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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Luhansk Region
Yesterday, the enemy tried to conduct offensive actions not only in Bilohorivka, but also in the vicinity of Makiivka, Kreminna, Chervonopopivka, Dibrova and in the area of Serebryansk Forestry. Yesterday, settlements near the battle line were shelled by the enemy. These are, in particular, Novoselivske, Nevske, Chervonopopivka, Dibrova, Bilohorivka. In the Starobilsk district, the occupiers are looking for 50 Russian servicemen who deserted from units and military units.
Donetsk Region
Over the past day, two people died, three were injured. During the day, the enemy carried out airstrikes (the type of missiles was not established), S-300 air defense systems, shelled the populated areas of the region with Hrad anti-aircraft missiles, artillery, and tanks. Shelled: Avdiivka, Druzhkivka, village Velyka Novosilka, village Vremivka, village Karlivka
During one of the shelling in Avdiivka, a five-month-old child was killed and his grandmother, mother and father were injured.
Sumy Region
On the night of April 1, barrel artillery shelled the Seredyno-Buda territorial community. No consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians shelled the territory of four communities of the Sumy region: Znob-Novhorod, Bilopillia, Khotyn, Esman.
Khotyn community: the Russians hit with artillery from artillery – 25 volleys. As a result of one of the shellings, a resident of the Sumy district was injured.
Kharkiv Region
In the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy shelled the settlements of Veterynarne, Hoptivka, Strilecha, Hlyboke, Neskuchne, Bochkove, and Budarki. In the Kupiansk direction, the settlements near the battle line: Kamianka, Fiholivka, Masyutivka, Sinkivka, Krokhmalne came under enemy fire. During the past day, no casualties were found as a result of enemy shelling.
Dnipropetrovsk Region
Yesterday, during the day, the enemy hit the Marhanets community of the Nikopol district twice, using heavy artillery and UAVs. Without victims and victims. In Marhanets, a social institution, cars and farm buildings were damaged.
Zaporizhzhia Region
Yesterday afternoon, an enemy rocket hit the territory of one of the Zaporizhzhia cemeteries. 55 surrounding private sector houses were damaged by the blast wave. Two people received minor injuries.
Yesterday, as a result of an airstrike on the city of Orikhiv with two missiles on the territory of the Republic of Moldova, two civilian workers were injured, one in a serious condition. A two-story administrative building and auxiliary economic buildings were damaged, as well as partially destroyed boxes with automobile equipment, destroyed automobile equipment that was stored in open areas.
During the past day, the enemy carried out 104 attacks on 19 settlements: Zaporizhzhia, Orikhiv, Gulyaipole, Novoandriivka, Charivne, Gulyaipilske, Zaliznychne, Novoyakovlivka, Novodanylivka, Bilohirya, Olhivske, Sviatopetrivka, Staroukrainka, Zatyshsha, Poltavka, Kamianske, Stepove, Mali Shcherbaki, Plavni. 46 reports of destruction have been received.
Kherson Region
Over the past day, the enemy launched 54 shellings, firing 439 shells. The Kherson region was under fire from Russian aircraft, «Hrad» and artillery. The enemy shelled the city of Kherson five times. 27 shells hit residential quarters of the city, private and apartment buildings. Three people died, two were injured.
In the village of Posad-Pokrovske, three people were blown up by a Russian mine. These are electricians who worked on the restoration of electrical networks. According to preliminary information, two men aged 50 and 45 died, and one was seriously injured. Doctors are fighting for the victim’s life.
People trying to reach Kherson by boat came under fire. They sailed from dachas on the left bank of the Dnieper. Two people were previously injured. 91 people were evacuated from the de-occupied territory of the region.
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Zelensky announced special measures for the tribunal regarding the Russian Federation: «Ukrainians will resist, there will be a new Nuremberg»
The president assured that tools will be found so that «Russian murderers and executioners» receive fair sentences.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced that on March 31, special measures were held in Buch to speed up work for the tribunal regarding Russia’s aggression.
The head of state said this in an evening video message.
He emphasized that the key word today is justice.
«Justice is for our state, for all our people who lost relatives, loved ones, lost health, home, normal life due to Russian aggression, due to the terror of the occupier,» the president clarified.
He said that on this day in Bucha, on the anniversary of the city’s liberation, special events were held in Kyiv. This is the summit and negotiations, the second United for Justice conference.
«All this is to speed up, to do more energetic global work for the tribunal regarding Russia’s aggression, for the sake of new warrants from the International Criminal Court for the arrest of Russian war criminals, for the sake of legal and fair sentences that all Russian murderers and executioners should receive,» the head of state explained.
«And they will get it. One hundred percent. We will ensure it. We will find formats, we will find tools,» he emphasized.
Zelensky thanked everyone who helped in this. He noted that representatives of almost 50 countries took part in this first Bucha Summit. And this is just the beginning.
«I thank the leaders of Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia and Moldova who visited Ukraine today, who personally supported Bucha – they honored the memory of all those who died in the city during the Russian occupation,» said the Ukrainian leader.
He also traditionally thanked the Ukrainian military – all those who are fighting for the state now, and all those who have been fighting since 2014.
«Ukrainians will persevere in this war. We will free our land and all our people from Russian slavery. And there will be a day when the world will hear that justice has been restored for Ukraine. There will be a new «Nuremberg» – against the Rashists,» the president assured.
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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