The decisive battles for the village of Moshchun northwest of Kyiv halted the Russian advance on the capital, preventing them from launching an offensive on the city center.
The Russian armed forces had realistic plans to capture Kyiv in three days, but their plans were thwarted by the unexpected resistance and professional actions of the Ukrainian defenders under the command of General Syrsky.
russian troops launched missile and drone attacks in southern Ukraine, but all 8 drones were shot down by air defense.
Missile launches from russian Tu-95MS aircraft caused an air raid in Kyiv and several regions of Ukraine.
In the Kherson region, Russian troops made three unsuccessful attempts to storm the left bank of the Dnipro River, suffered losses and retreated to their original positions.
More than 20% of the defense budget is allocated for the purchase of weapons and military equipment.
A large-scale threat of ballistic missile use has been detected in several regions of Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
Last night, russia launched drone attacks on energy infrastructure in southern and southeastern Ukraine, but the Air Defense Forces shot down 7 enemy drones without a single hit.
A Russian missile attack on Odesa resulted in injuries to civilians, including two children, and damage to infrastructure, despite air defense efforts to shoot down the missiles.
Four traitors who fought against Ukrainian troops in eastern and southern Ukraine as part of Russian occupation groups were sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason, participation in a terrorist group, and aiding the Russian armed forces.
The russian occupiers are trying to attack Ukraine's critical infrastructure facilities, such as thermal power plants, hydroelectric power plants, and storage facilities, and are also trying to deplete Ukraine's air defense systems.
In the Orikhivsk sector, Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions eight times over the past day, but suffered losses and retreated to their original positions.
The Russian occupiers conducted extensive aerial reconnaissance using 140 drones before launching a massive nighttime attack on energy facilities in southern Ukraine, particularly in Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovs'k regions, with Ukrainian air defense systems destroying 84 of the 99 drones and missiles.
84 air targets, including 58 Shahid drones and 26 missiles, were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense systems during a massive Russian missile and drone attack on March 29, 2024.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost approximately 440,790 personnel and 6,922 tanks.
Over the past day, 59 combat engagements took place on the frontline, during which the enemy launched 16 missile and 131 air strikes, and fired 128 times at Ukrainian positions and localities from multiple launch rocket systems.
The Russians deployed a submarine missile carrier carrying up to 4 Kalibr cruise missiles in the Black Sea, raising the level of missile threat to a very high level.
An anti-ship mine washed ashore on one of Odesa's beaches and exploded. Due to restrictions on people's access to the beach area in the area, there were no casualties.
What ballistic missiles are in the Russian arsenal and what can actually destroy them.
Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled four Russian attacks in the Orikhiv sector near Robotyne and Staromayorske.
A 22-year-old local resident of Dnipro, recruited by the Russian secret service in February, was detained by the SBU for trying to provide the enemy with information for missile attacks on a military hospital and a thermal power plant in the city.
8 enemy drones were shot down by the Ukrainian military over the Dnipro region on the night of March 28.
Russians attempted to attack an energy facility in Odesa region and the transportation infrastructure of Zaporizhzhia region. Air defense destroyed 16 drones in the south.
Over the past day, 60 combat engagements took place on the frontline, during which the enemy launched 11 missile and 77 air strikes, and fired 141 times at Ukrainian positions and localities from multiple rocket launchers.
About 15 drones were shot down by Ukrainian air defense during a nighttime Russian attack in the south of the country targeting energy and industrial facilities.
In Mykolaiv region, a man's legless body was found after he ignored a warning about a minefield in the coastal zone and approached a water's edge, where he likely came across an explosive object that caused fatal injuries.
Five more traitors who fought against Ukraine, including a sniper who shot at Ukrainian soldiers in Sievierodonetsk, will be tried for treason and collaboration.
Ukrainian troops repelled three attacks by Russian occupiers on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region, inflicting significant losses on the enemy - about 3 dozen killed and wounded.
A pseudo-volunteer was exposed in Dnipropetrovs'k region as having embezzled almost UAH 1 million of donations she allegedly collected for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The deputy head of a Kyiv utility company was detained for extorting UAH 500,000 from a resident for asphalting a road without a formal contract.
