Timeline: day 40 of Ukraine's defense against Russian aggression

Alice Smahina

Today is April 4. Russia's military attack on Ukraine has been going on for forty days. We're reporting on all current news. The article will be constantly updated.

What about today?

Key points

During the past 24hrs, 7 enemy attacks have been repulsed in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and two units of armored vehicles, forty-three vehicles, and an enemy mortar have been destroyed.

Anti-aircraft missile forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have hit 6 air targets in the past 24 hours: three planes (Su-34, Su-35, and an IL-22 radio relay aircraft), one helicopter, and two cruise missiles.

One of the downed planes is a modern IL-22 radio relay aircraft, which acted as an air control point, and carried out reconnaissance operations. The impact of our air force on the plane probably happened in Russia, near Taganrog, at an altitude of about 4000 meters.

Recent data on enemy losses during the entire period of hostilities:

About 18,300 soldiers were killed!

• tanks – 647 units,
• armored combat vehicles – 1844 units,
• artillery systems – 330 units,
• MLRS – 107 units,
• air defense means – 54 units,
• aircraft – 147 units,
• helicopters – 134 units,
• automotive equipment – 1273 units,
• ships / boats – 7 units,
• fuel tanks – 76,
• UAVs of operational and tactical level – 92.
• special equipment – 25.
• OTRK / TRK launchers – 4.

From Zelenskyy's night video address: "The world has seen many war crimes. At different times. On different continents. But it's time to do everything to make the war crimes of the Russian military the last manifestation of such evil on earth. Everyone guilty of such crimes will be entered into a special book of executioners. They will be found and punished."

"This is not a war of two states and not a war of nations. This is a war of civilization and savage medieval barbarism. We will definitely defeat this savage Moscow horde. But we must win and remain civilized," said Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar.

12:00 – Now heavy fighting continues in Kharkiv, Luhansk, and Donetsk regions. Our troops are pushing back the occupiers in the Kherson region. Chernihiv remains in a difficult situation. The defenders of Mariupol, who have already become legends of today, are fighting heroically, said the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov about the situation on the fronts.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Bucha, where evidence of mass killings of civilians was found. When asked by the BBC if he still considered it possible to discuss peace with Russia, he said: "Yes, because Ukraine must gain peace. We are in 21st century Europe. We will continue diplomatic and military efforts."

"Ukrainian prisoners were kept in a field, in a pit, in a garage. They were beaten and intimidated. Soldiers from the island of Zmiinyi, who were taken to Sevastopol, were used by local propagandists, and then kept in a tent camp at -20 ℃, which caused many to have frostbite. They were treated like prisoners and put a dog on them," said Ombudswoman Liudmyla Denisova on her Facebook page.

The Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense has published a list of personnel of the russian brigade that took part in war crimes against civilians in Bucha, the Kyiv region.

The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy expressed its deepest condolences to the families and relatives of all the wounded, taken prisoner, missing and journalists killed. So far, russia has committed 74 crimes against media representatives in Ukraine, including 19 against citizens of other countries: Great Britain, the Czech Republic, the United States, Denmark, the UAE, Russia, Ireland, Switzerland, France, and Lithuania. 18 journalists were killed, 8 were abducted, 13 were injured and three went missing.

The genocide perpetrated by the russians in Ukraine may be the largest in Europe since World War II. The number of civilian casualties in Irpin and Bucha has already exceeded the number of internationally recognized war crimes cases in the Croatian cities of Gospic and Vukovar. It is still unknown how many civilians died at the hands of the Russians in 450,000-people Mariupol.

But we know for sure that all those guilty of inhumane crimes will be put on trial and will receive their punishment. Of course, if they live.

"Currently, the fate of the whole of Eastern and Central Europe and the Black Sea region is being decided on the territory of Ukraine. Therefore, to protect the freedom of Ukraine, to protect the freedom of Ukrainians is to guarantee the security of Europe," Zelenskyy said in an address to the Romanian government.

Humanitarian corridors 

The head of the Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk named the routes along which people will be evacuated today, April 4:

• Mariupol – Zaporizhzhia

The route works for private transport.

• Evacuations also continue from Severodonetsk, Popasna, Lysychansk, Rubizhne, and the village of Nyzhne in the Luhansk region.

