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[Regnum] An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 occurred in Khabarovsk Krai, the epicenter was recorded at a depth of 10 km. This was reported on April 2 by the Telegram channel " 112 ".
According to the channel's source, the epicenter is located in the vicinity of the village of Vanino. The tremors were also felt in the Sakhalin Region.
It is noted that there was no information about damage or casualties.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, an earthquake occurred in Myanmar on March 28. The magnitude was 7.7–7.9, according to various estimates. The epicenter was located near Mandalay. Several cities were damaged. As a result of the natural disaster in Myanmar, 2,886 people died, 4,639 people were injured, and another 373 are missing.
Emergencies Ministry specialists have been working in Myanmar since March 29.
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[Regnum] The capital region is expecting a sharp change in climate weather: more than 10 cm of snow may fall in Moscow over the weekend. This was reported on April 2 by Tatyana Pozdnyakova, a specialist at the capital's meteorological bureau.
“Starting from Sunday, April 6, the capital region will find itself in the cold rear part of another southern cyclone... From April 6 to 8, Moscow may see more than 10 cm of snow, which will not melt soon given slightly positive air temperatures,” she wrote on her Telegram channel.
The specialist compared the meteorological situation with 1998, when the snow cover in the capital was restored on April 12 and lasted until the 20th. Then the height of the snow cover was 28 centimeters. Pozdnyakova also added that motorists who did not "change to" summer tires will be the winners.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on the morning of April 2, Pozdnyakova reported that about 70% of the monthly precipitation norm fell in Moscow in one day.
According to the weather forecaster, in the period from 15:00 Moscow time on April 1 to 09:00 Moscow time on April 2, in Moscow in some places up to 24 mm of precipitation fell, and in the region the mark reached 17 mm, which is 50% of the monthly norm.
About 70% of the monthly precipitation norm fell in Moscow in one day. This was reported on April 2 by the chief specialist of the capital's meteorological bureau Tatyana Pozdnyakova.
According to the weather forecaster, in the period from 15:00 Moscow time on April 1 to 09:00 Moscow time on April 2, in Moscow in some places up to 24 mm of precipitation fell, and in the region the mark reached 17 mm, which is 50% of the monthly norm.
“The April Fools’ rains will be beneficial, they cleared the air of dust and filled the reservoirs, reducing the level of fire danger in the capital region,” she added on the Telegram channel.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on March 31, weather forecaster Yevgeny Tishkovets warned Muscovites about heavy rain, according to forecasts, up to 25 mm of precipitation could fall.
Scientific Director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand reported that heavy rains are expected in the North Caucasus, the Southern Federal District and the Lipetsk Region on March 31 and April 1.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 02.04.2025 to 00:00 03.04.2025.
Seven facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
There were reports of four civilians being injured, including a teenager born in 2007.
DAMAGED:
Two residential buildings,
One passenger car.
Seven armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 23 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:41 Artillery of the 6th Army covered an exposed enemy UAV control point in the village of Redkodub in the Kupyansk direction —video.
20:58 Northern drone operators shoot down Ukrainian hexocopters in Russia's Khar'kov region using FPV —video.
20:26 MTLB driver-mechanic with the call sign "Dobryak" told how his unit liberated the settlement of Razliv in the DPR.
“When we were approaching Razliv, when we passed the grey zone, the enemy opened fire on us from a machine gun from the forest belt,” says the serviceman.
During the landing of the troops in the populated area itself, an enemy RPG was fired at the combat vehicle. Despite this, "Dobryak" managed to land the personnel and escape enemy fire.
19:15 Ukrainian Armed Forces prisoner of war Dmitry Parkhomenko told about drunkenness and stabbings in his unit, and also called the mass dispatch of people to the front a “game of survival.”
"Don't you see what kind of extermination of the Ukrainian people is going on, especially men? They are even sending people from the rear units. I don't know who they will send next. First the women, then the children? Such a game of survival: will they survive or not?" the prisoner said.
18:10 Calculations of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" destroyed accumulation of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in the border areas of the Kursk region.
The drone operators identified the enemy in the forest and promptly adjusted the calculation of the airborne artillerymen. A precise salvo of 122mm Grad rockets covered the specified squares.
17:54 Armored group of four vehicles in close contact burst in at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Under cover of tank fire, our soldiers bailed from the armored vehicle and entered the enemy fortifications. After successfully carrying out the assault, the armored vehicles rolled back unhindered.
16:39 Calculation of the 152mm 2S5 self-propelled gun "Giatsint-S" destroyed artillery gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction
Aerial reconnaissance discovered an enemy artillery piece camouflaged in a forest and transmitted the coordinates to a 152mm self-propelled gun crew. The artillerymen destroyed the target with a minimum number of shots.
