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🔹 Town of Aleshki in Russian Kherson Oblast is under water after destruction of Kakhovka Hydropower Dam; 🔹 In the evening, ZSU shelled Russian town of Shebekino in Belgorod Oblast for an hour, with various types of weaponry; 🔹 Zelensky says he's expecting a "powerful" amount of F-16 fighter jets from West; 🔹 Moscow and Kyiv both requested for UN SC meeting after destruction of Kakhovka dam; 🔹 Governor Balitsky reported preparations to hold "main strike" of ZSU offensive; 🔹 Zelensky had a meeting with Pope's envoy for Ukrainian peace plan; 🔹 Rogov presumes that around 10 000 ZSU troops can be relocated from Kherson to other fronts after destruction of Kakhovka dam; 🔹 RuMOD Shoigu reports that 71 KIA while repelling latest ZSU attacks.
🔹 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.
🔹 Kyiv has already approved terms for activization of ZSU counteroffensive operations, says Zelensky; 🔹 In the morning, ZSU launched shelling of Mikhailovka village in Russian Zaporizha Oblast; 🔹 Media reports major corruption in military commissariats of Kyiv regime; 🔹 Explosions in Kyiv after Russian strikes; 🔹 Kyiv MOD Reznikov: ZSU requires some 120 Western-made fighter jets for offensive; 🔹 LPR reports arrival of foreign mercenaries in Kharkiv and surroundings.
🔹 ZSU shelling hit Novaya Tavolzhanka village in Russian Belgorod Oblast; 🔹 Kyiv MOD says ZSU needs 48 F-16 fighters to emerge victorious over Russia; 🔹 Russian precision strike hits industrial facility in Kharkiv, causing major fire; 🔹 Zelensky proposed to think about creating an institute for "civil unions" for same-sex pairs; 🔹 DPR court sentences Ukrainian nationalist for 22 years of prison for murdering a civilian; 🔹 Ukrenerho reports damage to power grids in three regions.
🔹 RuFM reacts positively on Vatican attempts to reach peace in Ukraine; 🔹 President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik rules out transfer of weapons for Kyiv; 🔹 US general Milley: F-16 will cost a lot and won't be some "absolute weapon" for Kyiv; 🔹 Explosions reported in the night in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, air raid siren sounded around all Ukraine; 🔹 Reports: some 100 criminal sentences issued in Ukraine for dodging mobilization in a single month; 🔹 ZSU in the morning made started another shelling of Donetsk.
🔹 Counterterrorist operation protocols imposed in Russian Belgorod Oblast after a major attack on Russian soil claimed by Pro-Kyiv Legion for Russian Freedom (LRF) and Russian Volunteer Coprs (RVC) terrorist groups; 🔹 Series of precision strikes in Kharkiv; 🔹 Zelensky's office denies Kyiv involvement with attack on Belgorod Oblast; 🔹 US Air Force Secretary Kendall: F-16 fighter jets given to Kyiv by Europe shall be stationed on Ukrainian soil; 🔹 In Chernivtsy, mobilization summons were given to parish members who supports metropolitan of canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate; 🔹 Kyiv requested Sweden to give UAF Saab Gripen multirole fighters; 🔹 Ukrenergo power operator reports decoupling of power plant in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast after damage to high-voltage lines.
🔹 Power supply restored in Kakhovka after ZSU shelling; 🔹 Reports about explosions in Kharkiv; 🔹 Washington approved Brussels for training of ZSU pilots only for technical language and F-16 tactics manuals; 🔹 Grain deal extended till July 17; 🔹 SBU accuses Orthodox priest in Iziyum of "denying Russian aggression"; 🔹 Reuters: Pentagon mistakenly overpriced equipment sent for ZSU by 3 billion dollars.
🔹 Five grain carriages gone off tracks after explosion on a railway in Crimea; 🔹 ZSU UAV bombed sports and recreation complex in Kursk Oblast; 🔹 Explosions reported in the night in Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine; 🔹 DPR People's Council adopts a bill on help for businessmen who want to invest in the region; 🔹 DPR Ministry of Coal and Energy received 2,7 bln rubles (33,6 million USD) to cover debts on wages; 🔹 NYT: Contrary to statements by Zelensky, US never allowed to train ZSU pilots on European F-16.
