Russian invasion of Ukraine: tanks and rocket attacks on the cities. Breaking news

Ukroboronprom has started repairing Russian trophy machines.

The Handy Friends for Ukraine platform has been launched for Ukrainians who are forced to seek refuge abroad due to the war. It is a digital assistant in the form of a chatbot, which helps Ukrainians find the necessary information about housing, medicine, education and adapt to life abroad.

To get help for Ukrainians abroad, you need to activate the @HandyFriendsBot digital assistant in Viber or Telegram or follow the link.

In the evening of March 28, Volodymyr Zelensky had a telephone conversation with Justin Trudeau. Politicians discussed defense cooperation and new sanctions against Russia.

The President also thanked the Prime Minister of Canada for his readiness to consider additional macro-financial help to Ukraine.

Discussed with @JustinTrudeau

Mykhailo Fedorov announced new sanctions from technology companies against the Russian Federation, according to his Telegram channel.

On March 28, Ukrtelecom's IT infrastructure was subject to the powerful enemy's cyber attack. The attack has already been neutralized, and customer service is being resumed, the head of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection Yuri Shchigol informed.

In the Joint Forces Operation area in Donetsk and Luhansk Regions, Ukrainian defenders successfully repulsed seven attacks by the Russian occupants, the press center of JFO headquarters reported. Today, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed 12 tanks, 10 infantry fighting vehicles and 3 enemy vehicles.

The President of Ukraine presented state awards of Ukraine to 147 Ukrainian defenders. Eight of them have been awarded posthumously, according to the website of the President's Office.

The head of Balakliia territorial community, Kharkiv Region, Ivan Stolbovyi agreed to cooperate with the occupants. He publicly stated this to the residents of the community, the head of Kharkiv regional military administration Oleg Synegubov informed.

Today people were evacuated from Berdiansk to Zaporizhzhia by 15 buses. Ukrainian authorities have managed to evacuate 881 people, Deputy Head of the President’s Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko informed.

Tomorrow on March 29, people will be evacuated from Enerhodar, mayor of Enerhodar Dmytro Orlov informed. The green corridor was agreed for cars on the route Enerhodar - Dniprorudne - Skelky - Vasylivka - Zaporizhzhia. The column will be formed at 6:30 am on Kurchatova Street.

A radio station for Ukrainians was launched in Poland. Its frequency is 100.6 FM, and it’s going to be live 24/7, broadcasting information relevant to people who have escaped Putin’s terror. Broadcasting is in Ukrainian.

The Russian troops launched again a missile attack at the oil depot in Rivne, the head of the regional military administration Vitaliy Koval informed.

Soldiers of Special Operation Forces have developed a practical guide on how to resist the occupants. The Special Operation Forces warn to be careful and delete it immediately after reading or save it in a folder with many other files.

Ukrzaliznytsia resumes ticket sales 10 days in advance for more than 40 main directions across the country as reported by Ukrzaliznytsia Telegram channel. Ukrzaliznytsia will also keep at least one free evacuation train per day from each region where evacuation is ongoing.

Russian TV started calling things as they are. Thus, Russian propagandist Olga Skabeeva said the whole Ukraine should be seized. The video was published by Nexta.

According to Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk, after Putin's troops invaded Ukraine, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said "Ukraine has a few hours left." This was reported by Frankfurter Allgemeine.

In southern Ukraine, Russian invaders are collecting passport details of Ukrainians in an attempt to organize so-called referendums. People are paid small amounts in rubles for this, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the President's Office, said on Twitter.

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The White House published a nearly $5.8 trillion U.S. fiscal year 2023 budget proposal that provides for a considerable increase in defense spending, including initiatives of an increased containment of Russia and assistance to Ukraine. The full document is available on the official website of the White House.

The Russians are trying to replenish their numbers using any means possible, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On the territory of the Russian Federation, the recruitment of citizens continues to form the so-called volunteer units, which will be involved in ensuring occupational "order" in the occupied territories.

The main requirements for candidates are a satisfactory state of health. Military service experience is not required. People with expunged convictions are accepted as well.

Russian military-industrial companies involved in the production of missiles will now work around the clock. This likely implies the enemy's shortage of such weapons, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported.

The head of the Central Intelligence Service, Kirill Budanov, stated that the Service has its agents among Russian key state leaders, including in the administration of dictator Putin. It was thanks to the information from these agents that the Ukrainian military managed to hit the Russian landing ship in the port of Berdyansk with maximum damage. Budanov said this in an interview with Coffee or Die, a fragment of which was published by the Ministry of Defense.

Zhytomyr region received a new batch of Starlink terminals. Vitaliy Bunechko, head of the Zhytomyr Military Administration reports this on Telegram. Very shortly, 13 hospitals will have their own channel of permanent access to high-speed Internet.

The State Emergency Service continues to put out a fire at a fuel depot in Lutsk. The shelling took place in the evening of March 27. As of 08:12 on March 28, the fire was localized. But the elimination of the flame still continues.