Today there will be an evacuation of women and children from Stanislav, Kherson region. The head of the Stanislav territorial community Ivan Samoilenko reports the bus for 25-30 seats is scheduled to leave for Bilozerka at 1 p.m. You need to have documents, and bags, and not take prams. Negotiations are underway to evacuate children from Oleksandrivka.

22:00 – results of green corridors for April 4:

• On April 4, 3,376 people were evacuated from Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
• 1,553 people from Mariupol and 852 people from Berdiansk, Polohy, Vasylivka, and Melitopol traveled to Zaporizhzhia by their personal vehicles.
• 971 people were evacuated from Lysychansk, Severodonetsk, Rubizhne, Kreminna, and Hirske.
• A convoy of seven evacuation buses from Mariupol, accompanied by the International Committee of the Red Cross, is still blocked in Manhush.
• russian occupation forces systematically violated the ceasefire during the evacuation in the Luhansk region.

In total, 3,376 people were evacuated from three regions of Ukraine on April 4.

Nuclear objects

The head of the State Agency for Exclusion Zone Management (GAZO), Yevhen Kramarenko, said that the Russian occupiers were entering and retreating through Chornobyl, taking with them about 10,000 units of heavy equipment. All this equipment, like the military itself, is contaminated with radiation.

Who's coming to Ukraine? 

About financial aid, weapons, and volunteer fighters

With the assistance of the Commander of the Joint Forces (Defense Forces) Serhii Naiev, regular humanitarian convoys continue to arrive in Ukraine, this time from France.

News from partners

In the next 48-72 hours, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland are going to completely close the borders with Russia and Belarus.

British intelligence has said Mariupol is a key target of Russia's invasion. The Horde wants to take Mariupol, as it will provide a land corridor from Russia to the occupied Crimea.

In his speech, Victor Orban, who won the election, named Zelenskyy among those who prevented his party's re-election: "This victory will be remembered for a lifetime because so many people rebelled against us, including the left at home. left abroad, bureaucrats in Brussels, all the foundations and organizations of the ruling empire, foreign media, and ultimately even the Ukrainian president."

Greece will help rebuild Odesa after the war. This was stated by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olha Stefanishyna, the press service of the ministry reports. "In these difficult times, we will be part of this future, helping you to rebuild this city and make it even more beautiful, even better," Dandias said.

14:30 – The Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki criticized Macron for frequent calls to putin: "President Macron, how many times have you negotiated with Putin, what have you achieved? Did you stop any actions that took place? No one negotiated with Hitler. Would you negotiate with Hitler, with Stalin, with Pol Pot?" And really, what's the point in conversations that lead to nothing?

Dmytro Kuleba said that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had expressed solidarity with Ukraine over the mass killings of civilians in Ukraine. "We both share the belief that ending the war against Ukraine is in the interests of peace, food security, and international trade," Kuleba said after a conversation with Wang Yi. It should be noted that there were no comments on the events in Bucha.

"Britain will never hesitate to support our friends, and I have no doubt that when this time of suffering is over, Ukraine will be reborn and take its place among free and sovereign states again," said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a video appeal. "We in Britain are fascinated by the courage and patriotism of Ukrainians." Thank you!

19:00 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania ordered the russian ambassador to leave the country, according to the website of the agency. The Lithuanian government is also closing the consulate in Klaipeda, "given the general unconstructive role of the Russian diplomatic service in its aggression against Ukraine."

The United States is asking to exclude russia from the UN Human Rights Council. This was stated by the Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield over the massacre of civilians in Bucha. "russia's participation in the Human Rights Council is a farce. This is wrong, and that is why we believe it is time for the UN General Assembly to vote to exclude them," she told Reuters.

After the Bucha massacre, the eyes of the President of Germany were opened. Frank-Walter Steinmeier regrets former support for Russia: "My commitment to the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline was a clear mistake. We clung to bridges that Russia no longer believed in, as our partners warned us. I did not believe that Putin will accept the complete economic, political and moral decline of his country for the sake of his imperial madness," Steinmeier admitted.

21:00 – Germany and France send russian diplomats out of their countries. The German Foreign Ministry has declared 40 diplomats from Russia non grata. In turn, France has also decided to send a significant number of Russian diplomats for actions contrary to the country's security. However, their exact figure is currently unknown.

Reaction to the atrocities of the russian occupiers in Ukraine

The Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki: "No more maneuvers and false gestures. Enough! Sanctions do not work. Cut off oxygen from russia's genocide!"

