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

A local resident was detained in Zhytomyr for walking near checkpoints and taking photos on his phone. An artillery device for orientation, surveillance and reconnaissance was also found near him, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reports.

The government will increase the reserve fund by 73.3 billion hryvnias, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal informed. These funds will be redistributed from other budget programs and directed to meet the key needs of the army and the economy.

The Russian invaders have never controlled the Ukrainian sky. Thus, they changed tactics to terrorizing the civilians, bombing towns and villages, destroying infrastructure.

Ukraine now needs more modern technological weapons that will help to quickly restore order in the sky and clean it up from the presence of air terrorists, the commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk noted in Telegram.

The enemy insidiously tried to hit critical infrastructure by rocket shelling on the Odessa region. Its destruction could endanger the civilian population.

"Due to the timely and effective response of the air defense forces, the missiles did not hit the targets defined by the enemy," the press service of the Operational Command South reported.

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has urged those who have left the capital not to return yet. He said this on Sky News.

Badoo dating web-service has stopped working in Russia and Belarus, according to the service's website.

The head of the President's Office, Andriy Yermak, thanked Sean Penn for appealing to the world's billionaires to buy missile defense systems and 12 air fighters for Ukraine.

Дякую, мій друже @SeanPenn, за звернення до мільярдерів світу із закликом придбати для

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. New sanctions against Russia were discussed.

7 people were killed in the Donetsk region as a result of Russian shelling on April 1. This was reported by the head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration Pavlo Klymenko.

"Russia is killing civilians!

On April 1, Russian shelling in the Donetsk region killed seven people: 4 in Marjinka, 2 in Vuhledar and 1 in Novoselivka. Six people were also wounded, including three children.

In addition, one person wounded in Luhansk region received medical treatment in Bakhmut.

It is currently not possible to determine the exact number of victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha.

Every war criminal will be brought to justice!"

The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine has recorded 135 episodes of Russian war crimes against cultural heritage in Ukraine.

The US Department of Commerce will add to the sanctions list another 120 Russian and Belarusian companies shortly. They will no longer "be able to obtain high-tech US without a license, which in most, if not all cases, will be denied".

This was announced at a briefing by White House Director of Communications Kate Bedingfield, according to the White House press service.

The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola assured that Ukraine will be recognized as a candidate for EU membership and will be assisted in rebuilding after the end of the war against the aggressor country Russia.

This was announced during a joint briefing of Roberta Metsola and Ruslan Stefanchuk.

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

Anti-tank units of the territorial defense burned the occupiers' machines.

Currently, the enemy has withdrawn about 20% of its units from the capital. Therefore, a significant part of its units remains near Kyiv. This was reported by the Military Administration of Kyiv.

The Belarusian Gomel Republican Research and Practice Center for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology has placed allegedly "wounded" servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces who received significant doses of radiation during their stay in the Chornobyl zone, the General Staff reported.

American actor Sean Penn has appealed to billionaires around the world to buy 12 air fighters for Ukraine, which would be superior in terms of technical characteristics to Russian military aircraft.

This was reported by the press service of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

9 attacks were repulsed in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions, 8 tanks and 44 units of armored vehicles were destroyed, according to the Staff of the Joint Forces Operation.

"UKRAINIAN DEFENDERS CONTINUE TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY ON DONETSK AND LUHANSK DIRECTIONS

Thanks to the skilful actions of the Allied forces, 9 enemy attacks have been successfully repulsed so far this day. Russian occupants have suffered losses from our soldiers.

In particular, Ukrainian defenders destroyed 8 tanks, 44 units of armored vehicles and 16 units of motor vehicles, as well as 10 enemy artillery systems.

Air defense units shot down three enemy drones in the skies of the Ukrainian Donbass.

Ukrainian servicemen continue to bravely and heroically restrain the aggressor's invasion!
Together to victory!"

A few more beautiful pictures of cleaning the Kyiv region from rusnya (russians). Another pack of orcs passed the exams for 200 points (i.e. killed).

6,266 people were evacuated from Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhia regions on Friday. This was reported by Deputy Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko.

Spreading fakes, including the alleged use of chemical or biological weapons by Ukraine, is Russian's favorite topic. We must be ready that Russia, which used chemical weapons in Syria, will use them in Ukraine, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexey Danilov declared during a telethon.

The troops of the Russian Federation launched a missile strike on the settlement in the Odessa area, the head of the Odessa regional military administration Maxim Marchenko reported.

Burned houses, cars, shops, destroyed parks and playgrounds. People's Deputy from European Solidarity Oleksiy Honcharenko published a video from Irpin.

