23:48 – Information about another bombing is coming from the southern Ukrainian port of Odessa
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23:03 – The Nexta server published photos of the highway between Kiev and Zhytomyr, one of the main roads in the country, as it looks about 30 kilometers from the capital.
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22:41 – At least seven people died and another 34 were injured, including three children, during the shelling of Kharkov. Ten residential houses were destroyed.
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22:16 – Russia’s attempt to label the Buchi news as a fake cannot hide the truth about the killing of civilians in Ukraine, said the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He added that this shows that Russian President Vladimir Putin is desperate, his operation is failing and Ukraine’s determination has never been stronger.
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21:27 – 410 bodies suspected of committing a war crime were found in the vicinity of Kiev, Ukrainian Attorney General Iryna Venedyktov said on Sunday.
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20:40 – According to the authorities, Russian forces shelled Kharkov. A total of 23 people were killed or injured. One person died in an attack on a hospital in Rubižný.
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20:33 – A post office camera in the Belarusian city of Mazyr captured a group of Russian soldiers sending stolen goods from Ukraine home. television, air conditioning, car batteries and even in Scooter.
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20:31 – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was inviting former Chancellor Angela Merkel and former President Nicolas Sarkozy to Bukh to see what 14 years of concessions to Russia had led to. Both politicians opposed Ukraine’s accession to NATO in 2014.
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20:14 – UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he was deeply shocked by footage of dead civilians from the town of Bucha near Kiev. He called for an independent investigation into their deaths and for those responsible to be held accountable.
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19:46 – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said according to Reuters that the Western Allies will agree on further sanctions against Russia in the coming days. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also spoke about the new sanctions, pointing to “heinous attacks on civilians” in Ukrainian cities.
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19:32 – President Milos Zeman condemns the killing of civilians in Ukraine as a war crime. He believes that he will be punished fairly by an international court.
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19:25 – Donbas reports intensified shelling by Russian forces, which in turn withdrew from Kiev. According to the governor of the Donetsk region, the situation is turbulent.
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18:58 – At the concert Together for Ukraine at Prague’s Letná, flags used by Russians around the world who do not agree with the invasion of Ukraine appeared. Against the Russian flag, the lower red stripe is missing on them.
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Concert for Ukraine in Prague on Letná. In the background, a flag without a red stripe, used by Russians who do not agree with the war.
Photo: Michaela Říhová, ČTK
18:27 – More than 500,000 people have returned to Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. 144,000 people have left the country and 88,000 have arrived in the country last week, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
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18:00 – The rest of the Baltics have joined Lithuania. Latvia and Estonia will also stop taking Russian gas. “If anyone has doubts whether it is possible to trust supplies from Russia, then current events clearly show that such trust no longer exists,” said Uldis Baris, chief Latvian gas operator Coneux Baltic Grid.
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17:45 – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with the American television CBS accused Russia of committing genocide in his country. He then wrote on social networks that pictures of dead Ukrainian civilians in the streets of Buč should be seen by the mothers of Russian soldiers.
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17:26 – Ukraine’s Chernihiv is 70 percent destroyed after the Russian army leaves. This was stated by Mayor Vladyslav Atrosenko. He added that business in the city practically does not work now and the city budget is basically non-existent.
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16:57 – The footage of the murdered civilians in Ukraine was described by Prime Minister Petr Fiala as frightening. According to him, the Russian army is committing war crimes.
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16:40 – According to NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, Russia’s alleged retreat from Kiev is not a real withdrawal, but rather a relocation that could be followed by further attacks.
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16:23 – The Russian Ministry of Defense has stated that photographs of dead civilians in the streets of Buči are a hoax. He justifies this by saying that they did not appear until four days after the departure of Russian troops.
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16:03 – A concert Together for Ukraine is taking place at Letná. Hundreds of people gathered there.
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Live: Concert at Letná – Together for Ukraine
15:46 – One of the advisers to Ukrainian President Andriy Sybiha said that the fifth package of sanctions against Russia could be introduced on Sunday. It should target banks, close ports for Russian ships and impose an embargo on trade with Russian companies.
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15:13 – Russia will demand payment in rubles, as well as for gas, for other goods, said in an interview with Rossiya TV 1 Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. According to him, Western anti-Russian sanctions have accelerated the weakening of confidence in the US dollar and the euro.
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Moscow will only export food and crops to friendly countries, according to Reuters, former Russian president and current deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.
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14:49 – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba demands “devastating” sanctions against Russia after the Bucha massacre. Kuleba is calling for an embargo on Russian gas, oil, coal, as well as the closure of ports for Russian ships and a cut-off from the SWIFT banking system.
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14:08 – European Council President Charles Michel has promised that the EU will help Ukraine gather evidence of war crimes committed by the Russian army, according to Ukrainians.