🔹 Explosions were heard in Kyiv in the morning; 🔹 Kyiv delegation in PABSEC attacked a member of Russian delegation; 🔹 Zelensky demands a "clear signal" that Ukraine shall join NATO after the end of conflict; 🔹 Zelensky's wife came to London for coronation of king Charles III; 🔹 Mayor of Odesa under arrest for corruption; 🔹 Russian Zaporizha Oblast bans alcohol trade until August; 🔹 EU to give Greece about 80 mln euro for production of munitions for ZSU; 🔹 US: Kyiv has all it needs to start counteroffensive; 🔹 Netherlands say that discuss giving F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv with partners.
🔹 Russian forces downed an UAV loaded with US-produced explosives; 🔹 ZSU Commander in Chief briefed US Joint Group of Forces Commander on front line status; 🔹 Zelensky says briefed Macron on front line status; 🔹 Kyiv declares a contract with Turkish UAV manufacturer Baykar signed in action; 🔹 Kremlin Administration deputy director and former CEO of Rosatom corporation visited Zaporizha NPP; 🔹 ZSU command argues Ukrainian Air Forces pilots would be able to fly F-16 "in 3 months"; 🔹 Kherson authorities warn that Kyiv plans to disrupt elections in new Russian regions.
🔹 Financial Times: none of 20 M109 self-propelled howitzers that were given Kyiv by Italy, was in order for combat; 🔹 EU to give 1 billion dollar for "emergency reconstruction" of Ukraine; 🔹 Zelensky says ready to start ZSU counteroffensive without Western fighter jets; 🔹Bild: Germany trains 1000 ZSU Special Forces troops for counteroffensive; 🔹 Kyiv protests against EU and Poland ban on imports of Ukrainian grain and agroproducts; 🔹 Governor of Russian Sevastopol: Fire in fuel depot eliminated;
🔹 In the night, 2 ZSU marine UAVs attempted to attack Sevastopol harbor, both were destroyed; 🔹 Government of Latvia to spend 4 mln euro to teach Ukrainian refugees Latvian language in 2023; 🔹 RuMOD: Russian forces landed strikes on over 130 ZSU targets in Lyman front; 🔹 Ukrainian loitering munition with 17 kg of explosives crashes near Moscow; 🔹 US Congressman Paul Gosar proposed a ban of foreign aid due to costs of helping Kyiv; 🔹 The Economist: old MiG-29 fighter jets given to Kyiv by Poland and Slovakia are inoperative and are being cannibalized for spare parts.
🔹 Poland PM Mateusz Morawiecky announced transfer of another batch of MiG-29 fighter jets for ZSU; 🔹 Slovakia Agriculture Ministry discouraged import of Ukrainian grain after identification of pesticides; 🔹 EU Council: Peace Fund funded 4,6 bln dollar worth military aid for Kyiv; 🔹 Three members of ZSU infiltration and sabotage group caught in Melitopol; 🔹 Moldova willing to help Kyiv with mine clearing on controlled territories; 🔹 Die Welt: EU will have to give back frozen Russian assets; 🔹 Evgeniy Prigozhin says that Wagner Group eliminated at least 38 000 Ukrainian troops.
🔹 Ukrainian light aircraft crashed in Russian Bryansk Oblast, pilot survived and was arrested, he had armored vest and assault rifle with him; 🔹 Poland shall give Kyiv only 14 MiG-29 fighter jets, not 20 pledged before; 🔹 Pentagon: SAM missile systems are currently a top priority for military aid to Kyiv; 🔹 RuFM: Kyiv attempts to thwart operation of Russian communication satellites with foreign aid; 🔹 Kyiv Anti-Corruption Agency raid Kharkiv mayor as a investigation of major embezzlement of humanitarian assets; 🔹 ZSU spotters arrested in Zaporizha Oblast.