The Russian occupiers began issuing "pensions" in the temporarily occupied Henichesk, Kherson region, to local residents in Russian roubles, according to the deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Sergey Khlan'. Locals exchange them for hryvnias.

The Presidents of Azerbaijan and Ukraine had a telephone conversation, Volodymyr Zelenskyi informed on Twitter. Azerbaijan promised to provide Ukraine with fuel for the sowing campaign.

Held talks with President of Azerbaijan @azpresident. Informed about new strikes at the civilian population. The urgent necessity for green corridors was discussed. Thanked for the humanitarian aid and readiness to provide fuel for sowing.

— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 28, 2022

Ukrainian pilots will be able to fly American 5th generation F-22 and F-35 fighter planes to be more efficient and address the invasion. The Head of the Central Intelligence Agency Kirill Budanov said in an interview with Coffee or Die. “Ukraine can hold off the Russians but really needs more modern fifth-generation fighters.”

Following Heineken, Carlsberg Group also announced to leave Russia. Carlsberg declared it as a “difficult but right decision”. The company also stated that they will sustain around 8,400 of its employees there. However, profits generated from activity from now on will be donated to the humanitarian organisations.

Unknown persons have damaged one of the new air-raid sirens in Chernivtsi, according to deputy mayor Vasyl Zazulyak.

He also added that utility workers found the damaged power wires after the new siren on Horihivskyy Street failed to work. The siren has now been repaired. Local residents have been urged to report any suspicious persons "hanging around warning systems or strategic city facilities".

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has called for a change of addresses of Russian embassies. Relevant petitions have already been set up for voting in different countries around the world. Streets can be named after Ukraine.

Several European countries have already changed the addresses of the Russian embassies to Ukrainian streets. We are talking about Albania, Lithuania and Latvia. Denmark, Poland and Ireland are also planning to do so. 

Since the start of the war, the Security Service of Ukraine has liquidated five enemy botfarms with a capacity of over 100,000 fake accounts, spokesman Artem Dehtyarenko has said. They imposed Russian ideology and justified Russian aggression.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba published a summary of the sanctions against Russia over the past 24 hours. “We do not stop, more sanctions are needed”, says Kuleba. Minister published a list of newly added organizations and businesses that ceased their activity in Russia, among them are Heineken, De Beers, Clorox, Grammarly, and even Yale University.

Video of a Russian convoy being blown up on the highway by Joint Forces Operation.

The Russians have again shelled the Kharkiv neutron source nuclear facility, the State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation has said.

The enemy warship in Berdyansk was destroyed thanks to intelligence from Ukrainian agents who are many sectors of the Russian military, political and financial leadership, head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence Kyrylo Budanov told the US military publication Coffee or Die.

About $106,000 (£81,000) from the sale of Banksy's anti-war artworks will be donated to Okhmatdet Children's Hospital, BBC reports.

Russia is withdrawing some units from Ukraine to restore combat effectiveness, Ukrainian Defence Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanik has said.

"But the Russian Federation does not give up to the end its attempts, if not to seize, then at least to cordon off the capital of Ukraine. We are saying the same about other cities - Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Sumy," he said.

The occupiers have entrenched themselves in some parts of Mariupol, but are constantly suffering losses of equipment and personnel, the Azov regiment's chief of staff Captain Bohdan Krotevych has said about the situation in the city. 

Some Russians suggest that another six months of such a war and their country will be gone. The parents of one of the occupiers said in a telephone conversation that was intercepted by the Secutiry Service of Ukraine.

Russia's weekly oil exports drop 26% as buyers look elsewhere - Bloomberg 

Russian journalist and publicist Aleksandr Nevzorov published an appeal from the Azov regiment defending Mariupol to Russians in his Telegram channel. 

The price of war for Russians and Merkel's shameful tolerance of Putin. A review of the Western media. 

The destruction of another enemy aircraft and UAV in Kharkiv region was reported on the East Air Command's page. 

Anonymous leaked a document by the Russian Defence Ministry demanding that propaganda videos be filmed in which the AFU allegedly abused Russian prisoners. 

Curfew in Kharkiv will be in force from 8pm to 6am on 28 March, the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, Oleh Sinegubov, has said.

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- Apply to the local self-government body at your place of residence or via the website https://prykhystok.gov.ua/ that you are ready to host the migrants.

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G7 countries will not pay for gas in rubles, German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habek has said. These are the USA, Japan, Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Canada.

Independence Monument on Constitution Square in Kharkiv. Photo: Suspilne Kharkiv

The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA The Museum of Modern Art) has opened a gallery with works by Ukrainian-born artists.

Among the paintings, sculptures and photographs is also a translated excerpt of a poem by Serhiy Zhadan:

"Let's start with the hardest part - singing and putting out the fire,
which comes from the night.
Let's start by whispering names,
We shall weave together this vocabulary of death."

Actor Sean Penn's charity organization will help displaced people in Lviv region, said Maksym Kozytskyy, head of the Lviv regional state administration (RMA).

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have driven the occupiers out of Irpin, Mayor Oleksandr Markushin said.