Ukraine

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.

Russia's massive attack on March 22 caused serious damage to Ukraine's energy infrastructure, requiring urgent repairs and an increase in generating capacity, especially maneuvering capacity for Kharkiv and Odesa, as well as strengthening air defense and physical protection of facilities.

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.

Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu warned that stopping the supply of U. S. weapons to Ukraine would encourage China to aggress against Taiwan and strengthen Beijing's anti-American propaganda.

Power engineers managed to restore power supply in all districts of Odesa after emergency outages caused by damage to the energy infrastructure.

The aggressor country carried out a massive attack on the infrastructure of Cherkasy region, no casualties were reported.

In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, russians fully control the information space and spread their propaganda through complete isolation, control of information flows, and psychological processing of the population.

According to the Deputy Minister of Health, there is an increase in the incidence of tuberculosis in Ukraine: about 20,000 cases were registered last year, 640 of which were among children.

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 flu, ARVI, and COVID-19 epidemic season in Ukraine is expected to end in mid-April, Deputy Health Minister and Chief State Sanitary Doctor Igor Kuzin has said.

On the anniversary of Lithuania's accession to NATO, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said that today's goal should be to help Ukraine win.

In the Zaporizhzhia region, military and civilian engineers are working in three shifts to build fortifications to protect residents and the vast front line, despite Russia's attempts to hinder construction.

Ukraine has received a $1. 5 billion loan from Japan and the United Kingdom through the World Bank to support key state budget priorities in the face of full-scale Russian aggression.

Putin seeks to destroy Ukraine's existence as an independent country and to drag NATO into a war, but Germany will never allow this, the German foreign minister said.

On March 30, no precipitation is expected in most of Ukraine, only light rains will occur at night in the eastern regions, air temperature at night will be from 3-8° C to 16-24° C during the day, south and northwest winds, 7-12 m/s, gusts up to 20 m/s in some places.

Ukraine and Poland signed a memorandum of cooperation in the energy sector, including the development of joint programs and projects to restore energy infrastructure damaged by the war, climate-neutral technologies, distributed generation, gas and oil transportation, energy security through market integration and the development of interstate crossings.

The newly appointed Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Oleksandr Lytvynenko, assured that he will do everything possible to strengthen Ukraine's security against Russian aggression, as the NSDC is becoming extremely important in the current struggle for existence.

A power outage occurred in Odesa due to significant damage to the energy infrastructure, and repairs are underway to restore power to critical infrastructure and residential buildings within hours.

For medical cannabis products to become available, Ukraine needs to make a number of legislative changes, including changing the classification of cannabis and cannabidiol, establishing a list of approved medical indications and defining permitted dosage forms, and the pharmaceutical sector must also prepare to sale such medicines, which could start by the end of this year if the business is ready.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Mark Shevchenko as Ukraine's ambassador to Moldova.

According to a spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy is using missiles that it has rarely used before to find weaknesses in our air defense.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit the United States on May 9 to meet with President Joe Biden for the first time at the White House.

Oleksiy Danilov, former secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, will now work in the diplomatic sphere, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced.

Any increase in fiscal pressure on business is unjustified and harmful, as it will impose significant costs on business, while additional revenues to the state budget will be minimal, said the president of the All-Ukrainian Professional Association of Entrepreneurs.

Ukraine's population is projected to shrink to 28. 9 million by 2041 and to 25.2 million by 2051 due to challenges and threats, according to a report by the Ukrainian Institute for Demography and Quality of Life.

The eChezhda service for trucks has added new features, including marking of vehicles carrying humanitarian aid, a new list showing trucks that have entered the checkpoint based on registration, and displaying license plates, booking dates, times and serial numbers for trucks in different queues, with license plates hidden for security reasons for special trips.

President Zelenskyy introduced Oleksandr Lytvynenko as the new Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, outlining priorities such as strengthening Ukraine's ability to predict threats, continuing the sanctions policy, doctrinal work, cybersecurity, and national defense.

All regions of Ukraine have started sowing spring crops such as sunflower, soybeans, sugar beets, wheat, barley, peas and oats.

Since the launch of the Ukrainian humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea, 33. 8 million tons of cargo have been exported to 40 countries on 1,140 vessels, exceeding the export volume for the entire year of the Grain Initiative.

There was an enemy missile attack on a gas infrastructure facility in western Ukraine, power supply was limited in two regions due to Russian attacks, and 212 settlements in five regions were cut off due to bad weather.