Timeline: day 37 of Ukraine's defense against Russian aggression

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Alice Smahina

Today is April 1. Russia's military attack on Ukraine continues for the second month in a row. We're reporting on all the current news. The article will be constantly updated.

What about today?

Key points.

The key points from the night address of Volodymyr Zelenskyy:

• We endured many times more than the enemy thought. They talked about three or five days. They thought that would be enough for them to take over our entire country. And it has been 36 days. And we stand and will fight further, to the end.
• Another decision on anti-heroes, and traitors, was made today. Andrii Naumov, former head of the State Security Service's internal security department, and Serhii Kryvoruchko, former head of the State Security Service's management in the Kherson region, are no longer generals. These senior officers will be deprived of higher military ranks.
• In Donbas, in Mariupol, in the Kharkiv direction, Russian troops are accumulating the potential for strikes. We will defend ourselves, we will do everything we can to stop the occupiers and clean our land from their evil and senseless chimeras.

Russian war crimes in Ukraine. We will not forgive anything!

The largest Ukrainian IT companies, with the support of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and in cooperation with the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE), have created a fund to combat misinformation, Truth Fund. The task and goal of TruthFund.com are to disseminate reliable information about Russia's war against Ukraine. People all over the world have the right to access true facts about events in Ukraine without fabrications and fakes.

The Air Force Command dispels the over-optimism of many media outlets about Ukraine's war with the Russian fascists. The department emphasizes that although the Ukrainian army has advantages on the ground, in any war, the decisive factor is the advantage in the air. Our defenders are courageously defending the sky, but the Russian air force is significantly superior to the Ukrainian one.

Ukraine desperately needs fighter jets, missile systems, and air defense equipment.

17:00 – The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted to ban the use of symbols Z and V in Ukraine and to recognize Russia as a "terrorist country."

The Verkhovna Rada also approved a law that would allow the nationalization of the property of Russians and Ukrainians who publicly deny the Russian-Ukrainian war.

86 captured Ukrainian servicemen were exchanged in the Zaporizhzhia region! Among them were 15 women. This was announced by Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko.

Humanitarian corridors 

The evacuation from the town of Barvinkove and the village of Ridne in the Kharkiv region will continue on April 1. The additional train will leave approximately at 15:00, community leader Oleksandr Balo said in his address yesterday.

Almost 15-20 thousand residents of Izium in the Kharkiv region will need to be evacuated, said Deputy Mayor Volodymyr Matsokin. He notes that the "green corridors" have not been agreed upon for almost 20 days.

Five humanitarian corridors in the Luhansk region are scheduled to open on April 1. The evacuation is being organized from six towns and villages, said Serhii Haidai, Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration. He added that they were waiting for the ceasefire. The Russians have not yet complied with it, and shelling continues.

10:25 – The adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andriushchenko told about the evacuation from the city. People are being boarded by evacuation buses. In the morning, Mariupol almost peacefully stormed the resistance of the Russians, who did not let people out of the city.

Mariupol itself remains closed and very dangerous to leave by personal transport. The occupiers do not allow humanitarian aid into the city, even in small quantities.

13:15 – On the route of the evacuation bus to Lysychansk, the Russians mined the route from a UAV. The driver saw the mines in time, so all passengers are safe.

15:00 – Deputies of the Mariupol City Council appealed to the world community to unite efforts to unblock the international humanitarian aid to Mariupol and organized a full evacuation.

15:30 – Russians did not let out the evacuation convoy, which took women and children out of Velyka Oleksandrivka in the Kherson region. This was announced by the head of the territorial community Ivan Samoilenko.

The Red Cross sent staff to Mariupol for a mass evacuation of residents. The Red Cross team plans to evacuate a convoy of 54 Ukrainian buses and an unknown number of private vehicles. The destination has not been determined yet, but it will be within Ukraine.

