Kharkiv Oblast's power generating facilities have suffered significant damage, resulting in a shortage of electricity, and work is underway to repair or replace damaged equipment, provide electricity to critical infrastructure and develop alternative heating solutions for the coming winter, if necessary.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to introduce an aid package for Ukraine with "important innovations" when the House returns from recess.
On March 31, Kyiv set two new temperature records: the maximum air temperature reached 25. 3°C, beating the previous record by 2.9°C, and the average daily air temperature of 16.9°C exceeded the previous record by 1.6°C.
After Putin's "election", Moscow is actively preparing for a confrontation with Europe, NATO and the United States, said Vadym Skibitsky, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
Ukraine has received $118 million in grants from Japan under the World Bank's HEAL and HOPE projects to support the state budget, health care system, and housing repairs.
According to updated bookmakers' forecasts, Ukraine has dropped to 4th place with a 10% chance of winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, while Croatia, Switzerland, and Italy occupy the top three spots.
Dust from the Sahara has arrived in Ukraine and will spread to most regions today, creating potential health risks for vulnerable groups who are advised to close their windows.
Between April 1 and November 1, the speed limit was increased to 80 km/h on some road sections in Kyiv and 70 km/h on some streets in Dnipro, and the cameras recording violations were reconfigured accordingly.
Turkey's main opposition party, the CHP, has won major victories in Istanbul and Ankara, dealing a significant blow to President Erdogan's ruling AKP party in local elections.
At night, Russian troops attacked Kharkiv from the air with two D-30 UMBs, damaging civilian objects such as a high-rise building and cars.
Tens of thousands of Israelis held protests in Israel.
At night, Kharkiv was attacked by KABs, Chuhuiv by Shahed drones, and vehicles, buildings and infrastructure in several settlements were damaged, but no casualties were reported.
In the Kherson region, Russian troops launched rocket and artillery attacks on numerous settlements, damaging residential buildings, infrastructure and an agricultural facility, killing 1 civilian and injuring 2.
Russian troops Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovs'k region using heavy artillery and kamikaze drones, but no casualties were reported.
Today in Ukraine there is no precipitation, southerly wind, 7-12 m/s, in some places gusts of 17-22 m/s, air temperature at night 5-14°C, during the day 14-24°C.
11 people were injured when a Bulgarian cruise ship crashed into the concrete wall of a lock on the Danube River in Austria.
As a result of Russian shelling of Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region, 2 civilians were killed and 1 was wounded, 10 attacks were recorded in the region over the last day.
The Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, a Kremlin-controlled organization, held a council and adopted an ideological document that ties together Kremlin narratives to form a broader nationalist ideology around the war in Ukraine.
Pope Francis skipped the traditional Good Friday procession in Rome's Colosseum due to health problems and watched the event from home.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported a missile threat to the city of Izyum.
The Ukrainian air force warned of a missile threat - a missile heading toward Mykolaiv and Kirovohrad regions from the south, which caused an air alert in southern Ukraine.
An enemy missile has been spotted heading northwest in Ukraine's Mykolaiv region, according to a warning from the Ukrainian Air Force.
EU foreign policy chief reacts to Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and civilians.
Explosions were heard in Kherson as the Russian army shelled the city's coastal areas from the temporarily occupied left bank, prompting a warning to stay inside.
An attack by an enemy drone at night disconnected equipment at one of the substations in Odesa Oblast, but all consumers were connected and there is no shortage of electricity in the grid.
From now on, Ukrainians can get married via a video call through the Diia app, which allows couples separated by war to legally marry - a registry officer will conduct the ceremony remotely and digitally certify the documents.
A 36-year-old man died in hospital from severe injuries sustained during the attack on Kamianske in Dnipropetrovs'k region, and a 47-year-old man remains in hospital in moderate condition.
At night, Russian troops shelled the central district of Kherson from the occupied territories, damaging non-residential buildings.
Russia conducted one of the largest air strikes on Ukraine's energy system, depriving many people of heat, water and electricity, so the White House urged the House of Representatives to pass an aid bill for Ukraine without delay.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Serhiy Shefir from the post of his first aide by a decree dated March 30.
