Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21.10 Ukraine and Russia are "close" to a complete ceasefire. This was stated by the US President's special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg.
"We want to achieve a comprehensive 30-day ceasefire. Once you achieve that, it will be very difficult to resume the war. That's what I believe," he said.
According to Kellogg, now it is necessary to formulate contractual conditions, that is, documents that will spell out the positions of Ukraine and Russia, and then “bring them together.”
"And I do believe that we are on the verge of a ceasefire, but both sides are going to have to compromise. Neither side is going to get everything they want. They're going to have to give up something to get to a solution. But President Trump can do that," Kellogg said.
19.58 Russia has stepped up its information operation against Ukraine. This was reported by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.
It is noted that the goal of the operation is "to liquidate Ukrainian statehood not on the battlefield, but in the minds of people: by delegitimizing the Ukrainian authorities, devaluing democratic institutions and imposing an external political scenario with signs of controlled capitulation."
The operation is being carried out using the capabilities of the special services of the Russian Federation - the FSB, the SVR, the Main Directorate of the General Staff - under the overall coordination of the administration of Vladimir Putin.
19:35 NATO plays an advisory role in the Coalition of the Willing, said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
"And we are there (participating in the Coalition of the Willing, – ed.) to advise and consider the consequences of certain plans and their significance for the protection of our territory," the Secretary General of the Alliance emphasized.
19.13 Russians carried out a targeted missile strike on Krivoy Rog. All necessary services are currently working at the site of the attack. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"There are victims. They are receiving medical assistance. As of today, it is known that the lives of four people were unfortunately taken by this strike. All of the dead were civilians. My condolences to their families and friends," the head of state wrote on Telegram.
Zelensky stressed that all over the world such attacks are called unequivocally: it is terrorism.
"This can only be stopped by putting sufficient pressure on Moscow, on the Russian system, so that they are forced to abandon war and terror, and this depends on our partners - on America, on Europe, on others in the world. The only thing that separates us from at least a complete and unconditional end to the strikes is the lack of Russia's consent to end the war. Only pressure from the world can ensure such consent," the president said.
18:25 Russian troops destroyed a dam in the Belgorod region using an ODAB-1500 aerial bomb weighing one and a half tons. It fell near the village of Popovka, several hundred meters from the border with Ukraine.
The strike was carried out with the aim of complicating the possible advance of Ukrainian armored vehicles. Fierce fighting has been going on in the area of the neighboring village of Demidovka for almost two weeks.
18.01 Last week (March 24-30), 66 children and their families were evacuated from four communities in Donetsk Oblast. This was reported by the press service of the regional military administration. It is noted that 3 children were evacuated from the Liman community, 2 children from Kryvyi Rih, 15 children from Dobropilska, and 37 children from the Druzhkivska community.
17.57 March has become the most difficult month for Kharkiv since the beginning of the year due to the scale of destruction caused by Russian shelling. As a result of enemy attacks, 219 residential buildings were damaged and almost 4,300 windows were broken. This was reported by the city's mayor Igor Terekhov.
17.39 The first stage of the reform of military medical commissions has been completed in Ukraine. The second stage, which will last until autumn, provides for the possibility of undergoing a medical examination at any healthcare institution, which will avoid queues and reduce corruption risks. This was reported by Deputy Minister of Defense Kateryna Chernogorenko on the air of the telethon.
17.17 Four people are already known to have been injured as a result of the Russian drone strike on Kharkov.
"Two of the wounded were hospitalized, and two more victims received medical assistance on the spot," said Mayor Igor Terekhov.
16:35 Russian troops struck the Kyivsky district of Kharkiv with a Molniya drone. The drone hit the 8th floor of a 16-story building. Two people who were in the apartment hit by the drone were injured.
Six cars were mangled in the yard. All municipal services and volunteers are already working on the scene.
16:25 The Ardal ground robotic complex evacuated three wounded soldiers who had been surrounded for a month. This was reported by Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science and Technology Development – Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov. According to him, Ardal traveled more than 17 kilometers under mortar and artillery fire to evacuate the wounded who could not be carried out of the gray zone.
16.20 An agent of the Russian military intelligence (better known as the GRU), who operated in the Kharkiv region, received a 15-year sentence with confiscation of property.
The attacker carried out tasks aimed at destroying the logistics channels for the supply of weapons and ammunition for the Defense Forces on the Eastern Front. To do this, he prepared coordinates for Russian missile and bomb strikes on transit trains and maintenance bases for military convoys of the Ukrainian Armed Forces heading to the front lines.
SBU officers thwarted the Russians' plans and in the fall of 2024 detained the enemy spotter at his place of residence when he conducted reconnaissance near a potential target.
15.59 Head of the Kherson OVA Oleksandr Prokudin reported that power engineers managed to connect consumers who were left without power due to the Russian strike on Kherson the day before. He said this on air during the telethon. According to him, at the same time, the damage is significant and specialists are determining ways to bring the city's power supply system back to normal.
15.44 Ukrainian military personnel in the Novopavlovsk direction destroyed a column of Russian military equipment. This was reported by the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which released a corresponding video .
15.17 As of early April, more than 8,000 former convicts (men and women) have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and another 900 applications are under consideration. This was reported by the head of the Department for the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Justice, Yevhen Gorobets, Ukrinform reports.
13.59 The Security Service and the National Police detained a Russian agent in Odessa who, on orders from the FSB, was producing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for terrorist attacks in Ukraine. The SBU reported this on its Telegram channel.
13.56 President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Dnipro on a working visit. He visited a medical facility where soldiers are being treated after being wounded. This was reported by the presidential press service.