"Take 2.5 minutes of your time and be sure to watch this video from Irpin.

These are the consequences of Russians left behind. Burned houses, cars, shops, destroyed parks and playgrounds. It's hard to put into words, it's a must see.

The enemy landing combat vehicle-3 burned right in the yard deserves special attention. According to the defenders of the city, this combat vehicle of the occupiers was filled with things that the marauding orcs stole from the apartments. But as a result, they turned into ash.

Orcs, remember. So your comrades decided to loot here, and turned into burnt pieces of meat. And so it will be with everyone. Get out of our land! Here you will find only your own death".

In the Kyiv direction, units of the National Guard of Ukraine cleared the area of ​​the enemy's concentration after destroying its position with aimed artillery shelling. This was reported by the press service of the National Guard.

The mayor of Kharkiv said that Kharkiv residents will be written off the amounts charged for utilities from February 24 until the end of the war. He told about it on air of national telethon.

"Water, heat, hot water, sewerage services, adjacent territory, garbage collection - this city will take over," Terekhov said.

The monthly turnover of the largest Ukrainian marketplace Rozetka during the full-scale war decreased from 4 billion to 23 million UAH, 25 stores were destroyed, according to AIN.UA with reference to a letter from Rozetka founder Vladislav Chechotkin to employees.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin does not give up the idea of ​​destroying Ukraine, he wants a victory parade on May 9 - and there are many more battles ahead. This was stated on the air of the national telethon by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov.

Technology companies continue imposing sanctions on aggressor country Russia. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov.

Telling about the sanctions of technology companies against Russia. The truth is with us. Thank you for your conscious decisions. We continue to work on even greater restrictions on the aggressor country.

• Logitech International S.A. announced the suspension of supplies to Russia. This is a Swiss company, a manufacturer of computer peripherals, devices for gamers.

• Recruit Group, a staffing company headquartered in Japan, owner of a search engine for vacancies Indeed, has suspended business in Russia. The company also restricted Indeed's operations in Russia and removed all vacancy announcements from Russian government and military organizations.

• Automatic Data Processing stopped sales in Russia. It is an American company that provides software and services for human capital management.

• Amadeus IT Group has terminated cooperation with Russian airlines Aeroflot. Amadeus is a company that is part of the Global Distribution System (GDS). The international computer reservation system provides access to the booking of air tickets, hotels, cruise tours, car rentals for more than 104 thousand travel agencies.

• Emerson Electric stops investing in Russia. The company combines technology and engineering in many industries and offers technological solutions for industrial, commercial and consumer markets.

• Japanese gaming giant Nintendo Company Limited has stopped supplying consoles to Russia. Also, the Nintendo eShop payment service has suspended the processing of payments in rubles. Digital blockade of the russian federation is in progress.

During the telethon, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov stated that Ukraine was not involved at all in the explosions in Belgorod.

"Contradictions are overlapping. People in Russia are beginning to understand something. For example, what happened this morning when oil depot exploded in the Belgorod People's Republic. Now, for some reason, they say we did it. In fact, according to our information, it is not the case at all. We do not comment on this. They should understand that it could be all over Russia. We did not come to them, we did not bring the war to them," Danilov mentioned.

Kakhovka's Mayor Vitaliy Nemerts was ousted by Russian aggressors, being threatened by a weapon, and his deputy, Galina Gondareva, was taken for interrogation. This was stated on Facebook by the first deputy head of the Kherson regional council Yuri Sobolevsky.

The Russian occupiers have scheduled a so-called referendum for April 4 in Tokmak, the city in the Zaporizhzhia region. This is stated in the operational information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18.00, April 1.

The russians intend to establish occupation authorities in the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region. These will consist of members of the Russian security forces. This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council.

The Russian occupiers placed artillery systems in the residential areas of Melitopol. From there, they are shelling in the direction of Zaporizhzhia, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informed.

Almost 5 million applications for the aid have been submitted through eSupport program.

"Yesterday was the last day to apply for the eSupport program, under which 6.5 thousand UAH have been paid to those who lost their jobs. Almost 5 million applications have been received. Payments amounted to 22 billion UAH, almost 3.5 million people have already received them, "Denis Shmygal stated at a government meeting.

Mayor of Bucha Anatoliy Fedoruk reported that the city has been liberated from enemy troops on March 31. "Dear friends, dear Bucha community! March 31 will be in the history of our settlement, the whole territorial community, as a day of liberation from Russian orcs, from the Russian occupiers by our Armed Forces of Ukraine," said the mayor in a video message posted on the Bucha City Council website.

