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

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier admits Germany failed with the approach of creating a pan-European house with Russia and of including Russia in a common security architecture, DW reported.

The state broadcaster has closed Espresso, Priamyi and Channel 5 from digital airtime. The channels ask the president to protect the right of journalists who are professionally fighting on the information front to a profession and freedom of speech. They demand that the Broadcasting, Radiocommunications and Television Concern resume broadcasting, Detector.Media informed.

During the day, fighters of the Azov National Guard regiment destroyed 2 tanks, 1 armored tracked vehicle with ammunition and many enemy infantry, Azov servicemen stated.

Vitalii Klychko again asked residents of Kyiv and Kyiv suburbs not to return home for at least another week. The mayor of Kyiv explained this by the round-the-clock curfew and the cleaning of explosive objects in the suburbs. There is also the possibility of missile attacks on the capital.

France will deport 35 Russian diplomats, according to AFP, citing its sources.

3,376 people have been evacuated today. Among them, 1553 people reached Zaporizhia in their own cars from Mariupol, 852 from Berdyansk. 805 people from Pologi, Vasylivka, Berdyansk and Melitopol were able to reach Zaporizhia by evacuation buses.

A convoy of seven buses accompanied by a Red Cross delegation is still blocked in the village of Mangush. 971 people have been evacuated from the cities of Lysychansk, Severodonetsk, Rubizhne, Kreminna and Hirske in the Luhansk region.

Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Romanian Parliament. In his speech, the President stressed that the fate of the whole of Eastern and Central Europe and the Black Sea region is being decided now on the territory of Ukraine. That is why it is so important to protect the freedom of Ukraine.

Germany will deport 40 Russian diplomats in response to the atrocities of the Russian occupiers in Bucha. This was announced by German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbok.

Ukraine's state budget loses 2bn hryvnyas a day because of the war. Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said in an interview with the NV, answering the question "how much does the war cost us per day?

In Manevychi, Volyn region, air defense forces shot down an air target. The wreckage fell on the building of one of the settlements. There are no victims. This was announced by the head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Yuriy Pohulyayko.

The Russian state propaganda agency RIA Novosti published a fascist propaganda piece calling on Russia's dictatorial regime to physically destroy, expel and "re-educate" Ukrainians seeking independence and a European democratic choice by taking over Ukraine completely.

40,000 soldiers from the whole world are already in. The International Legion of Ukraine to fight Russia: how to join.

Fighting continues in Kherson Region. Around Novaya Kakhovka, the Russian occupiers are stepping up checkpoints and forcing locals to engineer positions. The Russians are increasingly confiscating cars from civilians.

The Russian Armed Forces seized and mined the territory of the central district hospitals in the city of Polohy, Zaporizhzhya Region. Wounded occupants were left inside the hospital premises.

In the town of Izyum, Kharkiv Region, the enemy forcibly removes local residents to Russian territory.
The Russians have set up a hospital in the premises of a local school due to significant losses of personnel of units of the 237th Tank Regiment and the 752nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division, the General Staff has reported.

Around 100 wounded occupants from the territory of Sumy Region have been brought to a district hospital in Kursk Region, which has been put on heightened alert.

Russians lost 40% of personnel, weapons and military equipment, Ukrainian General Staff of the Armed Forced reports. In particular, this is observed in the 20th Motorized Rifle Division (Kamyshyn, Volgograd Region) and the 8th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District.

Day 40 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Russian occupying forces are suffering significant casualties and continue to withhold the real number of soldiers killed. Survivors and returnees are trying to quit, according to the General Staff's operational summary as of 18:00.

Derzhspetssvyazok has reported new cyber attacks on Ukrainian state agencies and asked not to open emails with "information about Russian war crimes". If you download the attachments in the email and install it on your computer, the scammers will gain remote access to the victim's PC. The activity is associated with the activities of the UAC-0010 (Armageddon) group.

In Mykolaiv, the occupiers used cluster shells. As a result of the shelling, people were injured while standing at a bus stop. Local publication Novosti N reports deaths and injuries due to shrapnel wounds.

The bodies of tortured men in the basement of the children's camp in Bucha. The horrific picture in this basement was seen and recorded by 70 journalists "for the judgment of history and human judgment", Anton Gerashchenko wrote.

Russian occupiers are preparing to seize Kharkiv and attack Ukrainian troops in the OOS zone in Donbas, Defence Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanik said at a news conference on Monday.

Temporarily surrounded Kherson is running out of vital goods: flour for baking bread, medicine and fuel. No one can leave or enter the city. The city authorities are trying to help people who cannot buy their own food. Kherson residents unite, clean up the city and help each other out, writes the press service of the Kherson City Council.

Almost 80% of Ukrainian refugees surveyed plan to return to Ukraine after the war ends. 9.9 per cent do not plan to return home. The poll was conducted by the Razumkov Centre.

Germany has temporarily nationalised Gazprom's German department, Gazprom Germania Holding, which will be taken over by the German energy regulator by 30 September. This was announced at a briefing by German Economy Minister Robert Habek, Bloomberg said.

Work has started in Romanivka to restore road links between Irpin and Kyiv. While a temporary bridge is being built, it will speed up the process of restoring Irpin and resuming communications in the city. Irpin Mayor Oleksandr Markushin said. 

The bodies of five tortured men with their hands tied and with bullet wounds to the head and chest were found in the basement of a children's camp in Bucha, Anton Gerashchenko said while recording a video from the kindergarten.

