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• 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.

Ukraine

• PM call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine: 2 April 2022 Gov.UK 02 Apr 2022 -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy this evening.
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting on the development of the Ukrainian economy in wartime President of Ukraine 02 Apr 2022
• Europe has no right to react in silence to what is happening with our Mariupol - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 02 Apr 2022
• President of Ukraine met with President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola in Kyiv President of Ukraine 02 Apr 2022

Russia

• Over 60 Foreign Ships Remain Blocked in Ukrainian Ports - Russian Defense Ministry Sputnik 02 Apr 2022 -- More than 60 foreign ships are unable to leave Ukrainian ports because of the threat of shelling and mines, the head of the Russian National Defense Control Center, Mikhail Mizintsev, said.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

United States

• US Aims to Transfer Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine After Failing to Provide Fighter Jets of Same Age Sputnik 02 Apr 2022 -- Last month, the US attempted to transfer several Polish Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, in addition to other equipment from its own warehouses inherited after the collapse of the USSR. However, Biden reportedly vetoed the handover of the aircraft after disputes arose with NATO allies out of fears of an escalation of the conflict.

NATO

United Nations

• Update 40 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 02 Apr 2022 -- Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today that it was "analyzing the possibility" of resuming regulatory control of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), after Russian forces withdrew from the site, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.
• UNESCO Says At Least 53 Cultural Sites In Ukraine Damaged In War RFE/RL 02 Apr 2022 -- The United Nations' cultural agency, UNESCO, says at least 53 culturally important sites have been damaged since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.
• UN Agencies Warn of Rising Humanitarian Needs in Ukraine VOA 02 Apr 2022 -- United Nations agencies say humanitarian needs are increasing and spreading throughout Ukraine as the war there intensifies and expands to more areas of the country.
• IAEA chief to head mission to Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant People's Daily 02 Apr 2022 -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi said Friday that he would head an assistance and support mission to Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant "as soon as possible" to help ensure the facility's safety.

Foreign Reactions

• 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.
• Pakistan Army Chief Blasts Russia's Aggression Against Ukraine VOA 02 Apr 2022 -- Pakistan's military chief Saturday slammed Russia's military attack on Ukraine, calling for immediate cessation of what he described as a "huge tragedy" being inflicted on a smaller country.
• China Tells EU It Will Pursue Ukraine Peace In Its Own Way RFE/RL 02 Apr 2022 -- China has offered the European Union assurances that it would seek peace in Ukraine on its own terms, deflecting pressure for a tougher stance on Russia over its unprovoked war on Ukraine.
• Chinese Embassy in the US refutes attempt to use Ukraine issue to provoke confrontation across the Taiwan Straits Global Times 02 Apr 2022 -- The Taiwan question is China's internal affair. It is not about "democracy versus authoritarianism," but about secession versus anti-secession, the Chinese Embassy in the US stated in a solemn response to a Washington Post Op-ed titled "Ukraine has inspired Taiwan. We must stand against authoritarianism." The embassy sternly refuted the attempt to use the Ukraine issue to foment splits between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits.

News Reports

• 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.
• Belarusians Say Russian Soldiers Are Selling Equipment And Other Items Looted From Ukraine RFE/RL 02 Apr 2022 -- Russian soldiers returning or redeploying from Ukraine frequently try to sell looted goods to Belarusians in southern border districts, according to interviews with multiple residents.
• Is Russia About To Use Nuclear Weapons In Ukraine? Probably Not. RFE/RL 02 Apr 2022 -- Three days after launching the biggest invasion of another European nation since World War II, President Vladimir Putin put the world on further notice: In a televised meeting, he ordered Russia's nuclear forces on "special combat readiness."
• Former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko: Putin On 'Historic Mission' To Recreate The Soviet Union RFE/RL 02 Apr 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is seeking to recreate the Soviet Union, an aspiration that also threatens Central and Eastern Europe, Ukraine's former prime minister said.
• Amid Ukraine crisis, Taiwanese call for rethink of mandatory military training CNA 02 Apr 2022 -- Ukraine's recent wholesale mobilization to ward off a Russian invasion has seen a once-reluctant public in Taiwan warm to the idea of a return of 12 months' training for military conscripts.