"First, Ukraine needs three things: weapons, weapons, and weapons again." This was stated by Polish leader Andrzej Duda after the publication of photos from Bucha. "Criminals must be called criminals, prosecuted and convicted. The Bucha photos refute the belief that compromise must be sought at all costs. In fact, Ukraine's defenders need three things: weapons, weapons, and weapons again."

Emmanuel Macron said that the russian authorities would have to answer for the crimes in Bucha: "The footage coming from Bucha, a liberated city near Kyiv, is intolerable. Hundreds of civilians were cowardly killed in the streets. My condolences to the victims, my solidarity with Ukrainians."

InformNapalm volunteers found the data of the commander of military base 51460, russia's 64th separate motorized rifle brigade, which according to preliminary data committed war crimes in Bucha, Kyiv region. This is Lieutenant Colonel Omurbekov Azatbek Asanbekovich

Email address: mnac1981@gmail.com

Address: Knyaze-Volkonskoye, Khabarovsk district. 

The war crimes of the russian military in Bucha and other cities will be considered at a meeting of the UN Security Council on April 5, said President Zelenskyy.

Former UN tribunal prosecutor for ex-Yugoslavia and Rwanda Carla del Ponte has called on the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for putin. Del Ponte explicitly called putin a "war criminal" over russia's invasion of Ukraine and stressed that the issuance of an arrest warrant would be an important signal that "investigative work has been carried out."

Who and how will carry out the arrest itself is a rhetorical question, there is no answer to it, but such steps are necessary. First, it will be an "important signal" that putin is no longer an equal member of the world's civilized community. No talks are being held with terrorists.

Moldova has declared April 4 a day of mourning for all those killed in russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Maia Sandu. "It is impossible to watch the atrocities in Bucha and other Ukrainian cities. Shocked by the brutality against the civilian population. Moldova strongly condemns these crimes against humanity, this illegal and unprovoked war against Ukraine." Is it possible to sponsor the aggressor's army by buying gas from them?

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned the atrocities of the russian military in Bucha: "I am deeply shocked by the horrific atrocities against civilians on the outskirts of Kyiv. The killing of innocent civilians is a violation of international humanitarian law. This is absolutely unbearable, and Japan strongly condemns it. russia must take strict responsibility for these actions."

Crimes of the russian occupiers in Bucha are on the front pages of world newspapers! Europe, America, the world wake up! We are dealing with pathological killers and maniacs!

The European Union "strongly condemns the atrocities committed by the russian armed forces in several Ukrainian cities." This is stated in a statement issued by the European Council on 4 April.

"Evidence of the huge number of dead and wounded among the civilian population, as well as the destruction of civilian infrastructure, show the true identity of the brutal aggressive war that russia is waging against Ukraine and its people. The massacres in Bucha and other cities in Ukraine will be included in the list of atrocities committed on European soil," the statement said. According to the European Council, the russian authorities are "responsible for the atrocities committed while they controlled the area."

The Turkish embassy said it shared the pain of the friendly Ukrainian people over the crimes in the suburbs of Kyiv and expected an independent investigation.

"It is impossible to remain indifferent to the horrible images from Bucha, near Kyiv, after the withdrawal of the russian army," Israel condemned the actions of the russian armed forces in Bucha. The relevant statement was made by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Twitter.

What's in russia?

"When Bucha was under the control of the russian Armed Forces, no local resident suffered from any violence," said the Ministry of Defense of the russian federation. And this was said after the documented atrocities of the russian army shocked the world!

russia has begun covert conscription of reservists. They expect to attract approximately 60,000 people. Conscripts are seduced by unrestrained looting, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

putin signs decree suspending visa facilitation agreements with unfriendly EU countries, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, and Iceland

After Bucha Massacre, russia demands to convene an urgent meeting of the UN.

But it was denied. The UN Security Council will not meet on April 4 at russia's request to discuss "criminal provocations by Ukrainian soldiers and radicals" in Bucha but will hold a scheduled meeting on the war in Ukraine on April 5. The russians can't stop: the russian Foreign Ministry has stated that it will address the Security Council with a new proposal to hold such a meeting.

What about belarus?

The names of the occupiers who sent the property robbed in Ukraine to Russia became known. The looters delivered the stolen items through the post office in Mozyr (belarus), where they were caught on video by surveillance cameras.

