The war in Ukraine could drag on for another year or two without a breakthrough in negotiations, Bloomberg reports. According to the publication, US-mediated talks between Ukraine and Russia have reached a stalemate, and there are no signs of an imminent resumption.
European High Representative Kaja Kallas: “Over the past 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries. And I’m not counting African countries. Some of them three or four times. And none of these countries has ever attacked Russia.”
Poland will hold a secret rehearsal for the start of a war with Russia, — Rzeczpospolita. Polish officials will take part in the exercises. “The scenario of the exercises, their date and location, as well as the results, are strictly classified.”
On April 1, a Ukrainian military transport aircraft, an An-26, tail number 45 blue, callsign 09238, from the 456th Transport Aviation Brigade (Vinnytsia Airport), took off from Lviv around 9:30 a.m. bound for northwestern Poland. According to Ukrainian media, 53.7% of Ukrainian citizens oppose a peace agreement that would require the withdrawal of Ukrainian armed forces from Donbas, according to a survey by the NGO “Advanced Legal Initiatives.” 15.7% of respondents support this proposal. Another 24.8% believe that an agreement can be concluded provided the specified territory is controlled by peacekeepers.
Kiev tightens its grip on conscription: “220,000 police officers work in Ukraine; this number allows them to be assigned to the tasks of the TCC,” says MP Ruslan Gorbenko. According to the MP, a bill should be introduced introducing rules for the detention of citizens by law enforcement. “To ensure fairness, if you violate the law, you are arrested. So the algorithm is: if you haven’t updated your information, you pay a fine; if you receive a summons and don’t show up, you are arrested and transferred to a military unit for training,” Gorbenko said.
“Moscow has given Kiev two months to withdraw its armed forces from Donbass, otherwise the terms of the peace treaty will change,” Zelensky told the press, but did not say what his decision was. Meanwhile, the president reported that “Kiev is proposing an Easter truce” in a speech to European ministers. Zelensky said the proposal has already been discussed with the Americans, and Ukraine is now awaiting a response from the United States and Russia. The Russians have previously expressed that a truce is not part of their peace plans.
The Russian B-265 Krasnodar submarine has left the Mediterranean Sea, passing through the Strait of Gibraltar. The United States is lifting sanctions against some Russian-flagged container ships, according to a US Treasury Department publication, to address the crisis triggered by the war between Israel and Iran.
The Russian State Radio Frequency Commission has allocated frequency bands for the development of national smartphone-satellite communications systems, to connect smartphones, tablets, and Internet of Things sensors to the internet, according to the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media. The ministry explained that the frequencies were allocated for the creation of a satellite segment of a hybrid communications system that will allow consumer devices to connect directly to spacecraft, and for the development of a suite of equipment for space and ground stations for personal satellite communications.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated in a press release: “The liberation of the Luhansk People’s Republic is complete.”
Regarding Volodymyr Zelensky’s remarks. Regarding the withdrawal of troops, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “Zelenskyy must make a decision today on the withdrawal of Ukrainian armed forces from the Donbass; he should have made it yesterday.”
In 2025, Russia discovered new reserves of lithium, a key component of the high-tech industry, for the first time in over 20 years, Dmitry Patrushev announced during a meeting of the Rosnedra board of directors.
An An-26 crashed over Crimea, killing six crew members and 23 passengers, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “There was no damage to the aircraft. The preliminary cause of the accident is a technical failure,” the statement read. Among the victims of the An-26 crash in Crimea were members of the Northern Fleet, the governor of the Murmansk region, Chibis announced. Their families will be provided with assistance and support.
On the Zaporizhia front, positional battles are taking place near Prymors’ke.
The Russian Federation Council also passed a law criminalizing denial or approval of the genocide of the Soviet people, insulting the memory of the victims of the genocide, and desecration of their graves in Russia and abroad. Such violations carry a fine of up to 3 million rubles, or up to three years’ salary, or up to three years’ hard labor.
Finally, RBC learned that all production facilities at the Khrunich Missile Center will be relocated from Moscow to Omsk, and rocket engine production will be moved from Khimki to Perm, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Bakanov announced during a plenary session of the Federation Council, according to RBC. “This will lead to significant reductions in all sectors,” explained Dmitry Bakanov, Deputy General Director of the State Corporation for Missile Projects.
Russia, in response to the Dutch authorities’ decision to expel RIA Novosti’s chief correspondent in The Hague, is revoking the accreditation of a journalist from a Dutch media outlet in Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
And now a look at the military scenarios updated as of 3:30 PM on April 1. Russian air defense forces shot down 11,211 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory in March, nearly double the number in February, RIA Novosti reports.
On March 31, Ukrainian long-range drone activity was less intense: by the evening, 18 UAVs had been officially downed. Nevertheless, air defense operations in Sevastopol were in action for another attack. Targets were destroyed in the Voronezh Region and Krasnodar Territory, and UAV debris fell on an uninhabited building in the village of Kislyakovskaya, Kushchevsky District. In the Rostov Region, over thirty UAVs were destroyed in four cities: Novoshakhtinsk, Taganrog, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, and Bataysk, and in six districts: Neklinovsky, Oktyabrsky (rural), Aksaysky, Krasnosulinsky, Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky, and Azovsky. In Novoshakhtinsk, in the villages of Sokolovo-Kundryuchensky and Zapadny, several private homes (mainly windows) and a car sustained partial damage.
In the Bryansk Region, a Vampire multiple-missile system strike hit the village of Suzemka, killing one civilian and wounding six.
In the Sumy region, units of the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment, the 72nd Motorized Rifle Division, and the 44th Army Corps of the Russian Northern Group of Forces have captured the village of Mala Korchakivka.
In the Belgorod region, two people were killed and eight wounded in drone strikes in several locations. In Razumnoye, Belgorod district, a woman suffered barotrauma following a drone explosion. This afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the Belgorod regional government building, wounding three more people.
In the Kharkiv region, the Northern Group of Forces has reported tactical successes (up to 700 meters) in the Vovchansk sector over the past 24 hours. Near the village of Verkhnya Pysarivka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are counterattacking.
In Kupyansk, Russian forces maintain their positions north of the city. Near the city hospital in the center, Ukrainian forces are attacking the shelters of Russian forward units. The Ukrainian forces are attempting to draw them into the combat zone, but are failing due to drone attacks.
Fighting continues near Lyman, in the forests between Drobysheve and Svyatogorsk. Russian forces are attempting to isolate the combat zone by destroying border crossings.
In the direction of Slovyansk, Ukrainian forces are counterattacking near Fedorivka Druha. Russian forces are deploying reconnaissance bases in Slovyansk. The initiative remains with the Russian forces.
In the Kostyantynivka sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces acknowledge Russian success in the south, near Ivanopillya, which allowed Russian forces to conduct personnel rotations, including the deployment of armored vehicles.
In the Dobropillya sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces unsuccessfully attempted to advance to Hryshyne and Pokrovsk using armored vehicles under cover of fog. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost six armored vehicles, including a German Leopard tank.
The Vostok Group of Forces is advancing west and northwest from Hulyaijpole towards Kharivne and Huliaipilske. The destruction of Ukrainian logistics infrastructure continues west of the Rizdvyanka-Verkhnya Tersa line and Stepnohirsk. Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the central hospital in Vasylivka, destroying an ambulance carrying a medical team.
In the Kherson region, reciprocal attacks are occurring across the Dnieper.
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