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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Luhansk Region
Near Kuzmyne and Stelmakhivka on the last day, the Russians tried to conduct offensive actions, without success.
Novoselivske, Nevske and Bilohorivka were subjected to artillery fire.
The Russians are trying to passport as many people as possible before the so-called «first elections». In particular, in Alchevsk, Kadiivka and in settlements near these cities, consulting points for the translation of documents from the Ukrainian language, which is necessary for obtaining a passport of the Russian Federation, will be opened in schools from April.
The situation in the region remains difficult.
Donetsk Region
Kramatorsk was shelled by rockets at night. Two rockets hit the residential sector. 8 private houses were damaged. According to preliminary information, there were no victims.
During the day – shelling from the «Smerch» anti-aircraft missile system, artillery, rocket attack. Shelled: Avdiivka, Kostyantynivka, Bakhmut, Kramatorsk, the village of Kutuzivka. 19 residential buildings, 4 civilian cars, power lines were damaged.
In the Donetsk region, one person died and 6 were injured in one day.
Sumy Region
At night, the enemy shelled 6 border settlements of the Sumy region: Bilopillia, Znob-Novhorod, Yunakiv. They fired mortars and artillery. No consequences.
Yesterday, during the day, the Russians shelled the territory of 3 communities of the Sumy region: Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, and Seredino-Budska.
Krasnopillia community: a local resident was injured as a result of shelling.
In the Seredyno-Buda community, a defunct granary and a private house were damaged as a result of shelling
Kharkiv Region
In the evening of March 30, the enemy struck Kharkiv with 9 missiles (previously 5V55K to S-300 air defense system). 2 rockets hit the territory of the gas station «Ukrgazvydobuvannya’’ in the Novobavarskyi district. One rocket hit the road in the Novobavarskyi district. Two rockets hit the territory near private houses in the Novobavarskyi district, damaging windows, doors, fences, and the roof.
Rockets also hit the territory of the military unit, the territory of the pre-trial detention center. 3 employees of the pre-trial detention center were injured – men aged 36 and 45 and a woman aged 36. The condition of the victims is light, they did not require hospitalization.
Also, the enemy carried out a mass attack of the Shahed UAV on critical infrastructure facilities in the Izyum district of the village of Donets A 44-year-old security guard and a 66-year-old employee of the facility were injured. Both are hospitalized in moderate condition.
During the past day in the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy shelled the settlements of Kozacha Lopan, Strilecha, Oliinykove, Neskuchne, Vilcha, Krasne Pershe, Topoli.
On the Kupiansk direction, Dvorichanske, Zapadne, Dvorichna, Masyutivka, Sinkivka, Kupiansk and Krokhmalne were subjected to artillery fire.
As a result of the shelling of the village of Dvorichna of the Kupiansk district yesterday afternoon, residential buildings and farm buildings were damaged.
Dnipropetrovsk Region
On Thursday evening, the enemy struck the Nikopol district. He shelled the Marganets community with artillery. There were no deaths or injuries.
Zaporizhzhia Region
The enemy attacked Zaporizhzhia and the suburbs of the regional center. The enterprise was destroyed.
In the suburbs, an agricultural enterprise and civil buildings were hit. Specialists are working on extinguishing a fire in a private house and liquidating the consequences of the blast wave. Information about victims and destruction is being clarified.
The Regional Military Administration, in the morning, the enemy launched a series of strikes on the regional center and the suburbs with the use of rocket-propelled grenades, which caused a fire in a private house, and the blast wave damaged neighboring houses.
Secretary of the Zaporizhzhia City Council, Anatolii Kurtev, reported that an infrastructure facility was damaged in Zaporizhzhia.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has launched 56 artillery barrages along the entire contact line in the Zaporizhzhia region. The occupiers shelled civilian infrastructure in the area of Zaporizhzhia, Novodanylivka, Mali Shcherbaki, Gulyaipole, Orikhiv, Novodarivka, Preobrazhenka, Mala Tokmachka, Charivne, Olhivske, Stepnohirsk, Kamianske, Stepove.
30 damage reports have been received.
Kherson Region
Rashists continue shelling settlements in Kherson and Beryslav districts. Over the past day, the enemy launched 64 shellings, firing 243 shells. Kherson Oblast was under fire from the Russian Hradiv aircraft and artillery.
The enemy shelled the city of Kherson 9 times. 25 shells hit residential quarters of the city, private and apartment buildings. One person died, two were injured.
On Thursday morning, Russian aircraft attacked the village of Lviv, Beryslav district. The enemy targeted civilians with guided aerial bombs, the Regional Military Administration declares. About ten homes of local residents were mutilated by the blast wave and projectile fragments. People were not injured.
A mine left by Russian troops exploded in Velyka Oleksandrivka. A 37-year-old man died on the spot. The 67-year-old man received numerous burns on his body and face, and is currently in a serious condition. Doctors are fighting for his life.
61 people were evacuated from the de-occupied territory of the region.
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WORLD: EU countries are close to starting negotiations on sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine – Orban
Finland will become a member of NATO in the coming days – Stoltenberg
A New York court announced the charges against Donald Trump – CNN
An American journalist was detained in Russia: WSJ openly addressed Putin and Biden
The FSB of Russia reported on March 30 that Evan Hershkovich, a US citizen born in 1991 and a correspondent of the Moscow branch of the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal accredited to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was detained in Yekaterinburg.
American journalist Evan Hershkovich was detained in Yekaterinburg. The Russian Federation suspects him of espionage. It was established that Hershkovich «acting on behalf of the American side, collected information that constitutes a state secret about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.»
This is written by EADaily.
The FSB of Russia initiated a criminal case according to Art. 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation («Espionage») against Hershkovich. Kremlin spokesman Peskov said that the American was detained red-handed.
Responding to the detention of its journalist, The Wall Street Journal called for the expulsion of the Russian ambassador from Washington and all Russian journalists. This was stated in the publication’s column.
«This is less than one would expect,» the publication emphasizes.
The WSJ urged the administration of US President Joe Biden to consider «diplomatic and political escalation».
«The first obligation of the US government is to protect its citizens, and too many governments today believe that they can arrest and detain Americans with impunity,» the publication emphasizes.
Representatives of the publication emphasize that President Putin is now responsible for the health and safety of Evan Hershkovich, and the Biden government is responsible for his release.
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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