Russian lies

russia's Defense Ministry is trying to deny the atrocities of its army in the Kyiv region. However, they fail to do it, traditionally. "russian troops left Bucha on March 30," the Russian Defense Ministry said yesterday. Also, the same Ministry of Defense, but on April 1: "Bucha and other settlements are under the full control of russian troops."

Russian propagandists changed the name of the maps "success of the special operation" to "special operation." Judging by the map, "successes" have decreased significantly in just two days.

An eloquent comparison of how Google search engine and Kremlin-controlled Yandex search engine process Bucha's request.

The Center for Strategic Communications investigated the main narratives in the russian media amid the massacre staged by the occupiers in Bucha and other cities of the Kyiv region. One part of russian propaganda wrote something sacramental and hysterical: "Someday we will hear and see the testimonies of these people, who may have been forced to lie at Volkssturm rifle point and imitate the dead on the cold ground." The second dispersed the "analysis of memories" such as: "Tactics of video staging ceased to amaze me in Syria…"

In fact, a year ago the russian media wrote that "Ukrainians want to build Srebrenica in Donetsk region." Now the Russians themselves arranged it in Bucha.

Sanctions on the aggressor!

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the West would soon agree to further sanctions against russia in connection with the war and, in particular, the atrocities committed in Bucha. This was reported by DW.

French President Macron has also called for new sanctions against Russia, which he says should affect coal and petrol. He confirmed that they would be discussed in the coming days.

According to Bild, up to 100 employees of russian diplomatic missions are going to be sent away from Germany.

Wargaming, which has created such popular MMO games as World of Tanks and World of Warships, has decided to close its business in russia and belarus. Wargaming has also started the process of closing its studio in Minsk.

Because of international sanctions being introduced, russia has lost the ability to supply a wide range of military, dual, and civilian goods. However, it would be a mistake to underestimate the enemy's agility. According to the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence, in order to circumvent the sanctions, russian agents are setting up smuggling channels that pass, in particular, through Georgia. At the same time, representatives of the Georgian special services were instructed by the political leadership not to interfere with the activities of smugglers.

Today we know about another channel of supply of military goods to Russia, East Asia. Through it, spare parts for machinery, electronics, and optical devices are delivered to the occupying country.

It became known that the possibility of resuming flights between Georgia and Russia is being considered.

The Polish prime minister called Germany the "main brake" on new sanctions against russia. He also added that Hungary does not block the possibility of tightening restrictions against russia. In addition, Moraweczki is convinced that the current sanctions against Russia are not enough: "We need clear, tough sanctions. The current ones do not work, and decisive action is needed to break putin's military machine. Otherwise, more innocent people will die."

Japan is shocked by the crimes committed by the Russians near Kyiv. Tokyo, along with the civilized world, is in favor of tough sanctions against moscow, said Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi.

But Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg opposed the Russian gas embargo. According to him, in addition to the gas embargo, "there are enough other opportunities where [the EU] could tighten the sanctions valve."

But the Italian authorities do not plan to block possible sanctions against the supply of russian gas, said Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio.

Trophies of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Another trophy was won in the Brovary district.

Vasylkiv's territorial defense, together with the staff of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, captured the Russian BMD-4. This was announced by the commander of the territorial defense unit Vasylkiv Shield Andrii Melnyk.

BMD-4 after inspection and necessary repairs will be used by our defenders on the front line.

Russian equipment was shattered in one of the liberated villages in the south of the Kharkiv region. It was the servicemen of the 93rd separate mechanized brigade, Kholodnyi Yar, who set the russians on fire.

Life considering hostilities

The Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine reports on the security of the "Tell your story about the war in Ukraine" message from Ukraine with reference to mywar.mkip.gov.ua, which Ukrainians received yesterday. mywar.mkip.gov.ua is a website created by the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine so that citizens can tell their war stories to the whole world. The account from which the message under the name "Ukraine" was sent belongs to the State Special Communications Service.

At the same time, today, after receiving this message, messages with the following text began to appear on the Internet: "Do not open, delete, this is for the purpose of obtaining data." These intimidations are not true. It's just that someone really needs the stories about the war not to be heard.

Ukraine has launched a chatbot to search for people with whom contact was lost during the war, https://t.me/Family_Search_bot. How to use the search people service is in the instructions at the link.

Wikipedia has published an article entitled Bucha Massacre, which tells about the horrors that took place in the city during its occupation by Russian troops. The article is also available in Russian.

