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

The Russians provide evacuation of Melitopol citizens only to occupied Crimea, but they [citizens] do not want to go there, the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov informs during the „United News” telethon.

61 000 citizens and more than 14 000 vehicles have crossed Western borders of Ukraine to the EU and Moldova on March 31. Almost 37 000 people have left Ukraine, more than 24 000 people have come to the country, 21 000 of them being Ukrainians. The information is provided by the SBGS.

The Russian occupiers have almost completely left the Brovary district of Kyiv region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to clean up settlements from the enemy, Russian machines and mines - the mayor of Brovary Igor Sapozhko on the air of the national telethon.

Eight mini fairs will work in six districts of Kyiv today.  Opening hours are from 1000 to 1300. In the Darnytsia and Shevchenko districts the mini fairs will commence at 1030.

On March 31, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Donetsk Region evacuated 17 people from Avdiivka, 124 people from Vuhledar, including 25 children.

Russia has dreamt up a new fake about the completion of the "special operation" in the near future and reaching agreements with Ukraine - the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

The vast majority of Ukrainian companies have been affected negatively by the war. 86% of businesses were forced to reduce or even stop their activities after February 24 - a survey.

Australia will send armored vehicles of its production to Ukraine at the request of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in particular Bushmaster armored vehicles.

The night of April 1 was quiet in Kyiv. The infrastructure, public utilities, transport workers, doctors and rescuers are working. All utilities are being provided. The Northern and Darnytskyi bridges will work today for road traffic on the left and right banks of Kyiv. The South Bridge is open for public transport - KSCA.

Almost 400 children have suffered in Ukraine since the armed aggression of the Russian Federation started. At that, 153 were killed and more than 245 were wounded - the Office of the General Prosecutor of Ukraine.

Ukraine's defense forces continue to make successful but limited counterattacks to the east and northeast of Kyiv. This is stated in a recent summary of British intelligence.

A video of the destruction in Gostomel in Kyiv region from the air has appeared. It was shot by BABYLON'13 documentary filmmakers for a historical chronicle of the war against Ukraine.

Ukrzaliznytsia has published a schedule of evacuation trains for April 1.

As of 07:00 on April 1, 24 people are known to have died as a result of an enemy missile hitting the building of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration - State Emergency Service reports.

In the Kyiv region, the enemy continues to partially withdraw units from the north of the region. Makariv and Irpin are controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The infrastructure is destroyed, the territory is mined. A cleansing operation is underway - a summary of the Regional State Administration.

Explosions and shots continue in the Kherson region. On the border with the Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, hostilities have been conducted over the past day. Local residents report destroyed infrastructure, houses of local residents. These areas are on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe - a summary of the Regional State Administration.

On the morning of April 1, the Russians shelled the residential area of the town of Girske from MLRS “Grad”. Several houses were destroyed, a woman was injured - Luhansk Regional State Administration.

The first contingent of 300 Syrian mercenaries has already arrived in Russia for training before being sent to Ukraine to fight on the side of the Russian occupiers. Russians hope to send up to 16,000 Syrians to Ukraine - NYT.

The Security Service of Ukraine has exposed a new enemy bot farm in Kharkiv. They sent false text messages to the military and law enforcement officers. In total, about 5,000 messages were sent.
Text on the picture: "Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine turn back your attack on Kyiv until Kyiv destroyed you".

The governor of the Belgorod oblast of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Gladkov accuses Ukraine of shelling the oil depot in Belgorod with two helicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, TASS propaganda media reports.

Three evacuation trains depart from Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts on April 1:

• From Novozolotarivka (Luhansk oblast) at 14:00 - 5501 Novozolotarivka - Lozova.
• From Kramatorsk (Donetsk oblast) at 13:00 - №274/273 Kramatorsk - Lviv and at 16:00 - №276/275 Kramatorsk - Lviv.

During the five weeks of the full-scale war against Ukraine, Russia has launched 1,370 missiles on our territory, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported. Russians killed 148 children during shelling and airstrikes, the report said.

Summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 6:00 on April 1:

- Partial withdrawal of units of the Russian occupation forces from the north of the Kyiv oblast towards the state border with Belarus continues. The movement of columns of mixed vehicles in different quantities is being observed. The convoys also include civilian vehicles (trucks, buses, minibusses, cars) that were stolen by Russian invaders during the temporary occupation of the territories. In addition, the enemy is taking looted property.

