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

For the first time in Ukraine Amnesty International checked the physical evidence of prohibited cluster munitions, unguided missiles and installations that Russia has applied to densely populated areas of Ukraine. Also they collected evidence documenting Russia's siege tactics, which involve the destruction of urban livelihood infrastructure.

The usage of such weaponry and tactics violates international humanitarian law and international human rights law. In the nearest weeks Amnesty International will publish additional evidences collected during field investigations in Ukraine.

Zelensky about talks with the President of France Emmanuel Macron.

"He spoke about countering Russian aggression. They discussed the negotiation process - the course and prospects, the importance of security guarantees. France's initiative on humanitarian corridors from Mariupol must be implemented!" The President of Ukraine wrote on Twitter.

According to the preliminary assessment of the Mariupol City Council at least $10 billions will be needed to restore the infrastructure of Mariupol that suffered from the actions of Russian occupants.

Video from the destroyed Irpin. The Russian occupiers, who were driven out of Irpen to the west from Kyiv by defense forces on March 28, beat the city with artillery for two days after the city's liberation. This is stated in the story of Radio Liberty ( Radio Svoboda) from March 30.

"The picture you see here is horrifying. The city is destroyed, smoke everywhere, burned houses and, worst of all, the bodies of dead civilians," said journalist Levko Stek.

Arestovich about the fire at the Belgorod oil depot:

"We are defending our territory, let them deal with Belgorod themselves. Maybe someone smoked, maybe he sabotaged the war," Arestovich responded to the statement of Russia.

The fifth sitting of the Parliament since the beginning of the war was opened by the President of the European Parliament – Roberta Metsola. This was reported by the deputy of “Holos” party Yaroslav Zheleznyak.

During the sitting 21 bills were voted promoting the improvement of the social life of civilians and military of Ukraine and reinforcement of national security and stabilization of Ukrainian economy.

The official exchange rate of the Ruble has actually returned to the "pre-war" level, rising to 81 rubles for $ 1, but it does not reflect the real value of the Russian currency, Financial Times informs.

In the beginning of March Ruble fell to 150 rubles for $ 1, loosing almost half of its value in two weeks.

Tight restrictions imposed by Moscow to support the ruble's exchange rate have played a crucial role in preventing a deeper currency crisis.

Minus one helicopter of RAF RF. The Armed Forces of Ukraine liquidated another air vehicle of Russian occupants. On video published in Telegram by journalist Roman Bochkala attack Mi-28 falls to pieces in the air after an attack event on the positions of the defense forces of Ukraine.

The United States and their allies are unlikely to provide wanted security guarantees to Ukraine if it [Ukraine] refuses its membership in NATO as a rebate for Russia to stop the war, – CNN informs.

Photo of the day: In the office of the head of the Kharkiv RMA after a missile strike by the Russian occupants on March 1, 2022.

The speaker of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Motuzyannyk during briefing as an answer to a question about the fire in Bilhorod:

“The State of Ukraine performs defensive operations to repel armed Russian aggression on the territory of Ukraine. It does not mean that Ukraine has to be held responsible for every miscalculation, every catastrophe and every doing happening on the territory of the RF. It is not the first time we meet such accusations. Thus I am not going to neither confirm, nor deny this information”, – Motuzyannyk answered.

The paratroopers shot down two Su-34 Russian aircrafts near Chernihiv and struck a column of occupiers.

Volodymyr Klychko as a member of Ukrainian delegation in Berlin held a number of meetings where he stressed on the necessity of further help to Ukraine who fights today for the existence of Ukraine and for the freedom of speech. The information given by Vitaliy Klychko.

Volodymyr met the Chancellor of Germany and Austria Olaf Scholz and Karl Nehammer correspondingly, and also the ministers of FRG and leaders of political forces-members of government coalition of Germany.

The National Guard Azov Regiment recorded an appeal to Russian soldiers.

“Remember, in case of your death your families will get nothing. In case of your disability you will get nothing. Nothing but the title of the war criminal. Because of your drunk commander's will. It is not too late to make the right choice”. This is how the Azov fighters signed their video.

The mayor of Chernihiv Vladyslav Atroshenko live for CNN spoke of the humanitarian catastrophe in the city and the recent bombings. "We have no electricity, no water... I'm talking to you with my torch as a mean of electricity".

"We have no electricity, no water ... I'm talking to you with my torch as a mean of electricity."

Chernihiv Mayor Vladyslav Atroshenko talks to @NewDay's @JohnBerman about the recent shelling in his city and the aftermath, which he describes as a "full humanitarian catastrophe." pic.twitter.com/mvIwSmnNf6

— CNN (@CNN) April 1, 2022

The AFU entered Bucha. There is no official information on the liberation of the city.

