Crimea

The Crimean businessman systematically helped the russian occupiers to illegally conscript Ukrainian citizens into the russian army, for which he faces up to 12 years in prison.

Special Counsel Jack Smith urged the US Supreme Court to reject Trump's request for immunity from prosecution for attempts to cancel the 2020 elections, citing the principle that "no one is above the law.

Two UAVs attacked and damaged the Borisogleb Aviation Training Center in the Voronezh region of Russia.

Ukrainian air defense forces successfully shot down all 20 Russian attack drones launched during the night attack on April 9.

In March 2024, another 130 dolphins died in the Black Sea off the coast of Russia's Krasnodar Territory, likely due to sonar activity by Russian Navy ships, bringing the total number of dolphin deaths due to the war to several thousand.

An explosion has occurred in the temporarily occupied Skadovsk, Kherson region, local media report.

Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 17 of 24 Russian attack drones and an X-59 missile overnight.

The Crimean bridge is heavily guarded and protected by Russia, but Ukrainian special services are working on this issue, as it remains an important target for interrupting Russian supplies.

Russia is currently unable to mine the Black Sea due to constant patrolling and Ukraine's actions to destroy and dismantle mines found, according to a spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy.

Explosions have been heard in Odesa, Ukraine.

russia plans to conscript up to 15,000 residents of occupied Crimea into its armed forces as part of a new draft campaign, according to the head of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center.

Another group of russian invaders was transferred to occupied Dzhankoy to be sent to the front to compensate for heavy russian losses.

According to British intelligence, Russian air defense forces have repeatedly shot down their own planes due to a lack of situational awareness and coordination, which was likely caused by rising tensions and fear of further Ukrainian action.

According to an opinion poll, Rustem Umerov as Defense Minister is trusted by far fewer Ukrainians than Oleksiy Reznikov.

the Russian army attacked the energy infrastructure of Odesa region at night using drones, but all 4 drones were shot down by the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

According to local residents, an audible explosion occurred in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, Crimea.

A resident of Kropyvnytskyi was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to provide the Russian Federal Security Service with information that would allow for missile strikes on airfields in Kirovohrad region.

Russia's Ryazan region lacks air defense systems, which leaves the occupier's military units unprotected due to the lack of such systems, as most of them have been redeployed to the front line and Crimea.

russians are hiding their ships from Ukrainian attacks in the bay of Novorossiysk in southern russia, the entrance to which is blocked by flooded barges and booms. In this way, russia is trying to strengthen the security of its own fleet.

The former deputy regimental commander and chief of staff of the Berkut special police regiment in Crimea is accused of organizing the use of excessive force against protesters in Mariinsky Park in Kyiv in February 2014, resulting in 117 injuries.

The Ukrainian military cannot confirm reports that Russian troops have deployed Oniks launchers on Cape Tarkhankut in occupied Crimea, but acknowledged that Russia has several such systems on the peninsula, which it periodically redeploys for ballistic and supersonic missile attacks.

In Crimea, military equipment and warehouses storing supplies for Russian troops were spotted. Their coordinates were passed to the Ukrainian military for possible strikes.

Most russian cities have outdated and faulty air defense systems with defects, as modern weapons have been redeployed to the front in Ukraine, making them vulnerable to attacks by Ukrainian drones.

Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, suggested that South Africa could become an important mediator in bringing all Ukrainians home.

Ukraine plans to destroy the Crimean Bridge in the first half of 2024, according to anonymous officials of Ukraine's military intelligence service, the GUR, cited by The Guardian.

In occupied Sevastopol, an explosion knocked out a power substation that powered the enemy's military infrastructure.

Because of successful Ukrainian strikes, Russia has been forced to use decoys and deception techniques, such as painting fake fighter jets on concrete at airfields, to try to hide its aircraft.

Representatives of Ukrainian intelligence blew up a power substation in occupied Sevastopol.

russian troops suffer significant losses in armored vehicles in the Kherson sector and are forced to redeploy combat vehicles from the occupied Crimea to replenish their losses after Ukrainian drone strikes.

Ukrainian air defense shoots down 9 out of 10 Russian attack drones launched from Crimea during a night attack on April 2.