- In the temporarily occupied territories, the enemy continues its illegal actions, restricting the movement of civilians, using houses and apartments of residents to accommodate personnel, holding hostages residents and activists. Marauding and violence against Ukrainian citizens continue.

- In some areas temporarily occupied by the enemy, the invaders are trying to force entrepreneurs to switch to conducting payments for goods and services in Russian rubles.

- The Joint Forces repulsed 7 enemy attacks in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions during the day. Our soldiers destroyed 3 tanks, 2 armored personnel carriers, 2 units of personnel vehicles, and 2 artillery systems. An Orlan-10 UAV was also shot down.

Summary on Luhansk region:

• 2 killed, 2 injured, 18 destroyed houses.
  
  
• 20 objects are damaged due to hard shelling of Severodonetsk, Rubizhne, Lysychansk, Kreminna, Ivanivka. Out of them 9 multi stored building, and 9 private houses, economic buildings, infrastructure objects.
  
  
• Rubizhne, Popasna, Severodonetsk completely and Girsjka Gromada and Lysychansk partially remain without water.
  
  
• 32 towns remain without gas supply.
  
  
• 767 transformator subsrations remain without electricity - 12 towns partially, and 22 completely. 124 914 clients of the region remain without electricity.
  
  
• Also March 31, enemy 's attempts to bypass positions at Popasna and Novotoshkivsjke of our army are repelled.
  
  
• Тotally 7 attacks of the enemy have been repelled. Ukrainian defenders destroyed 3 tanks, 2 pcs of armoured vehicle, 2 pcs of automotive vehicle, and 2 artillery systems of the enemy.

An oil depot is burning in Belgorod, Russia, on the morning of April 1. Residents of nearby streets are being evacuated - the governor of the Belgorod oblast Vyacheslav Gladkov.

More than a month after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Georgia has said it is partaking in international sanctions against Russia. This was announced by Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili in an interview with CNN.

Russian occupiers left the territory of Chornobylj Nuclear Power Plant, but they left not with empty hands - they took away computer and domestic equipment. The Head of State agency on the exclusion zone management Evgen Kramarenko declared.

"They stole more or less valuable staff - computers, coffee machines, teapots, several containers with the staff kept at Chornobylj Nuclear Power Plant", he said.

According to Kramarenko, Ukrainian soldiers investigated the territory of the station, there were no invaders, 59 station employees are there.

It is necessary to reconsider participation of Russia and its dictator Vladimir Putin in meetings of G20 countries. It was declared by the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, СВС writes.

"Russia now by its illegal invasion to Ukraine plucked economic development for the whole world, and cannot be a constructive partner", he stressed.

According to Trudeau, Putin can arrive to a meeting, join a negotiation table and pretend that "everything is fine". He added it was impossible under current circumstances, as the war in Ukraine is "totally his guilt".

In Latvia it was prohibited to use symbols of Russian aggression against Ukraine during public events. The Saeima took the decision.

"Condemning military actions of Russia in Ukraine, we have to stay confident in our opinion that symbols glorifying Russian military aggression, as letters" Z", "V", and other symbols used for such goals, should not be at public events ", it is said in the notice.

Also, propaganda of events containing ideology of nazi and communism regimes is prohibited.

In temporary occupied Melitopol Zaporizhzhia region some of living houses seniors create lists of empty apartments. The Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov informed at Facebook.

"Some seniors in living buildings decided to cooperate with the occupiers - they create lists on apartments in their buildings specifying where military people lived, where officials lived, where nobody lives. And the occupiers locate themselves in those apartments ", Fedorov told.

Names of all the collaborators are known, a respective criminal case has been already open, the mayor informed.

The first equipment for newborns to save their lives in bomb shelters have been delivered to Ukraine. The First Lady Olena Zelenska declared about this in Zeit interview.

"First incubators have been delivered to the children hospital in Mykolaiv thanks to "Doctors without borders" and French people. We expect for the next delivery in several weeks, also we expect for 6 incubators and special batteries necessary to support optimal conditions for newborns in bunkers", she said.

According to Zelenska, thousands of children were born in bomb shelters. Ukrainian doctors not always have possibility to provide emergency medical assistance as well as necessary equipment, as Russian occupiers have bombed several hospitals.

