This morning at least six explosions have occurred within a locomotive depot in the Zaporizhzhia region’s temporarily occupied city of Melitopol, which is used by Russian troops to repair their military equipment.
On April 2, 2023, Russian troops struck the central part of the Donetsk region’s city of Kostiantynivka. Three civilians were reported killed and six injured.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s total casualties have reached up to 200,000 troops, a significant minority of these have been due to non-combat causes. There have been extremely high numbers of incidents linked to alcohol consumption.
Due to the coordinated and skillful actions of the Ukrainian defenders in the Donetsk sector, the enemy has retreated from some positions, now the Ukrainian forces are preparing for defensive operations.
The European Commission and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have selected 18 communities in Ukraine and Moldova as part of the EU Response and Renewal Grant Program, which will receive funds for the restoration of the urban environment.
The OSCE has launched the work on an international report on Russia’s forced deportation of Ukrainian children and attempts of assimilation, which is a step in the systemic accountability of the aggressor state for this crime.
In the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol, invaders continue to patrol streets after a collaborator's car exploded. Occupiers are looking for members of the resistance movement.
The Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv has placed the abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavlo of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) under round-the-clock house arrest for 60 days.
On Saturday, April 1, the Russian army shelled Bilopillia and Esman communities, Sumy region, with self-propelled guns, mortars and automatic grenade launchers.
The sanctions list in Ukraine has been replenished with more than 650 individuals and legal entities that work for Russian aggression, including Russian officials, companies of the military and industrial complex, as well as collaborators.