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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00 on April 2, 2022 Ukraine MOD 02 Apr 2022
• «Combat» 100,000 UAH will be paid to defenders, our brave men and women treated for injuries - Cabinet Resolution Ukraine MOD 02 Apr 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 12.00 on April 2, 2022 Ukraine MOD 02 Apr 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00 on April 2, 2022 Ukraine MOD 02 Apr 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 24.00 on April 1, 2022 Ukraine MOD 02 Apr 2022
• Entire Kyiv Region Retaken By Ukraine; Russia Accused Of Mining Retreat RFE/RL 02 Apr 2022 -- Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar has said that the Kyiv region has been retaken from Russian troops.
• Day 38: Cities attacked as West steps up military aid for Ukraine Press TV 02 Apr 2022 -- Missiles have hit cities in the east of the Ukrainian capital after Moscow accused Kiev of carrying out a helicopter attack against a fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod.
• Russia-Ukraine peace talks resume in online format People's Daily 02 Apr 2022 -- Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are continuing in an online format, the head of Russia's delegation at talks with Ukraine Vladimir Medinsky said Friday.
• Governor says Ukrainian helicopters attacked oil depot in Russia, causing fire People's Daily 02 Apr 2022 -- A fire broke out at an oil depot in the Russian city of Belgorod after two Ukrainian military helicopters attacked the fuel storage facility, Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod Region, said Friday.
• Ukraine, Russia conduct prisoner swap People's Daily 02 Apr 2022 -- Ukrainian and Russian forces on Friday exchanged prisoners under an agreement reached by the two countries' negotiating groups earlier this week, said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the Ukrainian president's office.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Moscow's Support for Minsk 'Absolute', Attack on Belarus Would Be Equal to Strike on Russia: Kremlin Sputnik 02 Apr 2022 -- Russia and Belarus are allies in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and engage in joint training aimed at integrating the two countries' military structures within the Union State.
• Road for Ukraine's Membership in EU Lies Through NATO - Medvedev Sputnik 02 Apr 2022 -- Russia is not against Ukraine's accession to the European Union, but NATO membership is now a prerequisite for it, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev President of Russia 02 Apr 2022 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
• Putin, Erdogan discuss Ukraine issue over phone People's Daily 02 Apr 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday held a phone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during which they discussed the situation in Ukraine.
• Dutch Government Calls On Citizens To Turn Down Heating To Reduce Gas Dependence On Russia RFE/RL 02 Apr 2022 -- The Dutch government has launched a campaign urging people to turn down their central heating and take showers to save power in order to reduce the country's dependence on Russian fuel imports amid spiraling energy costs.

News Reports

• Russia says cooperation in space only possible once West fully removes sanctions Press TV 02 Apr 2022 -- The head of Russia's space agency says Russia will only restore normal relations with the International Space Station (ISS) only after the West removes its illegal sanctions against Moscow.
• Roscosmos to Brief Russian Government on Options for Ending ISS Cooperation Soon, Rogozin Says Sputnik 02 Apr 2022 -- The Russian space agency Roscosmos will soon inform the government of how it plans to terminate cooperation with Western partners on the International Space Station, its chief said.
• Russia's Rosatom Sees No Problem Switching to Payments in Rubles Sputnik 02 Apr 2022 -- Russia's state-owned nuclear company Rosatom sees no problem in a possible transition to rubles in payments with foreign customers, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said on Saturday.
• How Belarusian Fighters in Ukraine Evolved Into Prominent Force Against Russian Invasion VOA 02 Apr 2022 -- New details have emerged about Belarusians fighting for Ukraine against Russia's invasion as part of a broader struggle to free their own country from Russian domination and the rule of Moscow-backed autocrat Alexander Lukashenko.