During his visit to Poland, The Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba discussed with representatives of Polish government steps to oppose the full scale break in of Russia and also the issue of NATO peacekeepers location in Ukraine. He spoke on that in TVN24 air.

"I have arrived here with a very concrete task from the President Zelenskyy, and we have discussed with the representatives of Polish government what else can be done to win in the war with Russia", he said.

The Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Yoshimasa Hayashi arrives to Poland April 1 to discuss issues on Ukrainian refugees evacuation. Japan Today informs about this.

It is detailed they considered a possibility to transport Ukrainians and Japaneses escaping from russian shelling in Poland to Japan by a governmental aircraft.

As it is noticed, Japan will speed up the acceptance of people escaping from the war. Preliminary, about 320 Ukrainian refugees have received the permission to enter the country.

At least six grain storages have been damaged in the east of Ukraine as a result of Russian occupiers army shelling. Reuters writes about this.

According to an American official, in USA there are photos proving there are grains storages in the east that were not damaged in January, but there are funnels from air strikes on them in March.

"Reckless damage of these storages by Russia is a vivid example how Putin's war concerns directly peaceful citizens of Ukraine and threats food security in the whole world", the official said.

Russia continues to use Belarus territory to waging war against Ukraine. Currently artillery systems are being delivered to the territory. This was declared by the Deputy Head of the Minister of Defence of Ukraine Ganna Malyar in the air of Ukrainian channels.

The Deputy Head of the Minister stressed that Russian occupiers did not stop planning to capture the whole Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as they encroach Kharkiv region - they try to strengthen their positions, regroup the troops, reinforce.

According to her, Russian occupiers did not leave any of their goals behind, and the withdrawal of their troops from Kyiv and Chernihiv regions is not a voluntary action of the occupiers but the result of the Armed Forces of Ukraine work.

Mykolaiv region gain resources after Russian occupiers shelling and is ready to welcome the invaders in "a different way". That was declared by the Head of Mykolaiv Military Administration Vitaliy Kim in Telegram.

As for the combats theatre, I remembered all of this. We remember everything, there will be revenge for ours. So now, guys, everything will be a bit different in welcoming our not friends", he said.

Kim outlined that SMA will send humanitarian cargos only to the released villages. Administration intends to support business in logistics.

According to the Head of RMA, local citizens, and not only men, return to their homes.

At night April 1 under air alarms, there appeared information in Lviv and it region citizens social medias about sounds similar to explosions. As it was discovered those sounds were caused by work of one of the gas extraction companies. This was informed by the Head of Lviv SMA Maksym Kozytskyy.

According to Kozytskyy, in one of the region towns there was a controlled ralated gases emission done by workers of a gas extraction tower.

"During the emission, a sound like explosion was heard. Also partial ignition happened. Those events coincided with air alarm signals", the Head of SMA.

A girl from Mariupol who spent with her parents in the blocked by Russian occupiers two weeks, recorded a video with testimonials of military crimes of Russia against peaceful Ukrainians.

You can see in the video how Mariupol citizens try to live in the city without heat, water, and food. The house, where the girl's family lived, was shelled by Russian invaders. It is a miracle they managed to save themselves.

It is known that the girl has been evacuated from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia with her family and now stays safe.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has already lost in many aspects and has not reached his goals in Ukraine, but in the nearest weeks it will be still hard for the Defence Forces of Ukraine. This was said by the Head of Defence department of Great Britain - the Chief of Defence Staff, sir Tony Radakin, BBC writes.

According to him, the goal of Russia to invade the whole Ukraine "fell apart".

As the Admiral cited, Great Britain is very careful in accepting Russia's declaration on withdrawal of its troops from Kyiv. He also mentioned there were signs of Kremlin's preparation to focus its forces in the east and south of Ukraine.

Luhansk region citizens are advised to evacuate to safe regions of Ukraine or abroad in the nearest future. This was informed by the Head of Luhansk Military Administration Sergiy Gaidai in his video address.

"They will try to bring all resources to Luhansk and Donetsk directiins. To exit to geographical borders and to report" all tasks are fulfilled", it is said in the notice.

According to Gaidai, shelling peaceful districts may enrease. He reminded that now evacuational buses leave the region every day. People are supported to find a place to live and food. The Head of RMA stressed that it is almost impossible to evacuate people from Popasna and Rubizhne - the invaders shoot over civil transport.