April 4, International Day for Mine Awareness and De-mining Assistance. For Ukraine, this is no longer just one of the Days that can be read on Wikipedia. Thousands of munitions remain unexploded through Ukrainian streets and fields after enemy shelling. The occupiers, retreating, chaotically mine everything they can: the corpses of the people they killed, children's toys, houses, kindergartens, and even their abandoned equipment, trying to mutilate as many people as possible.

Therefore, the Ukrainian Armed Forces call on:

• Returning to your hometown and village after the official permission of the state and local authorities. Specialists risk their lives every day in order to eliminate the consequences of the enemy's presence!
• If you are in combat areas, do not try to clear explosive devices yourself. Report them to specialists immediately.
  Be sure to instruct children and loved ones.

The Ministry of Justice said that in the Vinnytsia region and Kyiv City, the newborn boy and girl were named Yan Javelin and Javelina.

Kyiv and region

Bucha was liberated. The city continues to be demined. Humanitarian aid is distributed to those who remain there. In the city itself, there are the bodies of the dead. Russian military equipment. Waste. Empty shops. And the guys with the basketball on the playground. Life is stronger than death! Ukraine will win!

Kyiv metro resumes traffic across the South Bridge. Trains on this branch will start running from 8:30 on April 4, the Kyiv City State Administration reports. Also, as of today, traffic in both directions on the North Bridge has been completely restored. The Kyiv City State Administration notes that the Darnytsia Bridge is still working for road connections between the left and right banks. The South Bridge remains open to public transport, including the metro.

Bucha Mayor Anatolii Fedoruk said at least 280 people were buried in mass graves. But this is an approximate figure because they are still searching. And the first mass graves in Bucha around the church appeared on March 10. This is evidenced by satellite images of the American company Maxar Technologies.

A Ukrainian woman from the village with the eloquent name Peremoha (victory in Ukrainian – ed.), Baryshyvka district, took possession of a bag of ammunition and hid it in a cage for rabbits. She has already given it to the Ukrainian soldiers who liberated her native village. Everyone is making our victory closer as best they can.

The photo above shows a mass grave in the village of Motyzhyn, Kyiv region, which was discovered after the withdrawal of Russian troops. Here, among other buried villagers, the village head elder Olha Sukhenko was tortured.

Killed children under the age of 10 with signs of violence and torture were found in Irpin and Bucha: "Some of the killed children have their hands tied. Children. Children were tied up. Shot dogs. Killed women. Girls under 10 with torn vaginas. Irpin, Bucha, Dmytrivka. How to explain it? How?"

A torture chamber with the bodies of five dead men was found in the basement of one of the children's sanatoriums in Bucha. They also had their hands tied.

Almost 5,000 explosive devices were found in the Kyiv region on April 3, mostly ammunition, the State Emergency Service said. "Don't hurry to return!" the SES urges. "Wait for the official permission, be careful!"

The worst situation with regard to civilian casualties is in Borodianka, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said. "We can talk about the Kyiv region, because yesterday we got access to it, and we are working on Irpin, Bucha, Vorzel. I think we will talk about Borodianka separately. There is something to talk about," she said. The exact number of victims in the city has not yet been named.

20:00 – Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klychko appealed to Kyiv residents not to return to the city at least until the end of this week:

• In some districts of the Kyiv region, there is now a curfew around the clock.
• In the region and suburbs of Kyiv, there are many mines and shells that did not explode.
  Despite the fact that the air defense works quite effectively, missile attacks on the capital are not ruled out.
  Getting around the city is complicated by a large number of checkpoints.

Kyiv residents were promised to be informed when it will be possible to return to the capital.

A temporary crossing will be built in Stoianka on the site of the destroyed bridge over the Irpin River. It will be opened in two weeks. It will take up to four months to fully restore the bridge.

Donetsk and Luhansk regions

russian occupation forces continue to accumulate military equipment and personnel in the Luhansk region. On the night of March 4, the Ukrainian military repulsed an attack by the russian occupiers in the Rubizhne area. According to the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhii Haidai, the occupiers are using the residents of the temporarily occupied territories as "cannon fodder."

Also, all night the russians fired on the Hirske Community along the entire line, using aircraft. Yesterday, residents of the Hirske Community could not leave due to heavy fire from the russian army. Today, more than 100 residents of Toshkivka and Ivanivka are waiting in buses for a safe opportunity to evacuate.