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12:41 – The Ministry of the Interior has so far cost ten billion crowns to manage migration from Ukraine. The Minister of the Interior Vít Rakušan (STAN) said this on Czech Television. The government will discuss the strategy for managing migration on Wednesday, and the minister wants to present it to the Chamber of Deputies on April 14.
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12:18 – “The systematic killing of civilians by the fleeing Russian army is another in a series of heinous war crimes by the Putin regime. Czech diplomacy, together with its allies, will work to ensure that all those responsible are punished, “the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Twitter, pointing to the atrocities that are coming to light.
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12:03 – The smoke rising from the burning fuel oil tanks in Belgorod has shown the Russians that the special operation in Ukraine is a real war and may directly affect them, writes Alex Schwamberk in his commentary.
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11:01 – Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky denied Kiev’s claim that the draft agreement between Russia and Ukraine is ready for negotiation at the highest level, according to TASS.
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10:44 – Lithuanian documentary filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius was killed in a Russian attack in Mariupol in eastern Ukraine. Reuters reported, referring to the filmmaker’s colleagues, who said she could not verify the report immediately.
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10:33 – Transnistria has denied Ukraine’s claim that Russian troops are moving into its territory and may be preparing to attack Ukraine from the west. The separatist pro-Russian republic of Transnistria broke away from Moldova in the 1990s when separatists were actively supported by Russian troops.
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Kyiv region. 21st century Hell. Bodies of men and women, who were killed with their hands tied. The worst crimes of Nazism have returned to 🇪🇺. This was purposely done by 🇷🇺. Impose an embargo on energy resources, close seaports. Stop the murders! pic.twitter.com/5QIgUB8qfr
– Mikhail Podolyak (@Podolyak_M) April 3, 2022
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10:04 – In the Sunday edition of the German newspaper Die Welt, the Polish Deputy Prime Minister and de facto the most powerful political figure in the country, Jaroslaw Kaczyński, said that he was open to the possibility of deploying US nuclear weapons in Poland.
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9:34 – The Czechia issued 2,574 visas to Ukrainian refugees on Saturday, more than 257,000 since the beginning of the Russian invasion. 144,500 arrivals reported to the police.
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8:28 – The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense described the liberated city of Buča near Kiev as the new Srebrenica. The Russians have killed about 300 civilians here, the mayor said.
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6:50 – There were a number of explosions in Odessa early this morning. According to Unian, local authorities have confirmed that the city is facing air strikes by Russian forces. According to the official statement, the air forces managed to shoot down several missiles, but some hit the area near the city and caused fires.
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5:51 – Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski in an interview with Germany’s Die Welt, he accused France and Germany of having too close ties with Russia. He mainly beat neighboring Germany.
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“For years, the German government has not wanted to see what Russia is doing under Putin’s leadership, and today we can see the consequences,” said Kaczynski, who also accused Germany of wanting to rebuild what Bismarck once dreamed of. “German European dominance side by side with Russia,” the Polish deputy prime minister explained.
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5:20 – Russia has reconsidered its military strategy in Ukraine and is focusing on taking control of the country’s east, including the Donbas region, by early May, CNN said, citing unnamed U.S. officials familiar with U.S. intelligence. According to one of the station’s sources, Russian President Vladimir Putin will try to achieve this by May 9, when Russia celebrates the end of World War II or Victory Day.
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4:04 – Captured self-propelled mortar 2S34 Chosta
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3:17 – During Saturday, the Ukrainian Air Force destroyed two aircraft (two Su-34 fighters), one helicopter, one drone shot down four missiles. This was stated by the headquarters of the Ukrainian Air Force.
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2:39 – Russian troops are trying to conquer the city Boundaries a Dangerous and prepare your position for the attack on Severodonetsk, said the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. In this city, Ukrainian troops are fighting with pro-Russian separatist troops.
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2:10 – International Committee of the Red Cross operations (ICRC), which aims to facilitate the evacuation of the besieged Ukrainian population mariupolu, continues. Referring to the ICRC spokesman’s statement, Reuters reported late Saturday night.
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A few hours earlier, according to Interfax, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that the operation had failed, and blamed it directly on the humanitarian organization.
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1:33 – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyj praised Mariupol defender in his speech on Saturday. “Thanks to this resistance and the courage and resilience of our other cities, Ukraine has gained invaluable time. A time that allows us to undermine the enemy’s tactics and weaken its capabilities, “said Zelensky.
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00:38 – Russia has increased its activity in the airspace of south-eastern Ukraine. The British Ministry of Defense said this on Saturday evening. As in other parts of the country, however, it does not have a 100% predominance. According to the ministry, Ukraine’s air defense is still able to effectively disrupt Russian air support to advancing ground troops.
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