The AFU Fights for Ukraine for 37th Day (Online)

(Updated) What is happening on the war fronts today?

The AFU has been fighting Putin's forces for 37 days now. In the past 24 hours alone, the Ukrainian defenders repulsed seven enemy attacks in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

The AFU General Staff states that Russia continues partial withdrawal of troops from the north of the Kyiv region towards Belarus. At the same time, the Ukrainian Defence Forces continue successfully fulfilling their tasks, pursuing the retreating enemy, breaking through the occupier's defensive positions and gradually liberating Ukrainian lands.

Charter97.org webcasts the 36th day of the war. You can see the developments in Ukraine on March 31 in our previous online broadcast.

Ukraine 24 TV channel special broadcast

23:40 The supply of champagne from France to Russia was stopped after the start of the war in Ukraine, the prospects for supplies are unknown, said the general director of the Union of French Champagne Houses (UMC) David Chatillon.

23:35 Ukrainian tractors drove another Russian tank into the encirclement.

23:24 During the current day, the servicemen of the Joint Forces grouping successfully repelled 9 enemy attacks.

During the day, the Joint Forces grouping destroyed eight tanks, 44 armored vehicles, 16 vehicles of various types and ten enemy artillery systems.

Air defense units in the sky of the Ukrainian Donbas shot down enemy unmanned aerial vehicles.

23:21 Vitaliy Klitschko said that the bombing of satellite cities of Kyiv continues, despite Russia's promises to withdraw troops from the region. He clarified that the fighting was going on in Brovary, and those wishing to return to the capital would have to wait a bit.

23:15 At least 53 historical and religious objects have been damaged in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion, — UNESCO.

According to the organization, this includes 29 religious sites, 16 historical buildings, 4 museums and 4 monuments. Kharkiv suffered the most: 18 objects, including the Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, the Kharkiv Art Museum and the Holocaust Memorial in Drobytsky Yar.

23:06 Food prices in Russia have skyrocketed. Sugar +37.1%, bananas +49.1%, tomatoes +56.8%, soap +9.8%, milk +6.7% — CNN data.

22:55 Interesting analytics about today's shelling of the Belgorod region. If you look closely, the missile was flying not from Ukraine, but towards Ukraine. Either the Russians deliberately hit their positions, or they tried to hit Kharkiv, but the missile malfunctioned.

22:40 The Times writes that it has Ukrainian intelligence, which says that China launched a large-scale cyber attack on military and nuclear facilities in Ukraine. More than 600 websites from the pool of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and other institutions, from the State Border Service to the National Bank of Ukraine and the railway, were targeted.

Thousands of hacking attempts, according to the publication, began before the end of the 2022 Olympics and reached their peak on February 23 — the day before the start of the war.

22:39 The Russian military equipment was destroyed near the Hostomel airport.

22:23 An exhibition of memes was organized at the Kyiv railway station on April Fool's Day.

22:13 The rapid operational response unit shows the uniform that the "second army of the world" is fighting in.

22:05 American actor Sean Penn appealed to the world's billionaires to purchase 12 fighter jets for Ukraine, which would prevail in terms of technical characteristics of Russian military aviation.

Penn is asking billionaires to spend $300 million to purchase two squadrons of F-15 and F-16 fighters for Ukraine, which would have a qualitative advantage over Russian Su and MiG fighters.

He also calls for $200 million worth of missile defense systems for Ukraine, which together would amount to half a billion dollars.

At the same time, the actor admits that, in addition to the acquisition of the fighters themselves, additional costs will be required for the maintenance of these aircraft and their repair.

22:00 Germany has suspended cooperation with Russia and Belarus in the tax field, - Der Spiegel. The United States is imposing sanctions against another 120 organizations from Russia and Belarus, the United States Department of Commerce announced.

21:40 On the territory of the railway station destroyed by the occupiers in Trostyanets (Sumy region), maps of the occupiers were found, which they used for "orientation on the ground" during their "exercises", reports the Sumy magazine Cukr.

The coordinate system on the map was developed in 1942. The condition of the area corresponds to the data of 1990. The map was published in 1993 and reissued in 1993.

21:34 The crew of a separate brigade of the Stugna ATGM destroys the Russian MLRS TOS-1 Solntsepek (Buratino).

21:29 Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio will visit Azerbaijan to discuss the possibility of increasing gas supplies through the Trans-Adriatic gas pipeline.