13.54 About 22% of the people recruited by Russian special services to carry out terrorist tasks in Ukraine are minors. According to the spokesman for the Security Service of Ukraine, Artem Dekhtyarenko, children are used to organize sabotage and terrorist attacks. He stated this on Radio Liberty.
13.44 Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russian courts have handed down "sentences" to 579 Ukrainian servicemen. This was stated by the Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov in the Federation Council.
13.35 The next meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine's Defense in the Ramstein format will take place on April 11 in Brussels under the chairmanship of Great Britain and Germany. This was reported by the UK delegation to NATO.
13.23 The Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced recruitment for the female unit of the Harpy unmanned systems. This was stated in a message from the USF command on the Telegram channel.
13.15 The overall funding gap for Ukraine's recovery needs in 2025 is about $10 billion, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal reported.
13.09 In the Kherson region, as a result of shelling by Russian troops over the past day, law enforcement officers were injured. An outpatient clinic was also partially destroyed. This was reported by the press service of the Kherson region police.
12.55 Support for the war against Ukraine among Russians remains at its highest. Russians are divided on the proposal of the US President Donald Trump's administration to conclude a 30-day truce. This is evidenced by data from the independent Levada Center.
11.54 Polish law enforcement officers have indeed handed over to Ukraine a citizen of its country, suspected of working for Russia. This was stated by the head of the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs, Tomasz Siemoniak. In his opinion, the handed over man should be tried in Ukraine and there he will be "dealt with properly."
11.28 Russia was attacked by drones on the night of April 2: the Russian Defense Ministry claims that air defense forces "intercepted" 93 drones. This is reported by the BBC Russian Service.
11.19 President Volodymyr Zelensky called for increased pressure on Russia due to massive attacks on Ukrainian territory. He wrote about this on Facebook . There is no point in waiting until April 11 will already be a month since Russia's "no" in response to the US proposal to cease fire in Ukraine, the head of state noted.
10.37 The Security Service counterintelligence together with the National Police prevented another attempt at a terrorist attack by Russian military intelligence (better known as the GRU) in Lviv. As a result, two enemy agents were detained who were going to blow up the administrative building of the local police department. The SBU reported this on its Telegram channel.
10.23 Ukraine has returned two more Ukrainian children from the territories occupied by the Russian Federation as part of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative. This was reported by the head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak.
9.56 The Russian Federation is preparing reserves for an attempt at an offensive on the front in May. This was stated by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation Andrey Kovalenko in the Telegram channel.
9.42 Russian occupiers attacked Ukraine at night with 74 Shahed-type attack UAVs and drone imitators of various types, 41 drones were destroyed. This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force on Telegram.
8.55 Half of the US Senate - 25 Republicans and 25 Democrats - have agreed to impose sanctions on Russia if it refuses to negotiate peace in good faith. They have prepared a corresponding bill. This was reported by the Reuters news agency.
8.38 The enemy's greatest activity is observed in the Pokrovsky direction, where the defenders repelled 64 attacks by Russian invaders. In total, 176 combat clashes occurred in all directions of the front over the past 24 hours. This is stated in the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7.57 An enemy drone hit cars in a frontline community in the Zaporizhia region. A man was killed and two more people were injured. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhia OVA Ivan Fedorov on his Telegram channel.
7.41 Over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces have killed another 1,410 Russian soldiers. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook
7.26 The head of the Russian National Welfare Fund, Kirill Dmitriev, will visit Washington before the end of this week to meet with US Presidential Special Representative Steve Witkoff. This meeting will be held for talks on strengthening relations between the countries, CNN reports, citing sources.
04.25 Enemy shelling of Kharkov this night caused large-scale fires, a textile plant is burning. Most of the hits in the city were in the industrial zone, there are still fires in warehouses and production facilities. The area of the fire is about 2 thousand square meters. Among those injured in the city as a result of the drone strike is a baby. As a result of the explosions, about 20 private residential buildings were also damaged - their facades were damaged, window glazing was broken.
In total, during the night drone attack on the night of April 2 in Kharkov, there were 13 to 15 hits - all of them in the Kholodnogorsk district of Kharkov. The enemy used Geran-2 attack drones for shelling.
03.50 U.S. President Donald Trump's administration officials have been discussing the possibility in recent days that the U.S. will not be able to secure a peace deal in Ukraine in the next few months, and are therefore developing new plans to put pressure on both Kiev and Moscow. Specifically, at the start of his second term, Trump and his advisers intended to achieve a full ceasefire in Ukraine by April or May and a lasting peace in the months that follow.
03.11 President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine had passed on information to the United States that Russia had once again violated the energy ceasefire. According to him, the occupiers had deliberately attacked an energy facility in Kherson with a drone, which left part of the city without electricity.
02.22 The Ministry of Defense has developed a new mechanism for rotating servicemen at the front, which should help combat SZCh. This was reported by People's Deputy and member of the parliamentary committee on national security, defense and intelligence Fedir Venislavsky. According to him, this mechanism will provide for several months of leave for servicemen who have served continuously at the front for 90 days. According to Venislavsky, this mechanism will help combat SZCh among the military.
01.15 US President Donald Trump believes that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is deliberately dragging out the process of achieving a ceasefire and is planning aggressive sanctions against Moscow. This was reported by Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich on her X page, citing her own sources. She explained that the Trump administration rates the effectiveness of current sanctions at 3 out of 10, so the US president plans to resort to "aggressive sanctions that could affect the shadow fleet of the Russian Federation."