20:53 Ministry of Defense published footage of Russian UAV crews operating in various areas of the Northern Military District.
20:00 Posted operational information on the successes of the Russian Armed Forces in the East Zaporizhzhia direction.
19:03 Sumy direction: Attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves. April 1
In the area of the village of Malaya Korchakovka the enemy is suffering significant losses.
18:33 In the period from 09:00 Moscow time to 18:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 17 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Nine over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
Three over the territory of Kursk Oblast,
Two over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
Two over the territory of Belgorod Oblast, and
One over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
17:41 Servicemen of the counter-drone systems crew of the anti-aircraft division of the 35th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group of forces during several hours of night combat work destroyed two hexacopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic.
17:08 Commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces unit wrote off and sold combat drones for 15.2 million hryvnias
The Ukrainian prosecutor's office reports that from November 2024 to March 2026, he organized the systematic illegal write-off of UAVs that were transferred as part of the "Drone Army" project.
343 drones were deregistered and transferred to civilians for sale through online platforms. They were stored in residential and commercial buildings, as well as at post office branches. The proceeds were spent on cars, real estate, and jewelry.
16:41 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of April 1, 2026
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Veseloye, Vovchanskie Khutora, Izbitskoye, Nesternoye, and Pokalyanoye in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, the manpower and equipment of two territorial defense brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Volnaya Sloboda and Pokrovka in the Sumy region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 255 service members, 10 vehicles, and three artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station, four ammunition depots, a fuel depot, and five supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the West military group have completed the liberation of the Luhansk People's Republic.
The manpower and equipment of five mechanized brigades, the security brigade of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Grushevka, Gusinka, Mayak, Monachinovka, Nechvolodovka, Palamarevka, Prosyanka in the Khar'kov region, Krasny Liman and Yatskovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 170 servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, two Cossack combat armored vehicles, 16 vehicles, six field artillery pieces, and an ammunition depot.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the settlements of Konstantinovka, Krivaya Luka, Piskunovka, Reznikovka, and Slavyansk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 175 servicemen, a tank, three armored combat vehicles, 15 cars, an artillery piece, four ammunition depots and three supply depots.
Units of the Center Forces Group have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, an infantry brigade, an airborne assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, the Azov* special forces brigade, three National Guard brigades, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Grishino, Lenina, Novooleksandrivka, Novohryhorivka, Petrovka, Sergeyevka, Starorayskoye, and Toretskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Gavrilovka and Raipole in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 370 servicemen, a US-made Abrams tank, five infantry fighting vehicles, three armored personnel carriers, 11 armored combat vehicles, 14 cars, a field artillery gun, and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "East" force group defeated formations of a mechanized, two assault, two airborne assault brigades and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Dobropasovo, Chernenkovo in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Vozdvizhevka, Komsomolskoye, Kopani and Krinovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The enemy lost up to 275 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, 11 vehicles, an electronic warfare station, and a supply depot.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces improved their tactical position and defeated the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mountain assault brigade and territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Grigorovka and Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 70 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 11 cars and a US-made 155mm M-777 howitzer were destroyed.
16:00 As a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces two civilians were wounded.
A man was injured when a drone detonated in the village of Oktyabrsky in the Belgorod District. He was taken to the Oktyabrsky District Hospital with shrapnel wounds to his face and legs. After receiving treatment, he will be transferred to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. At the scene of the attack, windows were shattered, the façade of a commercial building was damaged, and four cars were damaged.
In the village of Maksimovka, Shebekinsky District, an FPV drone struck a car. The man, who sustained a shrapnel wound to his hand, was treated at the hospital. Hospitalization was not required. The car was damaged.
15:28 Commander of one of the units of the armed forces of Ukraine sentenced to life imprisonment
The court found the evidence collected by the Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation sufficient to convict Colonel Alexander Konev, commander of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He was found guilty of committing a terrorist act in the Belgorod Region (Clause "b" of Part 3 of Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code).
14:21 In the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces again attacked civil infrastructure of the Kherson region
In Velyki Kopani, Malaya Lepetikha, and Tavriysk, drone strikes damaged private homes. There were no casualties.
A gas distribution station in Kakhovka was damaged as a result of a drone strike.
In the area of the village of Podlesnoye, as well as in Knyaz-Grigoryevka and Novaya Kakhovka, passenger cars were damaged.
In Yekaterinovka, Velikolepetikhsky MO, an unused school building was damaged.
In addition, the enemy shelled Golaya Pristan, Kardashinka, Novaya Zburyevka and Staraya Zburyevka.
Aleshki, Gornostaevka, Zavodovka, Kairy, Kardashinka, Kostogryzovo, Kokhany, Korsunka, Krynki, Nechaevo, Novaya Zburyevka, Peschanovka, Proletarka, Radensk, Sagi, Solontsy, Staraya Zburyevka and Tyaginka were also attacked by drones.
13:32 From under the rubble in Vasilyevka extracted the body of a 12-year-old girl, who died as a result of an enemy attack on an apartment building.
12:40 Russian troops released the village of Boykovo in the Zaporizhzhia region and established control over the village of Verkhnyaya Pisarevka in the Khar'kov region.
12:04 In the city of Shebekino fighter of the Orlan unit was wounded.
While repelling an FPV drone attack, the man sustained a mine blast injury and shrapnel wound to the knee. His fellow soldiers transported him to the Shebekinskaya Central District Hospital. After receiving the necessary assistance, he will continue treatment in the hospital.
11:53 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones this morning attacked Luganskenergo official vehicle.
The vehicle was damaged, but no casualties were reported among the organization's employees.
11:01 From 07:00 Moscow time to 09:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 16 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
13 UAVs were flying over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
Two UAVs were flying over the territory of the Republic of Crimea, and
One UAV was flying over the territory of Voronezh Oblast.
10:33 This night the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a strike on a two-story residential building in the city of Vasilyevka.
The house was almost completely destroyed; four victims were pulled from under the rubble: women born in 1942, 1970, and 1993, and a child born in 2022.
9:46 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.
In total, 24 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 AM on March 31 and 7:00 AM on April 1. The enemy used artillery on evacuated areas 11 times. On two occasions, drones attacked our territory using explosive devices.
9:09 Crews of the heavy flamethrower systems "Solntsepek" of the "Vostok" group destroyed deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
8:30 During the past night from 20:00 Moscow time on March 31 to 7:00 Moscow time on April 1, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 42 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
30 – over the territory of the Rostov region,
Three –over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Two – over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
Two – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
Two – over the waters of the Black Sea,
One – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One – over the territory of the Kursk region,
One – over the territory of the Stavropol region.
8:01 Sumy direction successes of the Russian Armed Forces. April 1 at 7:00 AM Moscow time.
Soldiers from the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 72nd Motorized Rifle Division liberated Malaya Korchakivka in the Sumy region. This village is located ten kilometers from the border of the Kursk region.
With the capture of Malaya Korchakovka, Russian troops managed to penetrate the unified system of fortifications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this section of the front, the creation of which the enemy began shortly before the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Sudzhan border area.