21:25 The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation demanded that higher education institutions transfer their videos from YouTube to the Russian platforms VK.Video and Rutube by April 4.

21:08 Supermarkets in Russian Izhevsk have begun to hang anti-theft magnets even on canned food.

21:03 The EU recognizes Ukraine as a candidate for EU membership, and will take part in its post-war reconstruction. This was announced by the head of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola.

"We recognize Ukraine as a candidate for EU membership officially and quickly. This I promise you on behalf of the European Parliament," she said.

20:57 The Danish manufacturer of thermal automatics and refrigeration equipment Danfoss announces its withdrawal from Russia and Belarus.

20:53 This is how curfew violators are punished in Odesa.

20:38 In Dubai, Chanel stores sell branded items to Russians only if they sign a paper confirming that they do not live in Russia, and will not wear the company's clothes in Russia.

20:27 The Russian troops are retreating from Kyiv. Over the past two days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have regained control over all key points in the region, including Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel, Borodyanka, and Ivankiv.

The video shows one of the villages near Kyiv. Ukrainian artillery is destroying the Russians hiding in residential areas with aimed fire.

20:22 Canadian sniper Wali, whom the Russian propaganda managed to bury several times, is very much alive and boasts of a trophy dry ration.

20:17 Ukraine will raise taxes for Metro, Auchan, Leroy Merlin and other companies that continue to work in the Russian Federation by 50%.

20:11 Joe Biden said that more than 30 countries have agreed to release oil from strategic reserves. Biden noted that such an important move would add tens of millions of barrels of oil to the market.

20:02 Ukrainian deputies from Volyn appealed to the Belarusian people in connection with the likelihood of the Belarusian army joining the war in Ukraine on the side of Russia.

20:00 In the port in the Odesa region, they found a cargo of Russians worth over UAH 93 million. It has been transferred to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

19:51 Photos of the destroyed convoy of the invaders from the liberated village in the Chernihiv region.

19:38 In Lithuania, the apartment of the odious Russian propagandist Artem Sheinin was arrested. The host of a low-profile propaganda program on Channel One lost an apartment in Palanga with an area of one hundred square meters.

19:27 Member of the Ivankiv settlement council Oleh Berehovoy published a photo from the liberated Ivankiv. The city is completely under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

19:22 According to the data published by the Military Medical Service of the Russian Federation, the first death of a Russian serviceman in Chernobyl from radiation sickness was recorded. Another 26 people were hospitalized and 73 in serious condition were sent to hospitals for forced recovery.

19:17 Kazakhstan refused to recognize the Donbas and Crimea as Russian, and will not help the Russian Federation to circumvent sanctions.

19:04 Ukrainian soldiers showed how they took away the military equipment of the invaders.

18:54 An exchange of prisoners took place in the Zaporizhzhya region. According to the deputy head of the President Office Kirill Tymoshenko, 86 Ukrainian servicemen were released from the captivity of the invaders. Among them there are 15 women.

18:49 Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said that all communal and utility payments will be canceled from February 24 until the end of the war. The utility bills came to the residents of Kharkiv automatically, but they do not need to be paid.

18:43 Another enemy reconnaissance drone Orlan-10 UAV was downed in the Poltava region.

18:37 The occupying troops continue to suffer losses in the Kyiv region. The Ukrainian troops destroyed the T-72B3 tank, Kamaz Typhoon K-53949 + K-63968 MRAP and BTR-82A. Two Russian command vehicles of the 1V14 battery, an MT-LB, and a truck were also captured.

18:34 Russian President Vladimir Putin knows that the Russian military is lying to him about how badly the war in Ukraine is going for Russia, ex-commander of the NATO Joint Forces, retired General Wesley Clark, said.

According to him, Putin "may not like it", but "everyone lies in their system — the top circles lie to the masses, and the masses lie to the top," and the head of the Kremlin puts up with this.

18:27 It was possible to identify the man whose body was found earlier with the signs of torture near Trostyanets. This was Ukrainian athlete Serhiy Pronevich. He lived in the village of Boromlya and went missing on March 12.

18:18 The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the town of Borodyanka, the Kyiv region.

18:11 People's deputies determined the amount of remuneration for the voluntary surrender of the aggressor's military equipment. The most expensive is the delivery of a combat aircraft or ship of the 1st or 2nd rank — $ 1 million, the least — a military vehicle, $ 10 thousand.