16:28 The employees of the Investigative Committee of Russia have already discovered four bodies of civilians with signs of violent death.
One man's body also had gunshot wounds.
15:31 In the period from 14.10 to 14.25 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Belgorod region.
15:07 FPV drone operator of the Sever group destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' FlyEye reconnaissance drone in Sumy Oblast.
14:25 The Graivoron district is under attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Wounded three civilians.
On the road section between the village of Lugovka and the farmstead of Masychevo, two cars were attacked by enemy drones. As a result of the attack on the passenger car, two men received barotrauma and concussions.
14:15 Night strikes on enemy military targets
On the night of April 1-2, 2025, Russian troops inflicted a series of pinpoint strikes on the infrastructure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, concentrated in the Odessa, Donetsk and Khar'kov regions. The targets were military communications facilities, auxiliary logistics, repair sites and areas of temporary accommodation of personnel. The Geran-2 strike UAVs were used, ensuring the precise destruction of targets, followed by the ignition of critical infrastructure.
Radisne, Odessa region (23:00 01.04.2025 and 00:45 02.04.2025)
Two Geran-2 attack UAVs hit the territory of the 37th separate communications brigade of the Navy, which carries out the task of ensuring stable command of naval units in coastal regions.
– A direct hit damaged the floor between floors of the two-story headquarters building, where the communications hub with elements of the fiber-optic communication line and satellite access terminals was located.
– The second UAV hit the roof of the barracks, causing a fire over an area of 700 m².
– No casualties were recorded among the personnel, however, the brigade's operational communications system was temporarily disabled.
Khar'kov (00:20–00:50, 02.04.2025)
A massive strike by six UAVs was carried out on a production and logistics cluster, partially converted into a repair and supply infrastructure for the 92nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
– On the territory of the Promsvyaz enterprise, a workshop was hit where, according to operational data, electronic units for the PD-2 UAV and electronic warfare components were stored, causing a fire over an area of more than 1,000 m².
– The strike on the building of the Vilona company destroyed three floors of the production complex where tactical equipment unloaded from volunteer deliveries was assembled and stored.
Kramatorsk, occupied territory of the DPR (02:50, 02.04.2025)
One UAV struck the area of concentration of the logistics battalion of the 81st airmobile brigade.
- As a result of the attack, one bus used to transport personnel was destroyed, and the second was seriously damaged.
- Despite the absence of losses among personnel, logistical capabilities have been significantly reduced.
Zolotoy Kolodez, occupied territory of the DPR (03:20–03:40, 02.04.2025)
Three attack UAVs hit the area of dispersal of military equipment of the 2nd operational battalion of the 3rd brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine.
- The strikes hit an improvised parking lot where the Kozak-2 armored vehicles, communications equipment and auxiliary trucks were located.
- Spot damage was recorded, at least two vehicles were disabled.
12:11 Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have intentionally destroyed two objects of Russian energy infrastructure.
– On April 2 at 02.11 in the Kursk region, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian UAV on a 110 kV substation in the area of the settlement of Klyukva (branch of PJSC Rosseti Centre - Kurskenergo), a transformer was disconnected, cutting off power supply to more than 1.2 thousand household consumers in the Kursk region.
– In addition, at 03.14, as a result of the deliberate shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the energy facility of the branch of PJSC Rosseti Centre – Kurskenergo, a wire broke in the spans of the 6 kV high-voltage line supports, cutting off power supply to more than 300 household consumers in the Kursk region.
11:56 Governor of Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov:
Information about Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes in the region over the past 24 hours:
In the Belgorod district, the settlement of Maysky, the villages of Blizhneye, Lozovoye and Yasnye Zori were attacked by four drones, three of which were shot down and suppressed. In the village of Lozovoye, one house was damaged. Tonight, the settlement of Maysky was attacked by an airplane-type drone - three garages were damaged on the territory of a social facility, and windows were also knocked out in several apartments of an apartment building.
– In the Borisovsky district, one drone attacked the Kazachye-Rudchenskoye farm. No casualties or damage.
– In the Valuysky municipal district, the village of Urazovo and the village of Kazinka were attacked by six drones, one of which was suppressed. In the village of Kazinka, as a result of a drone attack on a moving car, a civilian was injured. The man was taken to the Valuyskaya Central District Hospital by an ambulance team. All necessary assistance was provided, further treatment will be carried out on an outpatient basis. In the village of Kazinka, two Gazelles and one truck were damaged, in the village of Shelayevo, an administrative building was damaged on the territory of the enterprise. Tonight, as a result of an FPV drone attack, two cars were damaged in the village of Urazovo.
– In the Volokonovsky district, in the village of Krinichnoye, a drone attacked a parked car; the vehicle was damaged.