On April 3, a mortar attack in Novodruzhesk, Luhansk region, killed two volunteers who were distributing humanitarian aid to local residents, Luhansk Regional State Administration Head Haidai said.

russia continues to consolidate forces to attack Donbas and transfers Wagner mercenaries to the area. This is stated in a review of the British Ministry of Defense on April 4.

New photo of Mariupol, "liberated" by russian orcs. It is scary to imagine what will open to the world after the liberation of the city.

Yesterday, our soldiers discovered a large accumulation of vehicles, which the insidious russian fascists decided to hide on the farm. Gunners covered the hangar with equipment. Then there was a detonation of fuel vehicles. The invaders lost more than 40 units of motor vehicles!

In the Luhansk region, the russian occupiers fired on the church: priests were injured.

The Deputy Commander of the Azov Regiment under the call sign "Kalyna" in a fresh address on the situation in Mariupol said that in a day their fighters destroyed 2 enemy tanks, 1 armored personnel carrier MT-LB with an anti-aircraft gun, and a good deal of enemy infantry.

22:00 – In Mariupol, deputies from the banned OPZZH party with the support of the Russian military "elected" mayor Kostiantyn Ivashchenko. The Russian military forcibly brought deputies from other parties from Mariupol and surrounding villages for the "right picture." In addition, the fake assembly "ratified the results of the 2014 referendum" and now considers Mariupol "part of Russia." The adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andriushchenko reports about it.

Odesa region

At night, one of the objects was hit by a missile in Odesa. Further information is being clarified, said Regional Administration spokesperson Serhii Bratchuk.

Bratchuk also said that a Dutch journalist who was distributing photos of missile strikes in Odesa was deprived of his accreditation and expelled from Ukraine. According to the SBU, Robert Dulmers arrived in Ukraine on March 1, received accreditation, and was informed about the rules of distribution of information. He has now been stripped of his accreditation and banned from entering the country for 10 years.

The mayor of Yuzhne announced the conservation of a strategic enterprise, the Odesa Port Plant. "The Odesa port plant and the Olymp city sports complex are currently under conservation. Employees of the plant and sports complex have been sent on indefinite leave," said Volodymyr Novatskyi.

Mykolaiv region 

In the morning of April 4 the russian troops struck some rocket attacks on Mykolaiv, the mayor Oleksandr Sienkevich reported.

During yesterday's shelling of Mykolaiv, the russian occupiers hit hospital departments. Neither doctors nor patients were injured, Sienkevich said.

11:40 – Vitalii Kim told about the attack on the Mykolaiv region: Strike on the hospital. Mykolaiv has 14 wounded, and Ochakiv has 7 dead and 19 wounded. Mykolaiv prepares for all scenarios. For the Russians, "it will be a surprise if they come here."

16:00 – Mykolaiv is fired at with cluster shells. People are urge to stay away from windows, the mayor Sienkevich reported.

18:15 – In Mykolaiv, people at a bus stop and passengers of minibusses came under fire, there are wounded and deceased.

22:30 – 10 dead, 46 wounded. Such are the consequences of the shelling of Mykolaiv by cluster shells. The occupiers fired on many residential buildings, as well as city and regional hospitals, the Center for Preventive Diseases, the Orphanage, 11 kindergartens, 12 schools, vocational schools, and two branches of out-of-school educational institutions.

The city of Ochakiv in the Mykolaiv region was fired at, there are wounded, damaged objects of infrastructure.

Kherson region

The Kherson city clinical hospital named after Luchanskyi received humanitarian aid and vital medicine. They were gathered by the Plovdiv community in Bulgaria. This was stated by the head of the State Service for Medicines and Drug Control in the Kherson region, Vladyslav Danko.

The military administration of Kryvyi Rih will provide assistance in restoring peaceful life in the liberated occupied territories of the Kherson region, said Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih Regional State Administration.

15:30 – The head of the Bekhtery community, Mykhailo Burak, was abducted in Zaliznyi Port. His whereabouts are currently unknown, said First Deputy Head of the Regional Council Yurii Sobolevskyi.

Around Nova Kakhovka, the enemy increased the crossing procedure at checkpoints. The invaders detain civilians and force them to dig trenches. Increasingly, the occupiers are illegally taking cars from locals.