🔹 Pentagon announced new 2,6 bln dollar military aid package for Kyiv, including munitions and ATGM; 🔹 ZSU shelling hit border village of Aleshkovichi in Suzem District of Russian Bryansk Oblast; 🔹 Bild: In polls 64% Germans voted against sending Kyiv fighter jets, only 28% approve that move; 🔹 Mayor of Lviv announced that property of canonical Ukraine Orthodox Church shall be arrested and transferred to the city or schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine; 🔹 People in Lugansk paid respects to the memory of war journalist and volunteer soldier Vladlen Tatarsky, assassinated in Saint Petersburg; 🔹 People in Kramatorsk report series of explosions in the city.
🔹 Poland gave Kyiv several of its MiG-29 fighters; 🔹 Zelensky plans to visit Warsaw on April 5; 🔹 Germany vicePM Habeck comes to Kyiv; 🔹 Terrorist act against a car with passenger in Melitopol; 🔹 Evgeni Prigozhin declares Bakhmut "legally captured" by Wagner troops; 🔹 ZSU amassed a major group of forces for offensive in Zaporizha Oblast; 🔹 Zaporizha proposed to strengthen air defenses; 🔹 Reports that in Romania Rheinmetall creates a maintenance center for military equipment sent to Ukraine; 🔹 Rada announced plans to give seized canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church cathedral in Khmelnitsky to schismatic pro-Kyiv Orthodox Church in Ukraine.
🔹 ZSU General Staff acknowledged "partial success" of Wagner Group forces in Bakhmut; 🔹 UkrMOD Reznikov: ZSU will start counter-offensive on several axes; 🔹 UAF command staff advisor: Kyiv shall prepare to receive F-16 fighter jets; 🔹 Ukrainian Rada to discuss call-up for mobilization via online messengers and SMS; 🔹 Prigozhin: Battle for Bakhmut serves systematic elimination of ZSU forces; 🔹 Karchaa: Head of IAEA found out that there were no offensive weapons stationed in Zaporizha NPP; 🔹 Spain confirmed pledge to give Kyiv 6 Leopard tanks after April 9; 🔹 Zelensky: Kyiv still has no Patriot SAM systems, we need 20 batteries of them; 🔹 Head of Kyiv Ministry of Finance: Warfare costs us 3,5 bln dollars every month; 🔹 Schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine names its vicar of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
🔹 EU summit confirmed pledge to give Kive 1 million artillery shells; 🔹 US to give Kyiv older Abrams tanks from reserves, not newly manufactured; 🔹 High court in DPR sentenced ZSU servicemen Andrey Nayden and Danila Kolenov for 25 years for murdering civilians in Mariupol; 🔹 Kyiv received first four MiG-29 fighter jets from Slovakia; 🔹 Kyiv Rada plans to cancel lifetime bonuses for ZSU veterans due to pressure on budget; 🔹 France MOD refutes claims about ZSU pilots trained to fly Mirage 2000 fighter jets.
🔹 Zelensky visited ZSU positions on Bakhmut front; 🔹 Zelensky's aide calls to cut Russian oil price cap by half; 🔹 Kyiv reports that production of 122 mm munitions ZSU has started abroad; 🔹 Russian Kherson governor Saldo: Line of defense along left bank of Dnieper in Kherson Oblast was strengthened threefold; 🔹 UK FM says supplying Kyiv with depleted uranium munitions does not lead to nuclear escalation; 🔹 Russian MP: Russia confirmed that NATO created military facilities in Ukraine under guise of biolaboratories; 🔹 DPR reports that tens of thousands ZSU soldiers are positioned in Chasiv Yar; 🔹 US Congress to hold hearings on Ukraine aid audit; 🔹 Slovakia reports Ukrainian technicians started acceptance procedures for MiG-29 fighter jets.
🔹 North Macedonia gives Kyiv 4 Su-25 attack aircraft; 🔹 State Secretary Antony Blinken voiced against attempts to freeze conflict in Ukraine; 🔹 US to kickstart ZSU spring offensive with a new 350 mln dollar aid package; 🔹 Russian Air Defense shot down Ukrainian UAV in Kuibyshev district of Donetsk; 🔹 RuFM announced that grain deal shall expire in 60 days; 🔹 ZSU moves reserves to Avdiivka to push back Russian advancement to the north and south-west sectors of the city.