Ukraine's talks with Russia

Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia will take place online today. According to Davyd Arakhamia, a member of the negotiating team from Ukraine, in Turkey, the Ukrainian delegation announced that there was a need for a meeting between the leaders of the countries, but the Russian delegation replied that a more agreed draft agreement was needed first.

The British authorities have advised Ukraine not to conclude any agreements with Moscow in the near future and not to make concessions, The Times reports, citing sources in the British government. London believes that the agreement should be signed when Ukraine "is in the strongest position." The newspaper also reports that Boris Johnson is in favor of increasing sanctions on Russia until "Russian troops leave Ukraine, including Crimea."

Citing sources, CNN writes that the United States and its allies are "unlikely to offer Ukraine the security guarantees that Ukraine requires of them."

At the same time, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba dismissed rumors that some Western partners were allegedly pressuring Kyiv, calling for certain concessions from Russia in the talks to end the war: "Even before the war it has been inappropriate to talk that there could be any pressure on Ukraine; we proved in several situations that Ukraine is not subject to any pressure, we can only be talked to on an equal footing and we cannot be spoken to superficially. After 36 days of the war, I assure you that no one in Europe or overseas will even dare to put pressure on President Zelenskyy or Ukraine."

Atomic objects

The Russian occupiers who left the Chornobyl nuclear power plant yesterday robbed the station: they took out computers, kettles, and utensils, said the head of the State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management Yevhen Kramarenko. The thief's army knows what to rob.

Our atom is peaceful, but not for those who came to us with the war. According to the data published by the Military Medical Service of the Russian Federation, the first death of a Russian serviceman from radiation sickness was recorded. He accumulated radiation at Chornobyl. Another 26 people were hospitalized and 73 were sent to the hospital in critical condition.

Who's coming to Ukraine? 

About financial aid, weapons, and volunteer fighters

The British Ministry of Defense is handing over 84,000 Mk6 and Mk6A helmets to the Armed Forces.

In addition, the 13th cargo with ventilators and other medical devices left the UK for Ukraine. In total, the country has already donated 5.29 million units of medical devices and equipment.

Britain and its allies have also agreed to send more powerful weapons to Ukraine to counter Russia's invasion, said British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace. "Ukraine will receive more lethal military aid today. Several countries have come up with new ideas or even more money," Wallace told reporters after receiving more than 35 international partners at the Second International Defense Meeting. Assistance will include air and coastal defense systems, long-range artillery and battery countermeasures, armored vehicles, as well as more training and logistics.

In response to Zelenskyy's call, Australia will send Bushmaster armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. This was announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Bushmaster IMV is an Australian wheeled all-wheel-drive armored personnel carrier. It was created for use in the desert areas of northern Australia. It can carry 9 soldiers with food supplies (270 liters of water) and ammunition for 3 days of autonomous resistance.

France has delivered 21 ambulances to Ukraine. In the coming days, cars will start working in emergency medical centers near the front line.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is on the way to Kyiv. She announced this on Twitter. The leadership of the Verkhovna Rada, representatives of various factions and groups appealed to Metsola and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen to help the European Commission adopt a positive EU opinion on Ukraine's EU membership as soon as possible.

The International Monetary Fund is working to create a special account for Ukraine, which will provide loans and grants for our country

The Danish government has given Kyiv three specially equipped fire and rescue vehicles.

The German federal government has approved the supply of 58 armored personnel carriers from the Czech Republic to the Ukrainian army, Welt am Sontag reports. PbV-501 armored personnel carriers (known as BMP-1) are equipped with artillery and machine guns. The equipment will not be sent immediately, it needs repair, which will take several weeks.

Assistance to refugees

A free job search platform for refugees from Ukraine, ukrainejobs.at, has been launched in Austria. To create the platform, the leading Austrian vacancy portals have been merged: karriere.at, hokify and jobs.at. The portal is entirely in English, although certain content, such as job titles, can also be published in Ukrainian.