"Now we have gathered here journalists from Japan to America to show the whole world the truth about the Russian crimes that killed our Ukrainians," Gerashchenko said emotionally and added that the perpetrators will be punished.

The bodies of five tortured men with their hands tied and with bullet wounds to the head and chest were found in the basement of a children's camp in Bucha, Anton Gerashchenko said while recording a video from the kindergarten.

"Now we have gathered here journalists from Japan to America to show the whole world the truth about the Russian crimes that killed our Ukrainians," Gerashchenko said emotionally and added that the perpetrators will be punished.

Criminal proceedings have been opened in Sumy Region for violating the Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilians, Prosecutor-General's Office reports. During the occupation of Konotop district, Russian servicemen tortured a local resident by tying his hands. After which they shot him in the chest. His body was left on the outskirts of the village. His body was left on the outskirts of Semyanovka with his Ukrainian passport next to it. 

Sanctions are working. A 77-metre yacht belonging to Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg has been arrested in Spain. He is considered to be a member of Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle. The value of the yacht is estimated at $120 million, DW reports. 

In the Zhytomyr region, the enemy was repulsed and today there are no Russian occupation troops in the region. The head of the Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration Vitaly Bunechko reported.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk said that Russian troops were preventing the evacuation of people from Mariupol by bus. She said this on a telethon.

Klitschko asked the residents of Kyiv who left the capital not to return to the city at least until the end of this week.

"Firstly, there is a curfew in the Kyiv region around the clock. Secondly, in the region and suburbs of Kyiv there are Russian mines and many shells that did not explode. Thirdly, despite the fact that our air defense works quite effectively, we do not exclude rocket attacks on the capital. Movement through the city is also complicated by the large number of checkpoints. Therefore, please postpone your return to Kyiv until the end of the week, "he said during an all-Ukrainian telethon.

The worst situation of mass murders committed by the Russian military In Kyiv region is in Borodyanka, – the General Prosecutor Iryna Venedyktova on air of united telethon on April 4. According to her, the number of war crimes committed by Russians is incredibly high. Also Venedyktova added that soon the whole world will speak on the crimes committed in Borodyanka.

The European Union and its institutions including such structures as Europol anad Eurojust will help Ukraine to register and document the crimes committed by the occupants against peaceful citizens in Bucha and other cities and are readz to send groups to carry out this work. The information provided by the President of the European Commision Ursula von der Leyen in Twitter.

The Security Service of Ukraine liquidated a group of people in Kyiv who were collecting data on the movement of military equipment of the Armed Forces and passing it on to representatives of Russia. The Security Service of Ukraine reports about it on Facebook.

Offices of Ukrposhta in separate settlements of Sumy region begin to take shipments for delivery outside the region, – press service of JSC “Ukrposhta” in Telegram.

Ukrainian military speak on inhumane treatment of them by the Russian side: they were kept in the field, in a pit, in a garage. Periodically, Russians brought out prisoners one by one: beaten them with riffle butts, shot near ears, intimidated, – Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Lyudmyla Denisova.

No settlement in Sumy region is occupied by Russians for today. However there are separate enemy groups in the ares. Ukrainian military is purging there now.

At the border, on the part of Russia, the accumulation of equipment and forces of the Russian Federation continues, – the head of Sumy RMA Dmytro Zhyvytskyy on air of united informational marathon says.

The work of pharmacies is resumed: today more than 80% of pharmacies in Ukraine are opened. This was reported by the Ministry of Health.

Kherson is under siege, temporarily captured by the Russian aggressor, citizens are helping each other, despite problems with fuel, food and medicine, according to the website of the Kherson City Council.

Zelenskyy hopes that the matter of saving Mariupol will be solved in the nearest days or even hours. “I'm afraid I can't tell you all the scenarios. We are supporting our boys, it really is tough on the. Everyday I am staying in touch. We are talking about the mediation in this mission with Turkey. It is not that simple. I think that in the nearest days, or maybe even hours, we will have the answer to this very complicated question. It depends on, you know, unfortunately, who”.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking to the journalists on the streets of liberated Bucha said that ex-chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel understands the point of his invitation to look at the victims of Russian occupation.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is sure that the world will recognize mass murders of Ukrainians in Bucha and other settlements of Ukraine as genocide. He told it to the journalists during the visit of a city liverated from Russians at the beginning of April.

The territorial defense of Vasylkiv together with the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine captured Russian BMD-4.

The National Guard obtained important documents of the battalion-tactical group of the Russian brigade who fought in one of the districts of Kyiv region. Among the documents a book of staff accounting, nominal list of personnel, combat and numerical calculation, as well as a table of call signs of russcist battalion-tactical group.

On April 4 Mykolaiv was attacked by Russians again. Occupant troops fired on the city with prohibited cluster shells, – the mayor Oleksandr Syenkevych informs via Telegram.

Only UAH 15 million left on special account of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) for helping the Ukrainian army. UAH 14.35 billion has already been allocated for the needs of the military, according to the National Bank.

In Vinnytsya region and Kyiv City a newborn boy and a girl were named Yan Javelin and Javelina respectively, the Ministry of Justice informs.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has come to Bucha that was liberated from Russian troops several days ago. BBC informs that he has seen the road with the destroyed Russian war machines and has talked with local residents.

The Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchy Onufrii condemned massacre in Bucha. Without naming the ones responsible for it the Metropolitan said that killers and rapists are to face the Divine Judgment.