagun. "It is very difficult to knock them out of the city limits, they resist very strongly," he added.
09:07 In Kiev, from April 1, the sale of alcohol will be partially allowed: it will be possible to buy it from 11:00 to 16:00 in shops and service establishments, the Kyiv City State Administration reported.
09:04 The enemy replenished the ammunition load of Caliber-type cruise missiles on the frigate Admiral Makarov in Sevastopol. The probability of launching missile strikes on Odessa, the Odessa region and other regions of the state remains high, said the representative of the Odessa Regional Military District Serhiy Bratchuk.
09:03 Chairman of the UN Human Rights Council Federico Villegas has created an international independent Commission that will investigate Russia's war crimes in Ukraine.
09:00 Due to the shelling of the building of the city council in Dergachi, Kharkiv region, at least one person was killed, three were injured, the City Council reported.
08:46 British Ministry of Defense predicts fierce fighting in the Kiev region in the coming days: "Russian troops continue to hold positions east and west of Kiev, despite the withdrawal of a limited number of units. In the coming days, fierce battles are likely to unfold in the suburbs of the city."
The agency also points out that, despite the statements of the Russian Federation about its intention to reduce military activity around Chernihiv, missile attacks on the city continue.
08:28 The death toll as a result of shelling by Russians of the building of the Nikolaev regional state administration has increased to 16 people. Rescuers continue to work, according to the State Emergency Service.
07:47 Employees of the FSB, the 652nd group of information and psychological operations and officers of the 12th Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Federation are involved in the creation of the "Kherson People's Republic". The main direction of their activity is carrying out "explanatory work" with local authorities and the population. To do this, they are shown videos with figureheads, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
07:45 Russia is trying to form occupation authorities in the occupied territories. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the Russian Federation, employees of law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and courts are being selected, who will later be sent to Ukraine.
07:31 According to the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Sergei Gaidai, as a result of the hostile actions of the Russian Federation on the night of March 31, nine residential buildings caught fire in Lisichansk, and five in Severodonetsk. An oil storage facility and a school also came under fire. Russian troops are hitting the cities with all kinds of heavy weapons. Two people died, two children are in serious condition.
07:00 Arakhamia said that the Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with the Russian Federation does nothing without consultations with the military: “Now the military is No. 1, our support. And if they don’t like something, we just cross it out. We discuss everything with the military , then - with diplomats, and then we voice something.
06:45 APU liberated the village of Sloboda in the Chernihiv region, MP Goncharenko reports.
06:40 British intelligence said that some Russian troops refuse to follow the orders of their leadership, even disable their equipment, including downing a plane. According to the British Government Communications Headquarters, Putin has "grossly misjudged" the capabilities of his military, and his advisers are simply afraid to tell him the truth.
06:37 Russian oil tankers are increasingly disappearing from tracking systems. This suggests that they are deliberately turning off the transmission in order to circumvent the sanctions, writes CNN. According to the intelligence company Windward, dark activity among Russian-affiliated crude oil tankers has risen by 600% since the start of Russia's war with Ukraine.
06:18 The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugee Protection, together with Ukrposhta, began paying 2,220 hryvnias to internally displaced persons, Vereshchuk said. You can receive money through the branch of Ukrposhta, sign up for the program - in Lviv, Uzhgorod and Mukachevo.
05:46 Under the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Belarusian regiment Chase began to form - this is the official structure of the International Legion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The regiment was created on the initiative of Belarusian officers with the support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to protect the independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, as well as to create a base for a new professional Belarusian army.
05:19 The invaders use the airport of Brest in Belarus for shelling Ukraine. The issue of the invasion of Belarusian troops "stepped aside", said Vadim Denisenko, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs.
04:08 In the Kharkiv region, the Russian invaders lost four aircraft in a day - previously, Su-34 fighter-bombers, as well as one UAV, the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. There is also information about two enemy cruise missiles shot down in different directions.
03:35 Ukraine is negotiating with Poland on the possibility of a complete closure of the border with Belarus, Ukrainian Ambassador Andrei Deshchitsa said. According to him, diplomats from Ukraine are discussing similar issues with the Baltic countries.
02:47 The US State Department announced that American and European diplomats held the first meeting of a high-level dialogue on Russia, discussed new steps to isolate the Russian economy. Diplomats agreed to urge China "not to support" Russia's war in Ukraine and not to help Moscow bypass Western sanctions.
02:14 Online negotiations with the Russian delegation will resume on April 1, Arakhamia said. According to him, within a week, the participants in the negotiating groups should work out a more coordinated draft agreement.
02:05 Active activity of enemy DRGs should not be expected now, since Ukrainian patrol officers identified and detained most of them in the first days of the war, said Oleksiy Beloshitsky, First Deputy Head of the Patrol Police Department.
According to him, the invaders had high hopes for their sabotage groups. They were supposed to eliminate the Ukrainian authorities and establish control over Kiev.
01:16 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have restored control over the settlements of Orlovo, Zagradovka and Kochubeevka on the border of the Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk regions, the General Staff said.
01:07 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the beginning of the armed aggression against Ukraine, the command of the RF Armed Forces has lost several military leaders from the top officers, namely:
- Commander of the 1st Tank Army, Lieutenant General Sergei Kisel - removed from his post;
- commander of the 6th Combined Arms Army, Lieutenant General Vladislav Yershov - removed from his post and arrested;
- Chief of Staff - Deputy Commander of the 35th Combined Arms Army Major General Sergei Nirkov - seriously wounded;
- Chief of Staff - Deputy Commander of the 36th Combined Arms Army Major General Andrey Seritsky - seriously wounded;
- Deputy Commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army, Lieutenant General Andrey Sukhovetsky - died;
- commander of the 49th combined arms army, Lieutenant General Yakov Ryazantsev - died;
- Commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army, Lieutenant General Mikhail Zuska, was removed from his post and arrested.
01:02 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the points of permanent deployment of military units of the Russian Federation and units of the Eastern Military District, the overwhelming majority of military personnel remained on active duty, which indicates the exhaustion of the possibilities for the formation of additional units.
00:35 A survey by the American sociological center Pew Research Center showed that 72% of US citizens trust Zelensky in matters of international politics, while confidence in Biden is 48%.
00:13 Zelensky on negotiations: "There is a negotiation process, it continues. But so far these are just words. So far, no specifics. There are also other words - the alleged withdrawal of Russian troops from Kiev and Chernigov. We know that this is not a withdrawal, but consequences expulsion of the invaders by our defenders. At the same time, the enemy is accumulating troops for new strikes in the Donbass. But we were preparing for this. We do not believe in anyone, not in any good words. And we will not give anything away."
00:09 Zelensky recalled Ukrainian ambassadors to Morocco and Georgia: "There are those who work together with everyone to defend the state, and there are those who waste time and work only to remain in office. There will be no weapons, there will be no sanctions, there will be no restrictions for Russian business - look for another job."