Sweden will allocate $1.1 billion to support Ukrainian refugees.

Travel by Polish rail is free for Ukrainian citizens. Ukrainians who have crossed the border since February 24 and belong to the following groups can take advantage of free travel on TLK and IC 2nd class trains:

  – Children under 18 years;

  – Women;

  – Men over 60 years;

  – Men aged 18 to 60 with disabilities.

News from partners

Because of the position of the Russian Federation, the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, whose key tasks included reducing tensions and building peace, stability, and security, ended yesterday (March 31). The blocking of the mission's mandate confirms Moscow's conscious choice to continue waging an aggressive war against Ukraine.

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, met at the Elysee Palace with the mayor of the temporarily occupied Melitopol Ivan Fedorov, released from Russian captivity. "No one can imagine what the mayor of Melitopol, abducted by the Russian army, has survived. He is now free, he says. His story impressed us. I expressed my admiration and support to him and the Ukrainian deputies. We are determined. We are with Ukraine."

What's in Russia?

On March 29, there was an explosion at an ammunition depot in the Belgorod region, allegedly due to neglect of safety rules. And today in Belgorod, a powerful fire broke out at the oil depot. A pillar of fire and smoke rose. Emergency services went to the place of the emergency. The causes of the fire are still unknown.

However, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, has already said that the oil depot is on fire due to "an airstrike by two helicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which entered Russia at low altitude." Russian social media now have their own "atmosphere" and "betrayal."

In Russia, the relatives of Russian servicemen killed in the war with Ukraine have begun filing applications to court suing military leadership. A similar case of filing a lawsuit against the commander was recorded in the 752nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th All-Military Army of the Western Military District.

Russia is redeploying part of its forces from the occupied regions of Georgia to intensify the offensive on Ukraine, according to British intelligence. According to intelligence, 1,200 to 2,000 Russian militants are part of three battalion tactical groups. Such an attempt to replenish personnel indicates the unexpected loss of the Mordor in the war with Ukraine.

14:00 – Russian agency TARS writes that the shell allegedly fired from Ukraine fell in the village of Mykilske, Belgorod region, with no casualties or damage. This was preceded by information appearing in local public communities that the air defense shot down a Ukrainian missile over Belgorod. A strong explosion was reported, and photos were also published. The Ukrainian side has not yet commented on the situation.

And in Penza, 8th graders wrote a denunciation of English teacher Irina Gen, who spoke out against the war in Ukraine. Her words were recorded on a dictaphone and handed over to the police. Now she has been prosecuted under 207.3 of the Criminal Code. Up to 15 years. And really, why do such children need English?

The commander of the 58th All-Russian Army, Lieutenant General Mykhailo Zusko, was removed from office and arrested. Zusko was punished for the failed attack on the Mykolaiv region.

What about Belarus?

The Central Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine states that it has full personal data of all servicemen, as well as their relatives, from units of the Belarusian Armed Forces, "whom Russia is trying to involve in a shameful, alien and clearly losing war against Ukraine." In this regard, the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense calls on Belarusians to refrain from participating in the war. "We hope for your prudence. We will confirm the seriousness of our statements by publishing relevant information," the statement said.

Russian lies 

The State Security Service has exposed a new enemy bot farm in Kharkiv. It worked exclusively to damage our military and law enforcement officers. Namely, by sending SMS with proposals to surrender and side with the occupiers. During its short work through this channel, the enemy sent about 5 thousand messages. "The outcome of events is predetermined! Be prudent and refuse to support nationalism and discredited leaders of the country who have already fled the capital!!!" was the content of the false SMS. All equipment was located in the Dnipropetrovsk region but was remotely controlled by Russia. Currently, all equipment has been confiscated, and the SBU is carrying out appropriate measures with all those involved.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has made a fantastically idiotic statement that Ukraine is donating blood samples of the "Slavic ethnic group" to Germany. "Germany's actions, previously unknown to the general public, pose the same threat as US biological experiments and require detailed study. Theoretically, bioagents can be created that can selectively affect different ethnic groups," said Russian diplomat Gennady Gatilov. Yes, and blood samples from the Russian occupiers were taken by fighting bees of the Kherson region, which recently disabled about three dozen Russian orc rapists and robbers.