In addition, the main points from the briefing:

→the enemy tries to turn Chernihiv “into the second Mariupol, but we will stand”;
→in Kyiv direction our military drive Russians away from the capital making it impossible to storm Kyiv again;
→there occupants carry out a partial rotation with possible withdrawal of troops into the JFO zone, but their completely hold onto the parts of the frontline they were willing to hold in the region;
→also the defense forces perform counterattacks in Kharkiv direction; in Kherson direction our military conduct tactical actions. “All in all the situation is quite optimistic for us: 55 to 45 percent”, added Arestovych.
→special acknowledgment goes to heroic workers of Ukrzaliznytsya. Some of them died evacuating people.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine disproves information provided by RF government that the AFU hit the oil depot in Bilhorod which resulted in a fire, – Sehodnya (Today) Issue informs.

“We suspect that the reason of the explosion in Bilhorod oil depot is the laxity of occupants or someone trying to hide their corruption', – the Ministry of Defense explains.

The military informed that they have no information hat units of the Armed Forces are involved in the explosion.

Arestovych stated at the briefing that the military command provides "some help" to the soldiers who are blocked in the Hero Ciry of Mariupol.

"It is too early to speak of it [the help], but we remember Mariupol and we provide the help that is possible under current complicated circumstances" - the advisor said.

The "Delicia" candy company informed that the Russian troops had mined the territory of its factory in Bucha (Kyiv region). It is stated on the Facebook page of the company.

The main piece of news of the 37th day of the full-scale Russian invasion in Ukraine is that the enemy has not enough force to advance in the zone of the Operation of the United Forces, so they use artillery and airstrikes. That was stated by the advisor of the Head of the President Office Oleksii Arestovych.

Official video about the liberation of Dmytrivka by the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

On March 31 the military attaches of the EU and NATO state-members visited the N air base of The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, the Ministry of Defense of the RA indorms.

The Head of the President Office of Ukraine Andrii Yermak has given an interview to the journalists of the world leading media - The New Yorker, Bild and Le Mond. The President Office has published the summary of the talk. Yermak stated that Ukraine is currently not only protecting itself from the Russian aggression - it is also saving the entire European world. Also, Ukraine has once again proved that it is totally European and is worth being the member of the EU.

The government of the Netherlands has frozen Russian funds worth nearly 516 mln euros. Besides, it has blocked transactions worth more than 154 mln euros. It is informed by the local media NIS citing the letter addressed to the Dutch parliament.

From the beginning of the Russian invasion in Ukraine the Federal Police of Germany has registered 294508 Ukrainian refugees, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany.

"Mostly there are women, children and elderly people" - the report says.

Bis heute hat die #Bundespolizei 294.508 #Geflüchtete aus der #Ukraine in Deutschland festgestellt. Überwiegend sind es Frauen, Kinder und alte Menschen. pic.twitter.com/GchF1w1Z46

— Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat (@BMI_Bund) April 1, 2022

The new round of the negotiations. Today the parley of Ukraine and Russia has been continued online with the participation of the working groups - the Advisor of the Head of the President Office Mykhailo Podolyak told LIGA.net. There were no changes in positions of any side after the previous round.

Occupants have shelled the utility infrastructure of Severodonetsk.

"Same as 100 and 300 years ago" deep unification of efforts of Ukraine and Poland is beneficial for the entire Europe. It was stated by the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba at the briefing in Warsaw where he had arrived together with the member of parliament Mariana Bezuhla to negotiate with the Polish government.

"We are united and we are one now" - the Minister emphasized.

The government of Germany has agreed to supply 58 APCs to Ukraine, as Welt am Sonntag newspaper informs.

It means the PbV-501 machines (known as BMP-1 at the times of Eastern Germany) equipped with cannons and machine guns that were standard APCs of the armies of the Warsaw agreement states.

37th day of a full-scale invasion of the RF to Ukraine. According to the operational information as to 12:00 of April 1, the AFU have returned the control over the following settlements: Rudnya, Shevchenkove, Bobryk, Stara Basan', Nova Basan', Makiivka, Pohreby, Bazhanivka, Volodymyrivka, Shnyakivka, Salne, Sofiivka, Havrylivka.

The enemy regroups and possibly concentrates its main forces on offensive operation in Southern operational zone. Occupant military are partially backing away subdivisions from Polissya and Siverschyna directions and getting the reserves ready for combat actions on the territory of Ukraine.

In Volyn region the Armed Forces of the Belarus Republic strengthen security of Belarusian-Ukrainian border.

In Polissya region the enemy defends on the occupied borders, regroups and gets ready to back away to the territory of the Belarus Republic to restore its combat capacity.

In Siverschyna direction the siege of Chernihiv continues. At the same time the relocation of the Central Military District units to regions close to state border of Ukraine is noticed.

In Slobozhanschyna region the siege of Kharkiv and artillery shelling continues. The enemy on occupied borders moves to defense, regroups to restore offensive actions, receives ammunition for artillery units.

In Izyum direction occupants control Izyum at the time. They hold pontoon crossings over Severskyy Donets' river. There is a possibility of he reinforcement of occupant military in this direction due to the subdivisions of 1st tank army and 20th tank all-military army.

