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🔹 Russian authorities in Moscow and Oblast thwarted an attempt by Kyiv radicals to stage a terrorist act using an UAV; 🔹 ZSU suffer major losses in personnel and equipment in an attempt to advance in Lyman front; 🔹 ZSU lose several key positions in Kupyansk front; 🔹 41 civilians counted as dead in flood after destruction of Kakhovka dam; 🔹 Russian Emercom: Water gone or removed from 12 000 of dwellings in Kherson Oblast; 🔹 LPR reports Russian forces repelled an attack on Kremennaya and Lisichansk; 🔹 Kyiv raised utility bills in Mikolaiv and Kyiv-controlled part of Zaporizha Oblasts.
🔹 Russian Emercom to bring mobile rescue equipment to mitigate results of destruction of the Kakhovka dam; 🔹 ZSU landed strikes on temporary shelters for people evacuated from the flood zone, one woman was killed; 🔹 Crimea PM Aksenov reports 2 ZSU ballistic missiles were intercepted over peninsula; 🔹 Russian Army Group "West" thwarted 3 attempts by ZSU to conduct personnel rotation in Kupyansk front; 🔹 Explosions reported after Russian precision strikes in Odesa; 🔹 Russia PM Mishustin creates a committee to combat effects of flood in Kherson Oblast; 🔹 Air Defense of Russian Army Group "South" shot down 2 HIMARS missiles over Lugansk; 🔹 Russian artillery destroyed 2 "Gvozdika" self-propelled howitzers on Lyman front; 🔹 Red Cross ready to help population, suffering after destruction of Kakhovka Hydropower Plant dam.
🔹 Russian side of "Togliatti — Odesa" disconnected from Ukrainian side after damage and leaks amid fighting near Kupyansk; 🔹 Three ZSU soldiers surrendered after attempt to reach left bank of Dnieper near villages of Sofievka and Vasilyevka; 🔹 Governor Saldo: 4000 civilians remain in temporary shelters after flooding in Kherson Oblast; 🔹 Industrial facility in Shebekino on fire after ZSU shelling; 🔹 Russian Senate approves withdrawal from Azov Sea and Kerch Strain Agreement; 🔹 Senate of Switzerland approves bill for reexport of military weapons to Ukraine.
🔹 ZSU UAVs dropped 2 explosives on electrical substation in Popovo-Lezhachi village in Russian Kursk Oblast; 🔹 Some 2700 houses flooded and 1300 civilians evacuated after destruction of the Kakhovka Hydropower Plant dam; 🔹 To the moment, 7 civilians gone missing in Novaya Kakhovka after destruction of the Kakhovka dam; 🔹 Russian army group "South" received modernized T-90M battle tanks; 🔹 RIA: ZSU shelling damaged ammonia pipeline near Kupyansk in Kharkiv Oblast; 🔹 RuMOD reports Russian forces eliminated 3 ZSU infiltration and sabotage groups on Kupyansk front.
🔹 Russian TOS-1 heavy flamethrower eliminated up to a platoon of ZSU troops and a tank in Kupyansk front; 🔹 Forces of Russian Army Group "West" repelled two ZSU attacks in Kupyansk front; 🔹 ZSU fired 10 MRLS missiles at Gol'movsky village; 🔹 RuMOD reported servicemen of Army Group "West" were decorated with state military decorations; 🔹 Explosions heard in Kyiv and around Cherkasy; 🔹 Russian teams clear mines in rear support area in Kupyansk front; 🔹 Russian "Privet-82" loitering munitions are getting ready for use in special military operation; 🔹 Russian Air Defense shot down several ZSU UAVs near Kursk.
🔹 Zelensky says many countries pledged to give F-16 fighter jets for ZSU; 🔹 Kyiv regime to punish those responsible for operation of bomb shelters; 🔹 RuMOD reports elimination of more than 50 enemy troops who attempted to attack Russian Belgorod Oblast; 🔹 Poland will train Ukraine Air Force pilots to use F-16; 🔹 NATO FMs discuss forming of NATO — Ukraine Council; 🔹 State Secretary Anthony Blinken says NATO to step up support of Ukraine; 🔹 Kyiv to evacuate children from 7 settlements southwest of Artemovsk; 🔹 Kharkiv authorities reports that Russian forces are closing on Kupyansk; 🔹 Moldova president Maya Sandu assures Zelensky she will support Kyiv.