From the conversation intercepted by the Security Service of Ukraine, it became known that the Russians were destroying their own military equipment and pretending it was "beaten up Ukrainian equipment." The Russians are even ready to do this in order to create at least the appearance of their success in Ukraine.

Sanctions on the aggressor!

France has arrested two helicopters of Putin's oligarch Alisher Usmanov worth $26 million.

As it turned out, Microsoft will not completely leave the Russian market. The company will continue to work with Russian customers against whom no sanctions have been imposed, including hospitals and schools. "Depriving these institutions of software and service upgrades could jeopardize the health and safety of innocent civilians, including children and the elderly," said Brad Smith, CEO. Well, Ovsyannikova's annoying cry ("girls with a poster" that "ordinary Russians" are not guilty of anything and suffer) still reached one of the recipients.

Japan has no plans to withdraw from a joint Russian oil and gas project on Sakhalin, 50 percent of which is controlled by Gazprom, despite joining tough sanctions on Russia.

Germany is likely to stop importing oil and coal from Russia within a year, but not gas, German Chancellor Scholz says.

Germany has also suspended tax cooperation with Russia and Belarus.

Russians and Belarusians will not be able to obtain a permanent residence permit in Latvia until June 30, 2023, according to the Latvian Government.

The US Department of Commerce will expand sanctions against Russian and Belarusian companies affecting Russia's defense, aerospace, and maritime sectors.

First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan Timur Suleimenov assured the world community: "Kazakhstan will not be a tool for circumventing sanctions against Russia by the United States and the EU. We will adhere to sanctions."

Metro, Auchan, Leroy Merlin, and other companies that continue to operate in Russia will have taxes raised by 50% in Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine on taxation of economic entities related to economic relations with the aggressor state. The draft law was supported by 309 people's deputies. If you want to support a terrorist country, pay!

Life considering hostilities

The Ukraine Street project has started; it's a call for a free world through street renaming to "relocate" Russian embassies and consulates in each country on the streets of Ukraine. Each of us can help. The project's website contains links to petitions to rename the streets where the embassies and consulates of the aggressor state are located in the first 34 countries.

Participate yourself and invite your family and friends abroad:

• Find a petition for your city at www.uastreet.world and sign it. Or tell the organizers if the city is not on the list.
• Share the petition with friends and the local community. The more people find out and sign up, the more likely the city administration will respond to the request.
• Apply directly to your municipality and local deputies to rename the street.

"Russians will literally have to read the name 'Ukraine' everywhere and always," said Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

Services for sole proprietors, which were previously unavailable because of the shutdown of electronic state registers, have reopened on the Diia portal. Services for making changes to sole proprietorship and business closures have been returned.

The war slowed or stopped 86% of Ukrainian companies. One in five (21%) has started a process of industry transformation to save their business from closure, 16% already have results, and as many plans to join the transformation.

The world's first NFT war museum has raised more than $600,000 to support Ukraine. This amount was collected by the museum on the first day of the sale of virtual exhibits. In total, 1282 digital works of art were purchased. The funds raised will go to a cryptocurrency fund set up by the Ukrainian cryptocurrency exchange KUNA to support the Ukrainian army and digital and cyber resistance. You can visit the NFT Museum or buy a digital work of art at the link.

Rozetka founder Vladislav Chechotkin said the company would be forced to lay off most of the team as a result of the war. The company's monthly turnover dropped from UAH 4 billion to UAH 23 million in three weeks, warehouses were blocked, stores were destroyed, and delivery was interrupted. The businessman assured the employees that he would try to start a business again, in Lviv, in a warehouse fifty times smaller.

