Russian troops attacked Chuhuiv in Kharkiv region with cluster munitions and shelled Vovchansk, damaging civilian infrastructure.
Russia has plans to capture Kharkiv or Sumy, but Ukraine is not sure about the seriousness of these plans and Russia's ability to implement them with its current forces.
Yesterday, the electricity needs of consumers were covered by their own generation, commercial imports and emergency assistance during peak hours, while some regions experienced power outages due to technical problems, but all consumers were connected within a few hours.
In Kharkiv the SBU detained a Russian spy who, under the guise of walking a dog, was trying to determine the location of Ukrainian air defense systems in order to pass the coordinates to Russian troops for missile strikes.
Last night, russian troops did not use ballistic, guided, cruise, kamikaze or drones missiles, but attacked frontline areas with guided aerial bombs, particularly in Kharkiv region.
A 66-year-old man was killed in the village of Novooosynove, Kupyansk district, and about 15 settlements in Kharkiv region, including Sinkivka, Petropavlivka, Kotlyarivka, Dergachi, Liptsi and Rublenne, came under artillery, mortar and air strikes, resulting in human casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure.
Russia may be preparing an offensive against the Kharkiv and Sumy regions of Ukraine in late May or early June with up to 70,000 troops.
During the shelling of Novoosynove village, Kupyansk district, a 66-year-old man died on the territory of a private household.
President Zelensky released details from Chief of the General Staff Syrsky's report on the protection of the border with Russia and communities in several regions, with a focus on the Pokrovske direction and other areas of Donetsk and Kharkiv regions.
During 538 visits to places of detention, the Ombudsman's Office made 140 submissions on violations, including bodily injuries to prisoners, lack of proper medical care, and lack of personal space due to overcrowding.
In Dergachi, Kharkiv region, 8 children aged 11-15 and an elderly man aged 75 were wounded in a Russian strike, with the children receiving moderate injuries and the man receiving treatment on the spot.
Eight children were injured, one of them with an acute stress reaction and the rest with light injuries, as a result of a Russian strike on civilian infrastructure in Dergachi, Kharkiv region.
Seven people, including six children, were wounded in a Russian strike on Dergachi in Kharkiv region.
Four children were injured as a result of shelling of civilian infrastructure in Dergachi, Kharkiv district, and repeated shelling is possible.
In the morning, Russian troops shelled three villages in Kharkiv region, wounding two civilians.
Due to emergency repairs in Ukraine's power grid, scheduled hourly power outages in Kharkiv region have been extended from three to five hours.
In April alone, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with over 300 missiles, nearly 300 Shahed drones, and over 3,200 guided bombs, causing widespread destruction and loss of life.
Ukraine is experiencing electricity shortages in the evening peak hours due to damage from Russian strikes, while during the day there is a surplus of electricity from renewable sources, consumption restrictions in Kharkiv and Dnipro regions, and imports from neighboring countries to balance the grid.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion, the Ministry of Education and Science, with the support of international partners, has provided 218,188 devices to Ukrainian students and teachers, most of them in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro regions.
Russian troops fired eleven times at the border of Chernihiv region with various types of weapons, recording 109 explosions.
Two explosions occurred in and around Kharkiv on April 2. The Ukrainian Air Force warned of tactical aircraft launching guided bombs in the region.
As a result of Russian shelling in various settlements of Kharkiv region, 4 civilians were killed and at least 14 were wounded, and residential buildings, administrative premises and vehicles were damaged.
Over the past day, 121 combat engagements took place in various sectors of the frontline in Ukraine, during which the enemy launched 5 missile attacks, 63 air strikes and 72 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems.
The Russian army shelled Kherson, damaging residential buildings and a cell phone tower, while explosions were heard in the city without an air raid alert.
A Russian air strike on Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, wounded 13 people, including 6 men, 6 women and an 11-year-old boy.
As of April 2024, Russia has about 40 Tsirkon hypersonic anti-ship missiles, 400 Oniks/Oniks-M cruise missiles, 270 Kalibr cruise missiles, and 45 X-69 guided missiles with different production rates for each type.
As a result of a Russian air strike in Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, 9 people were wounded, including 6 men, 2 women and an 11-year-old boy.
A 67-year-old woman wounded during the shelling of Lelyukivka village, Kharkiv region, died in hospital.
A Russian air strike on Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, killed 2 people, wounded 8, including an 11-year-old boy, and damaged buildings and cars.
The anticyclone has brought dry and warm weather to Ukraine with temperatures up to 26°C during the day and from 8°C at night, except for possible short-term rains tomorrow and rain with thunderstorms expected in some regions on Easter Sunday.