In temporarily occupied by Russian troops Berdyansk and Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia region the mobile connection of national operators is restored. The head of Department of Transport and Communications of Zaporizhzhia RMA Roman Pisarev informed.

“The enemy cut off Melitopol and Berdyansk of mobile connection but didn't take into consideration that our specialists are the best. As for today Vodafone connection is restored in Melitopol and Kyivstar one is restored in Berdyansk. The work continues”.

The President of France Emmanuel Macron meets released from Russian captivity mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov.

“Being abducted by the Russian army, it is impossible to image what the mayor of Melitopol had lived through. He speaks about it after being liberated. His story shocked us. I expressed to him, as well as to the Ukrainian women deputies who came with him, our admiration and support. We stand with Ukraine, we are are determined and continue to do so”, – Macron published in his Twitter on Friday.

Enlevé par l'armée russe, on ne peut imaginer ce que le maire de Melitopol a vécu. Libre, il témoigne. Son histoire nous bouleverse. Je lui ai dit, ainsi qu'aux députées ukrainiennes avec lui, notre admiration et notre soutien. Aux côtés de l'Ukraine, déterminés, nous le restons. pic.twitter.com/OYu1lTEfA8

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) April 1, 2022

Close to 15 000 – 20 000 Russian military attacked in Chernihiv region but Ukrainian forces made them to retreat, – the Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Nikolyuk, the Commander of “Pivnich” (“North”) Operational Command who also lead the defense of Chernihiv to Suspil'ne (Social) national broadcaster.

Billionaire Jeff Bezos has sent another crew of tourists to the suborbital space. Amateur astronauts spent only 11 minutes in weightlessness, but during this time one of the tourists, who took a small flag of Ukraine in flight, released it to weightlessness, space.com informs.

“So in my passport, I brought both the Ukrainian and American flags, and I released them, just paying my respects to the situation that's occurring there now and just to let them know that our hearts collectively are with them [Ukrainians]”, – an entrepreneur and a crew member Jim Kitchen says.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kyiv region destroyed equipment and liquidated enemy troops that shelled residential buildings and killed peaceful citizens. Our soldiers liberated one more settlement that were occupied for about three weeks – Dmytrivka village.

As for today Ukraine is secured with food, the Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal informs during the telethon.

“Ukraine is secured, especially if we are talking about the main set of food provided by the martial law, which is more than 10 products. We all have these products, some of us are provided with them for years, whereas Ukraine provides with food a large number of other countries”.

Ukraine held an exchange of prisoners with the Russian Federation, the deputy head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Tymoshenko informs.

In Lviv the SSU detained a traitor who was conducting scouting in Western Ukraine and planned to pass important information to the special services of the RF, the head of Lviv RMA Maksym Kozytskyy informs via Telegram.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic addresses an appeal to the diplomats of Russia offering them to stop supporting criminal policy of the country they represent. The document was published in Twitter account of the Czech MFA.

The appeal is addressed to all workers of diplomatic service of the RF.

It [the appeal] says that Russia is ruled by the “corrupted and old elites slowly turning to gerontocracy”, “sharp decline into the darkness of history” and responsibility for war crimes awaits.

An aircraft – $1 million, a tank – $100 000.

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approves rewards for occupant equipment. Rewards can be received by the military of the AFU and other employees of the security and defense sector of Ukraine, Ukrainian citizens and even military of the RF. Click here to see full list of prices for enemy equipment.

Verkhovna Rada provided 100% guarantee on bank deposits during the martial law. After the war state deposit guarantee will amount to 600 000 UAH – three times more than now. The draft law №5542-1 was approved by the deputies at the plenary session on Friday with 298 votes in favor.

1 735 people were evacuated in Luhansk region, the deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko informs.

Severodonetsk – 285 people

Rubizhne – 60 people

Lysychansk and nearby towns and villages – 1 300 people

Kreminna – 52 people

Popasna – 38 people.

Paratroopers and their APC they tried to flee on are destroyed.

Oleh Sentsov publishes photos from liberated Ivankiv, Kyiv region.

In Irpin the police perform special search operation after liberating city from Russian troops. Policemen go through almost every house because people who need help and those who cannot move on their own can stay under the rubble and in their homes. The information provided by the chief officer of Kyiv region police Andriy Nyebytov.

“It is very important to go through practically every house. We inspect bodies of the citizens who unfortunately died, transport them to the morgues for forensic examinations and further burial. Our main task is to save people who remained in the city”.