Trophies of Ukrainian Armed Forces

The Armed Forces of Ukraine smashed the position of the Russian military disguised among the trees. Supply trucks, tanks, armored vehicles, and the latest Russian GAZ-3344-20 Aleut were destroyed.

And this is an armored tracked tractor BTS-4A. It was captured by our soldiers in the village of Mokrets, Brovary district, Kyiv region. Now the Ukrainian Armed Forces will have another assistant in retrieving orc trophies from Ukrainian chernozem and delivering them to the right locations.

14th separate mechanized brigade named after Prince Roman the Great destroyed the heavy flamethrower system of the enemy TOS-1 Buratino and its improved version of TOS-1A Solntsepek. Now this scrap metal will never be used to kill people.

Above is a photo of the end of the story about how the soldiers of the world's first looting army tried to leave Bucha with things stolen from Ukrainians. But it didn't work out.

Another minus one enemy Mi-28. It burns well!

Another enemy reconnaissance drone was found in the Poltava region. A local resident reported it. This is an Orlan-10 UAV, which is used to conduct reconnaissance and adjust artillery fire. This drone, which is in the service of the Russian Federation, costs more than $80,000. Now this "bird" will be included as another piece of evidence in the criminal case of violating the laws and customs of war.

According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, since the beginning of the war, Ukrainian defenders have already killed 85 enemy drones.

Kyiv and region

Warehouses with food near Kyiv. For more than a week, rescuers have been dismantling the debris after enemy shelling and a large-scale fire (Photo: Kyiv City State Administration, Oleksii Samsonov).

Russian troops have almost left the Brovary district. This was announced by the mayor of Brovary (Kyiv region) Ihor Sapozhko on a telethon. "The Armed Forces of Ukraine will mop up settlements from occupiers and enemy equipment and conduct demining. In Brovary, the checkpoints are not dismantled and are ready for defense," Sapozhko said. People are starting to return to Brovary.

Secretary of the Bucha City Council Taras Shapravskyi said that it is still dangerous to return to Bucha: there are still many mined vehicles and sabotage groups. The liberation of the city continues, both the Armed Forces of Ukraine and territorial defense are working.

It turned out that before leaving Bucha, the Russian occupiers mined the Delicia confectionery factory, according to the Bucha City Council. They also poisoned cookies stored on the factory premises.

The Head of the Hostomel village military administration also urged not to return to the city. It is still dangerous in Hostomel!

A special police operation is also being carried out in Irpin, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reports. The city was liberated from Russian troops. Employees of the National Police of Ukraine work on the spot in coordination with territorial defense units, rescuers, and representatives of local authorities.

And this is the liberated Ivankiv. The photo was published by the deputy of the local settlement council Oleh Berehovyi.

According to the operative information of the General Staff, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine regained control over the settlements of Demydiv, Dymer, Lytvynivka, Havrylivka, Kozarovychi, Zhovtneve, Hlybivka, Yasnohorodka, Talakun, Sukoluchchia, Lypivka, Havronshchyna, Makovyshche, Mykolaivka.

Another good news: the OPZZh party in Kyiv City Council has disbanded itself!

19:00 – The mayor of Bucha in the Kyiv region Anatolii Fedoruk confirmed that Ukrainian defenders liberated the city from the occupiers. "March 31 will go down in the history of our settlement and the entire territorial community as the day of liberation of our settlements from Russian orcs. This is a great victory of our Armed Forces in the Kyiv region," said the mayor.

Donetsk and Luhansk regions

7 enemy attacks were repulsed in Donetsk and Luhansk directions during the day. Ukrainian soldiers destroyed 3 tanks, 2 armored personnel carriers, 2 units of motor vehicles, and 2 artillery systems. An Orlan-10 UAV was also shot down.

The occupiers killed 5 civilians and wounded 22 more in the Donetsk region over the past day, March 31, said the head of the Donetsk regional military administration.

