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That is the state of affairs as of Tuesday, April 2, 2024.
combating
- Officers in Kiev stated Russia has used 5 of its new hypersonic Zircon missiles to assault the Ukrainian capital for the reason that starting of the yr. Metropolis authorities stated the assaults have been amongst greater than 180 Russian missile and drone assaults on Kiev within the first three months of the yr.
- Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of the Russian border area of Belgorod, stated 10 individuals have been wounded in Ukrainian shelling within the space. He stated protection models have shot down 19 air targets.
- Moscow-appointed official Valery Chaika was killed in Ukraine's Russian-held Luhansk area in what authorities stated was a automotive bomb assault.
politics and diplomacy
- Talking on a go to to China, French International Minister Stéphane Séjourn stated China ought to ship a “clear message” to Russia over the warfare in Ukraine. Beijing “performs an necessary function in respecting worldwide legislation, together with Ukraine’s sovereignty,” Szorn stated. China says it’s impartial within the battle however has not condemned Moscow's full-scale invasion.
- International diplomats joined Ukrainian officers and members of the armed forces at a memorial service for the victims of the 33-day Russian occupation of Bucha, northwest of Kiev. Russian troops retreated, leaving our bodies of civilians within the streets.
- A court docket within the Russian metropolis of Kazan prolonged the pre-trial detention of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva till June 5. Kurmasheva, who’s a twin Russian-American citizen, is accused of violating a legislation on “overseas brokers”. , She denies the allegations.
weapons
- Ukrainian Air Drive spokesman Ilya Yevlyash stated Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Forpost reconnaissance drone, which is able to conducting surveillance at an altitude of 5 km (3 miles) over a 16-hour interval.
- Natalia Humenyuk, a spokeswoman for Ukraine's Southern Military Group, stated Russia is utilizing outpost drones extra regularly after dropping a minimum of two of its A-50 surveillance planes. “Within the final 24 hours, we noticed greater than 200 reconnaissance drones in our space of accountability from Odessa to Zaporizhia,” he informed nationwide tv.