Both the occupiers and the Ukrainian military will have the right to remuneration. And also the citizens of Ukraine who will hand over the serviceable equipment of the aggressor to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

At the same time, it is noted that Ukraine will provide complete confidentiality to the occupiers who want to hand over their equipment. They are guaranteed to receive new documents; the safety of their stay in Ukraine or departure to a third safe country.

18:04 Actress Ingeborga Dapkunaite left Russia and called the decision to stay in the country after the annexation of the Crimea in 2014 a mistake:

"If one could predict the future and change the past... But yes, it was a mistake. I made a mistake and I have no excuse for myself."

17:53 The international rating agency S&P withdrew the ratings of the Russian companies:

1. Gazprom

2. Norilsk Nickel

3. "Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works"

4. NLMK

5. Lukoil

6. "Magnet"

7. Pipe Metallurgical Company

17:49 Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, who defends Ukraine in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, published a photo from the liberated Ivankiv, Kyiv region.

17:38 In Kyiv, the law-enforcement officers detained a man for disseminating information about destroyed objects. During the development of operational information, employees of the Obolon police department, together with employees of the Security Service of Ukraine, exposed a man who, using a Telegram channel, posted photos of rocket attacks on buildings and infrastructure. The law-enforcement officers identified the attacker and conducted an urgent search at his place of residence. For the deed, the attacker faces three to five years in prison with or without confiscation of property.

17:36 Russia jams civil aviation. Against the backdrop of a full-scale Russian military invasion of the territory of independent Ukraine, French airline pilots report communication failures in areas around the Black Sea, eastern Finland and the Kaliningrad region.

17:23 The Rada adopted a law providing for the nationalization of the property of Russian citizens, as well as citizens of Ukraine who publicly deny or support the armed aggression of the Russian Federation.

17:20 Chairman of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Pavlyuk held an off-site working meeting in one of the liberated settlements of the Kyiv region at the site of the destroyed column of invaders.

17:09 The Armed Forces of Ukraine showed what things the invaders tried to take with them to Russia.

16:51 The Ukrainian artillery destroyed the settlement of the occupiers in the Kyiv region.

16:39 Due to the huge losses of the invaders, the Russian Federation continues the illegal mobilization of the inhabitants of ORDLO and sends them into battle ahead of the Russian troops as a human shield. This was announced by the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova. So, conscripts-recruits without training and equipment are sent near Kharkiv. And those who refuse are threatened with execution on the spot.

16:34 An officer of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense with the call sign "Vito" said that Ukrainian intelligence receives data from civilians from Belgorod and other Russian settlements.

They miraculously go to our publics, dropping information about the movement of enemy troops towards Ukraine, their composition, etc. We evaluate it, analyze it, supplement it and compare it with data from several other sources, and then bring it to combat units and draw up plans for our own or joint actions. As a result, huge losses of the enemy," Vito said.

16:27 Now the Russian army can be discredited by colored clothes. Journalist Maria Antyusheva was detained in Krasnoyarsk and the police are now drawing up a protocol under the article on "discrediting Russian troops". The reason for the detention was that Maria was wearing the colors of the Ukrainian flag and came to the meeting of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

16:21 Luhansk region, the downed Russian Mi-28 fell on the temporarily occupied territory.

16:17 Armenia received the military attaches of the EU and NATO member states at the Gyumri air base to prove that its 4 Su-30SM fighters remained in place and were not sent to help Russia in Ukraine.

16:06 The Russians have abandoned their people. The convoy left, and these were abandoned.

16:04 Oleksandr Usyk's wife Kateryna published a photo of their house in Vorzel, which was liberated from the Russian invaders. Traces of caterpillars and the consequences of a feast are visible in the courtyard.

15:55 The fighters of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense figured out how to destroy the invaders from the sky.

15:46 There is a shortage of office paper in Belarus. Prices for it have jumped several times, and enterprises are sending down orders to strictly save.

15:37 The Armed Forces of Ukraine entered Bucha, according to the deputy of the local council Kateryna Ukraintseva.

15:32 The Mariupol City Council appealed to the world community with a call to recognize the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine and Mariupol as genocide of the Ukrainian people.

15:25 The Russian invaders are mining the central part of the city of Lisichansk, Luhansk region.

15:13 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are destroying the occupiers retreating from the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions and other sectors of the front with precise strikes.

After each salvo, you can see how the enemy’s equipment is burning.

15:03 This is how the fearless Ukrainian militaries carry out "demining".

14:55 The story of a Belarusian from a special unit of the territorial defence of Ukraine.