In the Luhansk region, Severodonetsk, Rubizhne, and Popasna have completely no water supply, and Lysychansk and Hirne have partially no water. 32 settlements are without gas supply, and 12 have no electricity. This is the data of Governor Serhii Haidai. During the day as a result of hostilities in the region, two people were killed and as many were injured. 20 infrastructure facilities were destroyed.

Serhii Haidai also said that the Russian army fired on Hirne from Grad missile systems, and a woman was wounded during the shelling. Rescuers continue to work.

12:30 – Russian fascists purposefully hit the repair base of public utilities in Severodonetsk. Residential buildings were also shelled, according to Serhii Haidai, the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration.

In Lysychansk, the enemy passes the central part of the city. Today, patrol officers found mine-like objects on Perenohy Avenue, which were probably planted by enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups.

In the Luhansk region, Shchastia, temporarily occupied by the enemy, all attempts by the occupiers to restore the operation of the thermal power plant, which was severely damaged by the fighting, proved futile, as qualified specialists left the village.

In Stanytsia Luhanska, Russian invaders are conducting propaganda activities. In particular, employees of the occupation administration work with low-income families registered with social services and distribute so-called "humanitarian aid."

17:30 – Putin's criminals are shelling all settlements of the Luhansk region and are preparing to attack in two directions: Popasna and the area between Kreminna and Rubizhne. The head of the Luhansk regional military administration Serhii Haidai reported about it. He said that the intensity of the shelling was very high, there was no possibility of even picking up the bodies of the dead from the streets and delivering humanitarian aid.

The commander of the Azov Regiment, Major Denys Prokopenko, denied in a video message the widespread information about the alleged evacuation of the command of the defenders of Mariupol.

Kharkiv region

In the Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian army managed to destroy four occupying planes over the past 24 hours: one fighter and three bombers. This was announced by the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Sinehubov. He clarified information on the situation in the region:

• Yesterday, the Russians fired a missile near the center of Kharkiv, and there was also artillery shelling in areas of the city. Data on the victims are being clarified.
• Fighting for Izium continues. The Armed Forces are holding positions in this direction.

On the highway near the village of Mala Rohan, near Kharkiv, the occupiers shot more than 20 civilian cars with people. This became known only after the liberation of the village.

As a result of a missile strike on the Kharkiv regional administration on March 1, 29 people died, the head of administration, Oleh Sinehubov reported. A week ago, 24 victims were reported. And this is what the office of the head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration looks like after the missile strike by the Russians on March 1, 2022:

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said that all city utilities would be written off from February 24 until the end of the war. The payments came to Kharkiv residents automatically, but they do not need to be paid.

The First Deputy Minister of Education and Science said that the Karazin University in Kharkiv is completely destroyed, and it will be moved to a safe place.

Kherson region

As of this morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have liberated 11 settlements in the Kherson region. They are completely under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the South Forces Group reported. Among the liberated villages and settlements: Novovorontsovka, Mala Shesternia, Novohryhorivka, Topolyne, Kniazivka, Krasnivka, Svobodne, Kamianka, Pryhiria, Kochubeivka, Orlove. During the operation to liberate the Kherson region, the infantry seized the occupiers' trophy equipment: T-64, BMP-2, BMD-2, and ZU-2M tanks.

In the temporarily occupied Kherson, journalist Kostiantyn Ryzhenko stopped communicating. Immediately after the Russian occupation of the city, Ryzhenko said that local political collaborationists were inciting the Russians against him. The journalist was active in volunteering. Ryzhenko himself announced his disappearance with the help of a delayed message in the messenger: "Hello. If you are reading this text, it means that something happened. This is a scheduled message, the date of publication of which I constantly postpone for a day or two. If it's published, it means I could not postpone the date once again." Konstiantyn may have lost his phone or communication, or he may have been taken prisoner by the occupiers.