– In the Grayvoronsky municipal district, the settlement of Khotmyzhsk, the villages of Golovchino, Mokraya Orlovka and Moshchenoye were attacked by four drones. No consequences.
– In the Krasnoyarsk region, 44 munitions were fired in eight attacks on the village of Prilesye and the villages of Grafovka, Demidovka, Popovka, and five drones attacked. In the village of Grafovka, three houses were damaged as a result of the shelling.
- In the Prokhorovsky district, a drone attack was carried out in the village of Krivye Balki tonight. Three private houses were damaged.
– In the Rakityansky district, the village of Svyatoslavka was attacked by one drone. A private home and a car were damaged.
– An air defense system shot down an aircraft-type UAV over the Chernyansky district. There were no consequences.
– In the Shebekinsky municipal district, in the city of Shebekino, the villages of Belyanka and Murom, attacks by three drones were carried out, two of which were suppressed. No casualties or damage.
11:22 Another assault on the positions of the Russian Armed Forces by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Shevchenko near Pokrovsk. It ended with the enemy advancing, but there is a "nuance" -video.
10:58 A crew of the Molniya aircraft-type UAV of the Zapad group of forces destroyed a crew of drones, a personnel placement point and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.
A technician from the Molniya crew with the call sign “Wise” told us what ammunition the drone is equipped with —video.
10:26 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews of the 40th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Sever group destroyed military equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region —video.
09:51 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements of the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine released:
– Seven rounds in the village of Novaya Kakhovka;
- According to n.p. Kakhovka five rounds;
– Four rounds in the village of Malaya Lepetikha;
– Four rounds to the village of Aleshki;
- According to n.p. Gonostaevka two rounds;
- According to n.p. Korsunka three rounds.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a massive artillery shelling of Nova Kakhovka, as a result of which three civilians were wounded. In addition, Ukrainian militants shelled the building of Kakhovka School No. 2, there were no casualties or injuries.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Golaya Prystan, Dnepryany, and Kazachi Lagerya, firing a total of 20 rounds.
As a result of a nighttime UAV attack on Novaya Kakhovka by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three civilians were injured. Six cars were damaged as a result of enemy attacks in the Novaya Kakhovka District.
09:22 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for March 31 - April 1, 2025
– On Monday, March 31, Russian troops struck targets in several regions of Ukraine. At the same time, on the night of April 1, there were no launches of Russian long-range attack UAVs.
– The enemy does not stop attacks on energy facilities in Russia: in two days, substations in the Bryansk and Belgorod regions, as well as in the liberated territory of Zaporozhye, were subjected to raids.
– In the Kursk direction, the Russian Armed Forces expanded the control zone in the vicinity of Zhuravka and Basovka in the Sumy region, and also drove the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their positions in the Oleshnya and Guevo area.
– In the Andreevsky direction, Russian motorized riflemen liberated the village of Razliv and raised flags there.
08:54 Russian Ministry of Defense:
During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 93 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
– 87 – over the territory of the Kursk region,
- Four - over the territory of the Rostov region,
- Two - over the territory of the Belgorod region
. 08:23 Official summary by Department for Documented War Crimes of Ukraine
Ten cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been recorded.
There were reports of 16 civilians being injured.
Damaged:
– Three residential buildings;
– One city bus route No. 2;
– Four civil infrastructure facilities.
Ten armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 28 units of various ammunition.
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."
[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces in Belgorod direction engaged manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, two assault regiments of the AFU, and three territorial defence brigades close to Prokhody, Turya, Malaya Rybitsa, Petrushevka, Mikhaylovskoye, Velikiy Prikol, and Miropolskoye (Sumy region).
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 95 troops, an armoured personnel carrier, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and a field artillery gun.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades of the AFU and a border guard unit near Andreyevka, Kamenka (Kharkov region), Kirovsk, Drobyshevo, Yampol, and Krasny Liman (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU lost up to 215 troops, a tank, a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, seven motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns. Two artillery pieces were foreign-made. Two electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots have been eliminated.
The Yug Group of Forces units improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of five mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade, a regiment of unmanned aerial systems of the AFU, and a territorial defence brigade near Verkhnekamenskoye, Staraya Nikolayevka, Seversk, Aleksandro-Kalinovo, Belokuzminovka, Novoolenovka, Novaya Poltavka, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 285 troops, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, a U.S.-made 105mm M101 howitzer, and four motor vehicles.
The Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit manpower and materiel of three mechanised brigades, two assault brigades, an airmobile brigade, a jaeger brigade, a drone brigade, an assault regiment of the AFU, a national guard brigade and, the Omega special forces team near Lenina, Udachnoye, Kotlino, Muravka, Grishino, Krasnoarmeysk, Novosergeyevka, Peschanoye, Petrovskogo, and Belitskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 435 troops, a tank, two motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, and a naval infantry brigade close to Razliv, Zelenoye Pole, Zaporozhye, Voskresenka, Volnoye Pole of the Donetsk People's Republic, and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 110 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, a motor vehicle, three field artillery guns, and an electronic warfare station.
The Dnepr Group of Forces' units took more advantageous positions. Russian troops engaged a mechanised brigade, three coastal defence brigades of the AFU, and a territorial defence brigade near Tyaginka, Burgunka, Nikolskoye, Antonovka, and Dneprovskoye (Kherson region).
Up to 60 troops, three motor vehicles, an electronic warfare station, and an ammunition depot have been neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the enterprise for the assembly of unmanned aerial vehicles, the training center for pilots of unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition depots, clusters o manpower and hardware of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 139 areas.
Russian air defence means have shot down two U.S.-made JDAM guided bombs, one Uragan MLRS projectile and 177 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles including 94 over the territory of the Russian Federation.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the AFU lost 660 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 49,424 unmanned aerial vehicles, 601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,632 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,533 MLRS combat vehicles, 23,172 field artillery guns and mortars, 33,592 units of support military vehicles.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
In the course of offensive operations, the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of a mechanised brigade, two air assault brigades, and a territorial defence brigade of the AFU near Gornal, Guyevo, and Oleshnya.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and Artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Gornal, Guyevo, Oleshnya as well as Basovka, Belovody, Varachino, Vladimirovka, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, Zapselye, Loknya, Miropolye, Mogritsa, Sadki, Shalygino, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka in Sumy region.
In the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 150 troops, eight motor vehicles, and two UAV command posts.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 71,570 troops, 403 tanks, 329 infantry fighting vehicles, 293 armoured personnel carriers, 2,242 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,591 motor vehicles, 592 artillery guns, 53 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 26 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles, 123 EW stations, 18 counter-fire radars, ten air defence radars, 56 units of engineering and other materiel, including 23 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 15 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[Regnum] The Russian Investigative Committee is investigating the circumstances of the murder of four residents of the village of Rubanshchina in the Kursk Region by Ukrainian soldiers. This was reported on April 2 by the official representative of the department Svetlana Petrenko.
"During the investigation of a criminal case on a terrorist act (clause "b" of part 3 of article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), during an inspection of the residential sector of the village of Rubanshchina in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region, the bodies of four civilians with signs of violent death were found in residential buildings and in the adjacent territory. One of the bodies had gunshot wounds," Petrenko was quoted as saying by the Russian Investigative Committee's Telegram channel.
Investigators, examining the houses, established that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had struck the residential sector with artillery. This is evidenced by the destruction discovered.
Currently, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation is identifying the victims and interrogating witnesses. Forensic examinations have been ordered in the case. All representatives of the Ukrainian armed formations involved in the crime will be identified and brought to justice, Petrenko emphasized.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on March 13, the Russian army liberated the city of Sudzha and the settlements of Melovaya and Podol from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Rubanshchina and the village of Zaoleshenka were liberated on March 15.
The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a number of criminal cases on the crimes of the Kiev regime in the Kursk region. On April 1, the agency reported that four Ukrainian servicemen were sentenced to long prison terms for shelling civilians in the Sudzhansky district. As the court established, they illegally invaded the Kursk region as part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, participated in terrorist attacks against civilians and opened fire to kill on Russian servicemen.
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[Regnum] A Tu-22M3 strategic missile carrier bomber crashed during a scheduled flight in the Irkutsk region. This was reported on April 2 by the Russian Defense Ministry.
"On April 2, 2025, a Tu-22M3 aircraft crashed during a scheduled flight in the Irkutsk region. The crew of four ejected. As a result of the landing, according to the crew commander's report, one pilot died," the statement said.
It is noted that the search and rescue team that arrived at the scene is evacuating the crew members to the home airfield.
The Defense Ministry added that the plane crashed in an uninhabited area and there was no damage on the ground. According to preliminary information, the cause of the accident was a technical malfunction.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, a similar incident occurred on August 15, 2024. A Tu-22M3 bomber crashed in an uninhabited area in the Irkutsk region during a scheduled flight. The crew of the aircraft managed to eject. The cause of the crash was a technical malfunction.
The regional governor Igor Kobzev reported on August 16 that one of the pilots of the crashed Tu-22M3 could not be saved. The farewell ceremony for the pilot Nikita Perevalov was held on August 19 in his native village of Onokhoy in Buryatia.
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The Tupolev Tu-22M (Russian: Туполев Ту-22М; NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1960s.
Irkutsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia, located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers.
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