Russia has blocked work of the special monitoring mission of OSCE in Ukraine on the background of the full scale invasion to Ukraine. Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs about this.

"Russia is not interested in OSCE SMM functioning which was supposed to record numerous violations of international humanitarian law norms, military crimes facts, and crimes against humanity by Russian occupiers", it is said in the notice.

They stressed in MFA that blocking OSCE work "will not permit to avoid responsibility for neither military and political management, nor actual executors of military criminal orders".

Georgia has joint international financial sanctions against Russia due to the full scale invasion to Ukraine. This was announced by the President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili on the CNN air.

"And it already means something to our financial sector", she said.

Starting from February 24, Russian occupation forces launched 1,370 missiles on Ukraine. 148 children died as a result of the shelling by the invaders. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense.

According to the Ministry, for over a month of Russian aggression, more than 10 million Ukrainians have been forced to leave their homes. Barbarians from the Russian Federation destroyed 15 Ukrainian airports.

▪️1370 ракет випустила по
▪️ 148 дітей вбили фашисти під час обстрілів та авіанальотів
▪️понад 10 млн українців покинули свої домівки через війну
▪️рф знищила 15 аеропортів
Кожен день загарбники вчиняють звірства.
Не пробачимо путінських злочинців! pic.twitter.com/Rlg3T0Y1Q8

— Defence of Ukraine (@DefenceU) March 31, 2022

Spring sowing is intended to be started In the Sumy region, notwithstanding fighting and constant attacks by the Russian occupiers, the head of the Sumy military administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi informed in the Telegram.

"Where there is no shooting, we will sow. Farmers are preparing the ground for sowing spring crops," he clarified.

Earlier, the whole world was shocked by the news that 11-year-old Ukrainian gymnast Katya Dyachenko and her father died during the shelling of Mariupol by the Russian occupiers. Mykola Kuleba, the children's ombudsman, informed on Facebook that the girl's mother and younger brother were also killed during the shelling of the Mariupol hospital.

"The whole family died at the hands of non-humans in Russian military uniform, and the worst thing is that the child death counter in Ukraine continues to count down," Kuleba wrote.

In the Donetsk region, 5 civilians were killed on March 31, 22 people, including four children, were wounded. This was reported by the head of the Donetsk military administration Pavlo Kyrylenko.

"In addition, we managed to clarify the information about two people who died near Melekino while trying to escape from Mariupol. One child is among them," he mentioned.

According to Kyrylenko, it is still not possible to count the exact number of victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha.

On March 31, the Defense Forces destroyed four aircrafts of the Russian occupiers in the Kharkiv region - one fighter and three bombers, the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov reported in Telegram.

"Today, it was anxiously in Kharkiv. In the afternoon the Russian missile hit near the center of Kharkiv, we are recording intense artillery shelling of the city. Data on the victims are being clarified," Sinegubov said.

He informed that the fighting for Izyum continues, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding their ground in this direction.

The aggressor country is transferring part of its troops from Georgia to Ukraine. Russia did not plan this while preparing for the invasion. This was reported by British intelligence.

It is noted that Russia is transferring part of its forces from Georgia to intensify the invasion of Ukraine. About 1,200-2,000 Russian troops are being reorganized into three battalion tactical groups.

"It is highly unlikely that Russia planned reinforcements in such a way, which implies the unforeseen losses it suffered during the invasion," the British intelligence report states.

Principals of all schools in the temporarily occupied Melitopol are quitting their jobs to protest against the actions of the Russian occupiers, who are carrying out mass russification in education - the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov reported on Facebook.

"Today, a difficult but absolutely right decision was made: all school principals, without exceptions, submitted applications to quit in protest and unwillingness to work with the occupiers," he said.

On March 31, in the Kherson region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated 11 settlements from the Russian occupiers. This was reported on Facebook by the group of troops South.

The 60th separate infantry brigade in the Kherson region liberated:

→ Novovorontsovka;

→ Mala Shesternya;
→ Novohryhorivka;
→ Topolino;
→ Knyazhivka;
→ Krasnovka;
→ Vilne;
→ Kamyanka;
→ Prygirya;
→ Kochubeyivka;
→ Orlove.