The historic chateau of Prince Trubetskyi, located in Vesele, Kakhovka district, was occupied by Russian troops. The property of the laboratory, restaurant, and shop was damaged. Access to the vineyards is mined, workers can not start the spring pruning of vines, according to the official website of the wine company.

On April 1, Russia's occupation forces in the Kherson region appointed several collaborationists to lead the captured Kakhovka. The Russian occupiers have stated that from now the city will be headed by Pavlo Filipchuk (the former deputy of the Kherson Regional Council from the Opposition Bloc party – ed.), Oleh Bukhovets will be the head of the police, and Oleh Havryliuk will be the head of Vodokanal water supply. Legal employees of the city executive committee were asked to cooperate with the above-mentioned persons, otherwise, everyone will be fired. It is reported that the leadership of the Kakhovka city territorial community rejected the proposal.

Mykolaiv region

In Mykolaiv, rescuers continue to dismantle blockages of the regional state administration. The death toll from the destruction of the building by a Russian missile has already reached 27 people. This was reported in the SES. Information is as of 10 a.m. on April 1.

The number of victims as a result of a missile strike from the Russian occupiers of the Mykolaiv regional state administration continues to grow. As of 18:00, 30 people are known to have died.

Odesa region

Today, the flash mob "Suitcase-station-Russia" which takes place within the limits of military Humorina-Javelina has started near the railway station in Odesa.

21:15 – the Russians launched 3 missiles from Crimea on the settlement in the Odesa region. There are victims, the head of regional state administration, Maksym Marchenko, reported.

Chernihiv region

Chernihiv today. The "Russian World" tried to enter here…

The head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration Viacheslav Chaus in a new video address:

• The enemy is slowly withdrawing from the area, hopefully forever;
• All communities are working to restore urban life;
• The Ukrainian Armed Forces are working on demining the areas where the enemy was and, accordingly, mopping up.

"I appeal to all residents of the region, air and missile strikes are possible, the enemy can act in any way. It is too early for us to relax, so in case of air raid alarms, please follow to the shelter, the war is not over yet," Chaus urged.

A Russian map with the coordinate system of the Second World War was found in the Chernihiv region. It is reported that the occupiers left a map issued in 1993 and printed in 2007 in Trostianets, Chernihiv region. The coordinate system was developed in 1942, and the state of the area shown on the map dates back to 1990. Everything you need to know about the "advanced" army of invaders.

Thanks to the efforts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the enemy is withdrawing from the Chernihiv region. But why it is actually doing this is known, says the head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, Viacheslav Chaus. Currently, all communities in the region are working to restore life, and the Armed Forces are engaged in de-mining and mopping up the area.

After the departure of the enemy, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine took control of the settlements of Rudnia, Shevchenkove, Bobryk, Stara Basan, Nova Basan, Makiivka, Pohreby, Bazhanivka, Volodymyrivka, Shniakivka, Salne, Sofiivka, and Havrylivka.

17:40 – A Russian shell hit one of the branches of the Chernihiv Regional Center for Modern Oncology! Two employees of the medical institution received shrapnel wounds. Another person with a concussion.

Zaporizhzhia region

Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol, told about the situation in the city on the UA telethon:

• There are 70-75 thousand people left in Melitopol, an evacuation column is being prepared from the city, but it is not let through towards Zaporizhzhia: "everyone is directed to Crimea, but our people refuse."
• Local farmers are in no hurry to start sowing because they don't understand who will harvest.
• The Russian Armed Forces are trying to force schools to start training on April 4, but this is an attempt to create a living shield made of children. Principals of all schools in the city have written applications for dismissal.

An intensified curfew is being imposed in Zaporizhzhia, the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration reports. The curfew will begin on Saturday, April 2 at 8 pm and end on Monday, April 4 at 5 am.

In the temporarily occupied territories of the Zaporizhzhia region, in the city of Enerhodar, on the territory of the military base of the National Guard of Ukraine, the enemies continue to detain local residents. They are suspected of organizing pro-Ukrainian actions and preparing sabotage against the invaders. FSB officers interrogate them using psychological and physical pressure.