14:45 Ukrainian infantry fighting a column of Russian armoured vehicles in the Chernihiv region.

14:38 New video from Oleksiy Arestovych, Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.

14:32 Residents of Ivankovo (Kyiv region) welcome liberation from the occupiers.

14:24 Putin and Zelensky may meet in Istanbul - Erdogan.

14:17 SSU intercepts new conversation between Russian occupiers. They confirm that Russian authorities are withholding data on the dead.

14:11 Belarus lifts restrictions on land crossing of state border by both foreigners and citizens of Belarus.

14:10 Top 7 most expensive Russian equipment destroyed by the AFU.

14:02 Russian soldiers captured a Belarusian woman and used her as a human shield. The heartbreaking story.

13:57 New footage of Mi-24 helicopters attacking an oil depot in Russia's Belgorod appeared.

13:51 The AFU General Staff reports liberation of a number of settlements in Kyiv and Chernihiv regions:

Demidovka, Dymir, Litvinovka, Havrylovka, Kozarovichi, Zhovtnevoye, Glubovka, Yasnogorodka, Talakun, Sukholuchye, Lipovka, Havronshchina, Makovishche, Mykolaivka.

13:48 Are Russian helicopters leaving Belarus? Strange activity detected at the Machulishchy and Mozyr bases.

13:41 The Russian army is fighting in Ukraine using maps with the coordinate system of World War II.

13:36 Bolshaya Dymerka in the Kyiv region is under the control of the AFU.

13:31 Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak has stated that the government intends to bring the number of its armed forces to 250,000 and the regional defence force to 50,000.

13:26 Talks between Ukraine and Russia continued in online format, advisor to the head of the Ukrainian presidential office Mykhaylo Podolyak says.

13:20 A Belarusian told about two weeks under Russian shelling in Gostomel.

13:13 The EU will increase its purchases of LNG from the US to replace Russian gas. The European Commission expects additional 15bn cubic metres of LNG from the US, equivalent to 10% of the volume of Russian gas flowing into the EU each year.

The European Commission stresses this is just one step to reduce dependence on Russian energy sources. Earlier, the EU also agreed on LNG supplies from Qatar.

13:04 A musician plays the cello on the ruins of a destroyed house in Kyiv. A man who used to live here collects his belongings behind him.

12:54 The Ukrainian military seized a multi-purpose MT-LB medical tow-truck and a damaged TMM-3 bridge-builder.

12:47 Bobruisk military commandant's office is looking for a sniper with a salary of $236.

12:41 Azov fighters, AFU and National Police show how they liberated Lukyanivka in the Kyiv region.

12:36 New video from Mykolaiv head Vitaliy Kim.

12:27 The AFU General Staff has reported on losses of the Russian Armed Forces after the invasion of Ukraine as of 1 April:

12:18 Vitebsk is being brought down under the hammer.

12:12 Russians destroy their military equipment and pose it as "Ukrainian".

12:06 Journalist Iryna Khalip writes especially for Charter97.org about the fight against bad habits.

12:00 What is happening with private medicine sector in Belarus?

11:54 Ukrainian defenders destroy Mi-8AMTSH helicopter of Russian occupants.

11:49 The Ukrainian government has decided to pay 15 million hryvnias ($507,000) as a one-time aid to families of fallen Armed Forces servicemen.

11:44 Reuters photos showing what kind of honours Ukrainian soldiers who died defending their country are being buried with.

11:38 As of 1 April, some 70-75,000 people remain in occupied Melitopol. People want to leave the city but Russian troops are only releasing them freely to Crimea, city mayor Ivan Fedorov says.

He also adds that the Russians were running their Internet line from Crimea to Melitopol.

11:32 In the Russian city of Penza, schoolgirls have written a denunciation against their teacher who decided to tell the truth about the war in Ukraine and Russia's actions.

11:26 Putin, who is due to celebrate his 70th birthday in October, is now accompanied by a large team of doctors, including a thyroid cancer surgeon.

11:21 The AFU has taken control of the village of Ivankiv in the Kyiv region. It has been under occupation since the first days of the war.

11:12 Russian Ural with Primorsky Krai number plates on the way out of Bucha.

11:00 Ukraine arrests 12 An-124-100 Ruslan aircraft of Russia's Volga-Dnepr Airlines.

10:54 Belarusians from Kastus Kalinouski's battalion seized trophies from the occupants who fled Irpen.

