After an extremely hot early spring, with temperatures reaching 30°C, snow fell in parts of Central Europe and the Balkans, including Austria, Croatia, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Sarajevo.
Due to Russian attacks and cold weather, Ukraine is facing electricity shortages, which have resulted in consumption restrictions for business and industry from 6 to 10 pm, with the exception of critical infrastructure and defense enterprises, while households in Kharkiv region continue to experience power outages.
Three more F-16 multi-role fighter jets have been deployed to Romania, where Ukrainian pilots are expected to begin training soon.
Power outage schedules were extended in Kharkiv region and consumption restrictions were imposed on industrial consumers in Kryvyi Rih, while more than 800 consumers in Sumy and Kharkiv regions were left without gas supply due to shelling.
Three unidentified drones flew over Romania's Mihail Kogalniceanu air base, where the largest European NATO base is being built, prompting an investigation by the military prosecutor's office.
In Chernivtsi region, a large-scale tax evasion scheme that caused UAH 290 million in losses to the state was uncovered involving a criminal organization that illegally imported goods from Turkey by falsely declaring trucks as empty or disguising goods with a lower customs value.
Three more F-16 fighters from the Netherlands Air Force will arrive at the European F-16 Pilot Training Center in Romania to support the training of Ukrainian pilots.
Polish farmers continue to block truck traffic at three checkpoints on the Ukraine-Poland border, not allowing a single truck to cross into Poland over the past day, resulting in queues of about 600 trucks.
The weather caused a power outage in 130 settlements in 3 regions of Ukraine, including a mine with 135 employees underground in Donetsk Oblast, which has now been brought to the surface, and 2,500 consumers in 19 settlements in Chernihiv Oblast due to shelling.
Due to the bad weather, 36 settlements in Zhytomyr and Khmelnytsky regions were cut off from power, and there are blackouts and restrictions in several regions, including Kharkiv, where hourly outages affected about 240,000 consumers.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on international partners to urgently provide Ukraine with additional Patriot systems, modern air defense systems, weapons and ammunition to defeat Russia and restore Ukraine's territorial integrity, and ensure stability and security in the Black Sea region.
President Zelenskyy announced that Germany would provide Ukraine with an additional Patriot air defense system, and that work is underway to obtain an additional IRIS-T system and missiles for existing air defense systems from Germany.
Ukraine takes the lead against Romania after the first day of qualifying for the Billie Jean King Cup tennis tournament, with Elina Svitolina and Lesia Tsurenko winning their singles matches.
Five men aged 20 to 40 were served suspicion notices for attempting to illegally cross the Ukrainian-Romanian border under the guise of Red Cross representatives using forged documents and uniforms.
President Zelenskyy discussed with Romanian President Iohannis the strengthening of Ukraine's air defense to create a reliable air shield and cooperation in the defense sector during their meeting.
About 150 people a day are denied crossing the border due to lack of necessary documents to obtain a permit, while cases of illegal crossing are recorded almost daily, most of them in the direction of Moldova and Romania.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has called for strengthening the military reserve and reviving the national defense industry, and the parliament is discussing a bill on voluntary military training for people aged 18 to 35.
Britain sends six fighter jets to Romania as part of NATO mission.
Border guards rescued a 42-year-old man who had been wandering in the Carpathians for six days trying to illegally cross the border into the European Union.
At night, the enemy attacked energy infrastructure facilities, namely high-voltage substations in Poltava and Lviv regions.
NATO's ability to rapidly deploy up to 500,000 troops to its eastern borders in response to Russian aggression depends on overcoming obstacles such as bureaucracy and fragile rail infrastructure, especially in Germany.
NATO should play a stronger coordinating role in supporting Ukraine without becoming a party to the war, bearing in mind the risk of escalation between supporting Ukraine and escalating the conflict into a larger war between NATO and Russia.
More than 2,200 troops and 135 ships, aircraft and vehicles from 12 NATO and partner countries take part in the Sea Shield 24 naval exercise in Romania.
More than 2,200 military personnel from 12 NATO and partner countries will take part in Exercise Sea Shield 24, which will take place in Romania from April 8-21 and will include maritime and riverine operations in the Black Sea region.
Romania and Greece are facing the spread of wildfires due to hot weather and strong winds, threatening the population and forcing firefighters to act quickly to prevent damage to residential areas and forests.
Ukraine's national football team has risen to 22nd place in the FIFA rankings after qualifying for Euro 2024 with victories over Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland.
European Council President Charles Michel arrived in Romania for the first time since the country partially joined the Schengen area, a step toward free movement of goods and people.
44 countries support the creation of a special tribunal to investigate and prosecute the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine, and the Netherlands has offered to host it.
Ukraine, Romania, and Moldova agreed to strengthen trilateral cooperation to counter Russia's attempts to destabilize the region, with Ukraine urgently needing to strengthen its air defense against Russian air terror.
A 20-year-old Transcarpathian man who paid $2500 for illegal border crossing was saved from drowning in the Tisa River by a border guard cadet during his internship, and another man disappeared underwater and is still being searched for.