According to available information, a so-called "referendum" is planned by the Russian occupiers in the city of Tokmak on April 4. In particular, the occupation administration has already notified the local population about this event.

The city of Melitopol is temporarily controlled by the military and the enemy's National Guard. The enemy continues to place artillery systems among the residential quarters, from which it fires in the Zaporizhzhia direction.

Sumy region

Sumy Region Report from Dmytro Zhyvytskyi:

• Regional hospitals continue to receive Starlink satellite systems as part of a centralized supply from the Ministry of Health. We have already received 14 complexes out of 25.
• For the needs of medical institutions, the region received several humanitarian cargoes for medical purposes.
• Over the past 24 hours, philanthropists have delivered three generators for the needs of the SES services and pumping equipment for the enterprises of Okhtyrka, Krasnopillia, Lebedyn, and Sumy.
• The humanitarian cargo of the UN Refugee Agency arrived in the region: food, medicine, medical equipment, baby food, hygiene items, blankets, sleeping bags, etc.
• We continue to restore the gas and electricity supply in Trostianets.
• Despite everything, we plan to start sowing in the Sumy region! Where they don't shoot, we will sow. Agrarians prepare the soil for sowing spring crops.

Well, a few details on the situation on the frontline of the northern outpost: Konotop district. Moving on community roads is dangerous! Enemy troops are still actively moving in different directions. The same applies to the northern part of the Romny district.

The bodies of civilians who died as a result of torture were found in Trostianets, the Office of the Prosecutor General reports.

The head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvitskyi said that the Russian military is beginning to occupy the central part of the region.

Western Ukraine 

On the night of April 1, reports of an alleged explosion and shelling began to spread in the Lviv region during an air raid, but there were no shellings, said Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the Lviv Region Regional State Administration. It turned out that in one of the settlements of the region, workers of the gas production tower made a controlled release of related gases. An explosion-like sound was heard. There was also a partial fire. These events coincided with a report of an air alert. A preventive conversation was held with the employees of the tower.

Rivne Regional Military Administration informs: Voluntary formations of territorial communities of the region no longer have the right to carry firearms in public places.

On his Facebook page, the Head of the Zakarpattia Regional State Administration announced the creation of a national IT cluster in Zakarpattia. With the release from military service of all IT specialists to protect the economy of Ukraine. And it invites all IT specialists of Ukraine to Zakarpattia. What do IT companies and professionals need to know to relocate their business?

IT business is registered as an enterprise that intends to move its activities and capacity to the Zakarpattia region to the Ministry of Economy.

Mandatory registration as a business entity in the region as a reintegrated company from another region.

After that, the administration, together with the Ministry of Economy, provides for the formation of proposals for the reservation of IT specialists from conscription for military service during mobilization and martial law.

In Lviv, counterintelligence and SBU investigators detained an agent of the Russian special services. He failed to obtain important intelligence information.

Rivne Regional Military Administration informs: Voluntary formations of territorial communities of the region no longer have the right to carry firearms in public places.

On his Facebook page, the Head of the Zakarpattia Regional State Administration announced the creation of a national IT cluster in Zakarpattia. With the release from military service of all IT specialists to protect the economy of Ukraine. And it invites all IT specialists of Ukraine to Zakarpattia. What do IT companies and professionals need to know to relocate their business?

• IT business is registered as an enterprise that intends to move its activities and capacity to the Zakarpattia region to the Ministry of Economy.
• Mandatory registration as a business entity in the region as a reintegrated company from another region.
• After that, the administration, together with the Ministry of Economy, provides for the formation of proposals for the reservation of IT specialists from conscription for military service during mobilization and martial law.

In Lviv, counterintelligence and SBU investigators detained an agent of the Russian special services. He failed to obtain important intelligence information.