In Kakhovka, during a peaceful rally on April 3, the russian military arrested another local resident, Yevhen Milkovych, the Kakhovka city community reported. there are seven currently known Kakhovka detainees.

And in Oleshky, about 500 Russian servicemen have settled in a vocational school, they are evicting people from dormitories, said Oleshky Mayor Yevhen Ryshchuk.

In the village of Pravdyne (Bilozerska community), almost 90 houses were destroyed, there is no light, gas, and water, the Kherson regional state administration reports.

Chernihiv region

In the village of Yahidne, in the Chernihiv region, in the basement of the school, the russian enemy held more than 150 people at a time. Sometimes russians let people out. Here Ukrainian civilians fell ill and died. Here the living were next to the dead. There were women and children. Survivors will never forget what the "liberators" did to them.

"They kicked him in the face, beat him so that he wouldn't die, but he couldn't move anymore," it was the situation of Oleksandr Kraskivskyi, the head of the Zamhlai Village District №1 in the Chernihiv region, who was taken prisoner by the russian military on March 23 when locals were trying to keep russians from entering the village. He was a prisoner for a day and a half. He was kept in the school basement on the ground floor and tortured to obtain information about the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the rear.

13:00 – The occupiers have left Chernihiv and are leaving the region, said the head of the regional military administration Viacheslav Chaus.

The occupiers withdrew from Chernihiv and left the region, and the Ukrainian military was able to open a relatively safe way to deliver humanitarian goods to the city, Viacheslav Chaus, head of the Chernihiv regional military administration, told a telethon. He also said that the local authorities do not recommend returning to Chernihiv, but said it was possible.

The villages near Chernihiv were particularly affected; they were destroyed. There are many victims and many things need to be restored. Keep in mind that the threat of missile and air strikes remains.

Kharkiv region

On the evening of April 3, the russian occupiers fired on Kharkiv again, said the Head of the National Police in the Kharkiv region, Volodymyr Tymoshenko. Four civilians were killed and 30 other civilians were injured, including three children. Tymoshenko urged citizens not to take to the streets during the shelling but to remain in cover.

In the morning the Kulinychi village near Kharkiv was shelled. Three people with injuries were hospitalized, they were taken out from under the rubble. A kindergarten, a hospital, and about five residential buildings were destroyed.

Over the past day, the Russians fired 17 shelling on the Saltivka, Piatyhatky, and Derhachi districts. As a result of the shelling of the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv, 7 people were killed and 34 were injured, including 3 children in serious condition. In the morning, the shelling of residential areas continued. Another 3 were killed and 7 were injured in the shelling of a residential sector in Derhachi.

In Zolochiv, a shell flew into the building of the editorial office of two district newspapers. Vasyl Miroshnyk, the editor of Zoria and Bohodukhivskyi Visnyk, is convinced that the occupiers knew where they were shooting. "The mark was thrown into the yard, and the mark was hit. It happened three days ago," the press service of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine quotes Miroshnyk. As a result of the shelling, the offices of the editor and accountant were destroyed. There is no information about the victims.

In Izium, Kharkiv region, the occupiers began forcibly deporting locals to Russia. Also, because of significant personnel losses, the invaders equipped a field hospital on the premises of a local school.

18:00 – Russian occupation forces are preparing to surround the Ukrainian Armed Forces and capture Kharkiv. This was announced by the speaker of the Ministry of Defense Oleksandr Motuzianyk.

Dnipropetrovsk region 

The occupiers fired at several settlements on the border of Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions at night, said the Head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional council Mykola Lukashuk.

Zelenodolsk Mayor Dmytro Neveselii said that the Zelenodolsk United Territorial Community was fired upon with phosphorus shells.

Sumy region

The equipment of the russian federation with the majority of soldiers left the Sumy region. However, small groups of russians remained. They are currently being searched for, the territory is being mopped up, said Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, the head of the Sumy Regional State Administration.

Zhytomyr region 

10 tons of products, medicines, fuel, and diesel generators were delivered from Zhytomyr to Ivankiv in the Kyiv region. Zhytomyr Mayor Serhii Sukhomlyn said in a video message on his Facebook page: "Ivankiv is a town where about 15,000 Ukrainians now remain. It was liberated a few days ago. The situation there is terrible. A car from Zhytomyr is the first big cargo, which arrived at the village in the evening on April 3. On April 4, we'll send one more aid," Sukhomlyn told.