During the day the enemy unsuccessfully attacked Mala Komyshevaha settlement.

In Donetsk direction occupants shells settlements. The forces are concentrated on taking control over Popasna, Rubizhne and full-scale control of Mariupol.

In Pivdennyy Buh direction occupants continue to shell the AFU positions. The enemy tried to offense in the direction of Oleksandrivka.

The government of France has confiscated two helicopters of the Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov that are worth $26 mln, as informed by Forbes citing the representative of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of France.

The Russian occupants have mined the way en route of the evacuation bus in Lysychansk. The mines were dropped from the UAV, the tragedy was avoided, according to the Head of the Luhansk Region Military Administration Serhii Haidai.

The occupants violated ceasefire during the evacuation from six cities and villages of Luhansk region. Hirske and the old quarters of Severodonetsk, Novodruzhesk and Pryvillya were shelled.

Due to the missile strike on Mykolaiv Region State Administration 28 people died.

The government of the USA considers the growth of the Russian rubl rate that has retrieved pre-war positions to be artificial. As Communications Director of the White House Kate Bedingfield says, today's rate does not reflect the real state of the Russian economy.

"We see some artificial support of rubl by the Central bank of Russia and the Russian government" - she claimed at the briefing.

The libarated Ivankiv city in Kyiv region meets the Armed Forces of Ukraine. IVANKIV! Central square! Under the rain with the flags of Ukraine. All happily meet our soldiers.

A citizen of Berdyansk is suspected in collaborationism due to the voluntary consent to perform the duties of the mayor of the occupied city, – the Police of Zaporizhzhia region informs.

Occupants use Ukrainian children as a human shield in transportation of equipment columns and as a guarantee that local residents will not give away the positions of Russian military. Such cases were reported by the HUR MOU (the SDI of MDU) referring eyewitnesses in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kyiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions.

The information on such treatment to children is fixed by the Ukrainian side and international institutions to transfer to the International Criminal Courts.

The head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak promises a lot of good news from the AFU.

Obstetrician-gynecologist from Mariupol Dmytro Puchkov tells on air of Sʹohodennya (Today) how doctors worked in besieged Mariupol and how he was able to get out.

“The situation is catastrophic – in humanitarian issues, in medical issues too. Many doctors simply do not have the ability to work in such conditions”, – Dmytro says. The obstetrician tells about lack of medications and personnel in the city. And about huge amount of injured and killed.

“This is a continuous conveyor belt of the wounded and killed. Those who lost their home look for shelters in hospital and ask for help, in search for food and water. Everything happening there is horrifying. No nightmare can describe it”.

Trophy equipment for the AFU.

Preparation of the 103rd separate TRO brigade of Lviv region.

“These men were entrepreneurs, builders and programmers in prewar times. Now they professionally handle assault rifles to give a decent rebuff to the enemy if it attacks Lviv region”. This is how Andriy Sadovyy, the mayor of Lviv, signed the video given below.

No deputies of Opposition Block for Life and "Shariy Party". Mariupol City Council voted to suspend the authority of anti-Ukrainian deputies for the period of martial law. Voting was online. This was reported in the official telegram channel of the city administration.

• personnel ‒ 17700 individuals,
• tanks ‒ 625 units,
• armored combat vehicles ‒ 1 751 units,
• artillery systems ‒ 316 units,
• MRL ‒ 96 units,
• AAW equipment ‒ 54 units,
• aircrafts ‒ 143 units,
• helicopters ‒ 131 units,
• automotive equipment ‒ 1 220 units,
• ships / boats ‒ 7 units,
• fuel tanks ‒ 76 units,
• UFV of operational and technical level ‒ 85 units,
• special equipment ‒ 24 units,
• ATM/TMS launchers ‒ units.

Evacuation column from Berdyansk moves to Zaporizhzhia.

The enemy continues to partially back away from the North of Kyiv region in the direction of Belarus border. The convoys also include civil vehicles (trucks, buses, minibuses, cars) stolen by the Russian occupants. Looting and violence against Ukrainian citizens continue, – the head of Kyiv RMA Oleksandr Pavlyuk.

New video of destruction in residential areas of Irpin. The heads of the MIA and the National Police emphasize: it is dangerous to be there at the moment, it is too early to return to the city.

The occupants destroy their own military equipment and perform it as “damaged Ukrainian” one to create a vague semblance of their “successes” in Ukraine. New dialogues intercepted by the SSU demonstrate as Russian commander sets such tasks for his subordinate.

Every head of school and preschool institutions of Melitopol with no exceptions wrote applications for dismissal in protest against cooperation with the occupants, – the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov.

In Kyiv starting April 1 the sale of alcohol is partially allowed. One can buy it in the time limit from 11:00 to 16:00. The city government reminds one should not lose one's sober mind in the martial law and asks to hide in shelters at the first air alarm signals, – Kyiv CSA.