10:49 Former British MI6 intelligence chief Christopher Steele says he can't imagine a way for Putin to return to the international stage and believes the Kremlin head may be killed.

10:43 The head of the Chernihiv regional state administration, Vyacheslav Chaus, has recorded a new video address on the situation in the region.

10:37 While an oil depot in Belgorod burns down, locals believe in the AFU and flee the city - lines at gas stations.

10:34 What's going on in visa centres in Belarus?

10:29 Ex-Commander of Khodododny Yar, Yevhen Mezhevikin is a hero of Ukraine, a cyborg and a military man. Between battles, he gave a short interview where he shared interesting details of the war. In particular, he expressed his opinion about the Kadyrov fighters.

10:23 A serious accident involving military equipment happened near Homel.

10:16 Australia will send Ukraine Bushmaster armoured personnel carriers.

10:06 Lithuanian Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys visits front-line Kyiv. The Lithuanian delegation visited the Ukrainian capital for two days.

10:01 Ukrainian marines have blown up Russian tanks near Izyum. Part of the equipment was captured as trophies.

09:55 Sergei Stribulski, a former defendant in the White Legion case ("patriots' case"), is detained in Minsk. Human rights activists know that he was severely beaten by law enforcers. The man is now on Okrestina.

09:50 The first contingent of Syrian mercenaries has arrived in Russia to undergo military training before being sent to war against Ukraine. The New York Times reports the group includes at least 300 soldiers.

09:45 A Ukrainian paratrooper has already shot down two brand new Russian Su-34s.

He managed to hit the enemy aircraft at an altitude of 2,000 metres. After that, the aircraft exploded in mid-air.

09:38 Russian troops have almost left the Brovary district says Brovary Mayor Igor Sapozhko.

"The AFU will clean up the settlements from the occupiers, enemy equipment, carry out demining. In Brovary, the checkpoints are not dismantled and are ready for defence. Many residents have returned to the city," Sapozhko said.

09:31 A long line of people who need apostilles appeared again near the main consular office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Minsk.

09:26 This is how foreign volunteers defend Ukraine. Video from Irpen (Kyiv region).

09:20 The story of an employee of an affiliated company Minskpromstroi who has not been able to get his salary paid for eight months.

09:13 Military warehouses in Belgorod are still on fire. There is a threat of the fire spreading to sixteen fuel tanks.

09:09 Renewed road signs in the Mykolaiv region.

09:01 The Russians have killed 153 children and wounded more than 245 since the invasion of Ukraine, the Prosecutor General's Office says.

08:57 "They drink alcohol and sell looted goods in Ukraine": residents of the Homel region tell about Russian soldiers.

08:50 Latest British intelligence data: Chernihiv and Kyiv are under constant air and missile strikes, despite Russian claims of reduced activity in those areas.

Ukrainian troops have recaptured two villages to the south of Chernihiv.

08:42 Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili says the state has joined all financial sanctions launched by the West against Russia. Tbilisi has previously refused to impose restrictions on the aggressor country.

08:37 European Parliament President Roberta Metsola travels to Kyiv.

08:33 AFU aptly pummels Russian equipment:

08:27 Chernihiv has been under permanent shelling by the Russian army since the first hours of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bridges have been destroyed; the city is besieged.

08:21 Ukrainian military liberated 11 settlements in the Kherson region. A unit of the 60th Infantry Brigade of the AFU seized a lot of trophy equipment of the enemy.

08:16 The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has shown a video of four-legged border defenders who became real antidepressants for the fighters during the war.

08:10 The AFU "chopped up" Russia's Pacific Marines near Kyiv. Units of the Russian 155th separate brigade are almost completely destroyed.

08:05 How does the war in Ukraine change the balance of power in Belarus? Dmitry Bondarenko, coordinator of the European Belarus civil campaign, said this in an interview with Charter97.org.

07:59 The AFU repelled seven enemy attacks in the Luhansk region in a day, destroyed three Russian tanks, two APCs, two vehicles and the same number of artillery systems.

07:52 The Pentagon says a large convoy of Russian equipment moving towards Kyiv has been defeated. Russian troops deployed around Kyiv and Chernobyl are withdrawing to Belarus to replenish reserves.

07:49 British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has expressed his respect for Ukrainian defenders.

07:46 An oil depot caught fire in Russia's Belgorod. Ammunition depot has recently exploded in this area.

07:44 Residents of a liberated village in the Chernihiv region rejoice at the return of Ukrainian defenders.