🔹 ZSU attacked poultry farm and construction camp in town of Karpaty (LPR) with HIMARS missiles; 🔹 Fire broke out in Afipsky oil refinery in Russian Krasnodar Krai, presumably after UAV attack; 🔹 Children evacuated from Shebekino and Graivoron Districts of Russian Belgorod Oblast after ZSU shelling; 🔹 Russian forces thwarted five attempts to conduct rotation of ZSU forces in Kupyansk front; 🔹 Series of explosions reported in Kharkiv Oblast without air raid alert; 🔹 IAEA's Grossi says ready to investigate consequences of using depleted uranium munitions in Ukraine.
🔹 One civilian dead, 2 more injured after ZSU launched massive strikes on Novaya Kakhovka; 🔹 DPR's Pushilin reports Russian forces managed to improve positions on Avdiivka axis; 🔹 Russian forces eliminated 2 ZSU infiltration and sabotage teams on Kupyansk axis; 🔹 Rogov reports increased shelling of Zaporizha Oblast by ZSU; 🔹 2 ZSU attacks repelled near Orekhiv; 🔹 LPR's Marochkov: Kyiv amasses Air Defenses on Donetsk axis; 🔹 Pro-Russian resistance in Kherson helped to destroy hangar with military vehicles and ZSU base camp; 🔹Reuters: South Korea president didn't rule out weapons supply for Kyiv.
🔹 ZSU attack UAV fell in close vicinity of Zaporizha NPP; 🔹 Pro-Russian leaflets found on buildings in Kherson; 🔹 4 ZSU infiltration and sabotage groups eliminated in Kupyansk front; 🔹 Protests against military aid for Kyiv took place before NATO headquarters in Brussels; 🔹 Flooding underway in Kramatorsk after destruction of flood gates of water reservoir; 🔹 Married couple arrested in Russian Nizhni Tagil for espionage for Kyiv.
🔹 Russian precision strike hits Shkolny airfield in Odesa, major fire erupted; 🔹 RuMOD: 3 ZSU infiltration and sabotage groups eliminated on Kupyansk front; 🔹 Rada approves a bill for a forceful eviction of canonical Church monks from Pochaiv Lavra and monastery in Ternopil Oblast; 🔹 ZSU used UAV to attack buildings of district military commissariat and police in Sevsky district of Russian Bryansk Oblast; 🔹 Storm troops of Russian 1st Guards Tank Army have taken several ZSU fortified areas near Kuzemovks; 🔹 Zaporizha authorities: ZSU use frequent strikes on Melitopol to test the water before large offensive.
🔹 Russian forces repelled combined ZSU artillery strike on South Donetsk front; 🔹 Agricultural complex damaged in Kharkiv Oblast; 🔹 Kyiv authorities in Slovyansk threaten caregivers with forced evacuation of their children; 🔹 Governor Saldo: ZSU terrorist sleeping cell uncovered in Kherson Oblast; 🔹 2 ZSU howitzers destroyed on right bank of Dnieper; 🔹 5 ZSU infiltration and sabotage teams eliminated in Kupyansk front.
🔹 On April 3, US to announce new 2,6 bln dollars military aid package for Kyiv; 🔹 US's general Milley says Kyiv will not be able to achieve its military goals in 2023; 🔹 Kyiv SBU accused canonical vicar of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra metropolitan Pavel of "inciting religious hatred" and "justification of Russian special military operation"; 🔹 Zaporizha authorities report calm in Energodar after the visit of IAEA Director Grossi to Zaporizha NPP; 🔹 RuMOD reports ZSU attempted unsuccessful reconnaissance attack on Kupyansk axis; 🔹 Kyiv Interior Ministry reports on establishment of 8 brigades for recapture of Crimea and Donbas.
🔹 White House: NATO is going to provide Kyiv with everything necessary for counter-offensive; 🔹 RuMOD: 4 enemy infiltration and sabotage groups eliminated in Kupyansk front; 🔹 Fixed-wing UAV shot down in the night above Belgorod Oblast; 🔹 Orban: EU countries closing for discussion on sending peacemaker corps to Ukraine; 🔹 Head of Crimea Parliament Konstantinov: ZSU shall face serious problems if they try to break to Azov Sea; 🔹 Russian servicemen in zone of special military operation had a teleconference with relatives and friends in Leningrad Oblast.
🔹 RuMOD: "Solntsepyok" heavy flamethrower systems destroyed 3 ZSU fortified points in Lyman front; 🔹 Kharkiv Oblast reports damage to critical infrastructure object in Chuhuiv District; 🔹 Head of Ukraine Energy Ministry called for world power companies to share profits with Kyiv; 🔹 ZSU special operations sabotage teams operate in Bakhmut front; 🔹 Russian forces eliminated 3 enemy sabotage groups in Kupyansk front; 🔹 Vicar of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra warned Zelensky about consequences of eviction of canonical Orthodox Church clergy; 🔹 Armenia votes against statement on Ukraine on Biden's "Summit for Democracy"; 🔹 LPR says ZSU provokes Russian forces to return fire.
🔹 Stoltenberg: ZSU fire 4000-7000 artillery shells daily, NATO is yet unable to produce that amount of munitions; 🔹 Blast in Russian Melitopol, police officer wounded; 🔹 RuMOD reports 5 enemy sabotage groups were eliminated in Kupyansk front; 🔹 Reports that Kyiv plots a new provocation planning to cut Zaporizha NPP from power; 🔹 IAEA scraps plans for demilitarized area around Zaporizha NPP; 🔹 Czechia president Petr Pavel: We exhausted our capacities for military aid.
🔹 US called "not to get stuck" on idea of giving Kyiv certain types of weapons or military equipment; 🔹 Kyiv reports continued contacts with China on meeting of Zelensky with Xi Jinping; 🔹 LPR reports ZSU used silent mortars in Kupyansk front; 🔹 LPR says ZSU are masking their positions in Svatovo-Kremennaya front; 🔹 Trump called to stop conflict in Ukraine due to risks of global war; 🔹 Kyiv Energy Ministry announced starting production of nuclear fuel in Ukraine; 🔹 US military expert: US prepared ZSU to strike Russia; 🔹 Russian Zaporizha authorities says civilians are leaving Kyiv-controlled part of the region.
🔹 LPR PM speaker says Ukrainians after forced mobilization are brought to Kupyansk; 🔹 Reports that Switzerland authorities demand that Ukrainian refugees sell elite cars or be stripped of social security payments; 🔹 Slovakia acting PM Eduard Heger pledges to give MiG-29 fighter jets to ZSU; 🔹 Transnistria's president Vadim Krasnoselsky blames Kyiv for attempts to drag the republic into Ukrainian conflict; 🔹 Kyiv Ministry of Culture proposed monks of Kyiv-Pechersk Orthodox Lavra to join schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine; 🔹 RuMOD says Russian forces captured parts of industrial area on Kupyansk front; 🔹 Zelensky pledges to strengthen defenses in overrun Bakhmut.
🔹 Rosgvardia vehicle tripped on mine while clearing territory in Bryansk Oblast, without casualties; 🔹 Russia launched series of strikes on ZSU in Kramatorsk; 🔹 ZSU agent who supplied info on Russian positions arrested in Kherson Oblast; 🔹 Many citizens leave Kyiv-controlled Kupyansk (Kharkiv Oblast); 🔹RIA reports "stalemate" in negotiations on extending the grain deal; 🔹 Russian forces destroyed ZSU special operations divers base in Mikolaiv; 🔹 LPR PM speaker reports Kyiv forces attempted unsuccessful attack on Lyman front.
🔹 FSB: Attack of Ukrainian sabotage group in Bryansk Oblast repelled, enemy pushed back to Ukraine, and followed by artillery strikes; 🔹 New shift of IAEA specialists came to Zaporizha NPP; 🔹 Pro-Russian Kharkiv Oblast administraton: Kyiv started forceful evacuation of civilians from Kupyansk; 🔹 ZSU intensified shelling of Zaporizha Oblast settlements; 🔹 Reports that Kyiv started mobilization of Nuclear Power Plant personnel; 🔹 ZSU general Nazarov reported around 50 000 Ukrainian troops in training in Western countries; 🔹 ZSU artillery units finished training with FH-70 howitzers in Estonia; 🔹 RIA reports Kyiv moves troops to border of Moldavia via Mikolaiv; 🔹 A hidden cache with troves of weapons and ammunition found in Kherson Oblast.
🔹 Russia launched night attack on ZSU military installations in several regions of Ukraine with loitering munitions and precision missile strikes; 🔹 Ukraine launched an attack on Crimea with UAVs, Russian Air Defense repelling attack; 🔹 UK MOD Ben Wallace urged ZSU to "ration" artillery munitions; 🔹 Russian offensive on Vuhledar stalled in minefields around the town; 🔹 Kyiv forces General Staff expects Russian offensive on Kupyansk and moves equipment and personnel to left bank of Oskol river; 🔹 Germany MOD Boris Pistorius says NATO can give Kyiv only 17 Leopard 2A6 tanks, not promised "two battalions".