Category: World

Russia has attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 164 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and different forms of drones because the night of 29 March. Air defences have managed to down 150 drones, however some strikes have been recorded.

Supply: Ukraine's Air Power

Quote: "As of 08:30, [Ukrainian] air defence forces had destroyed or jammed 150 drones. Hits by a ballistic missile and 12 UAVs had been recorded at 7 places and the autumn of downed aerial property (particles) at 2 places."

Particulars: The missile was launched from briefly occupied Crimea, whereas the drones got here from the Russian cities of Bryansk, Oryol, Kursk, Millerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in addition to Cape Chauda and Hvardiiske in Crimea. About 90 of the UAVs have been Shahed loitering munitions.

Plane, anti-aircraft missile models, digital warfare property, unmanned methods models and cellular hearth teams from Ukraine's defence forces have been concerned in repelling the assault.

As of the morning of 30 March, the Russian assault remains to be ongoing.

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Three folks had been injured in a Russian drone strike on Sumy Oblast on 29 March.

Supply: Nationwide Police of Ukraine

Quote: "Russian forces attacked 25 settlements within the oblast over the previous day. An enemy drone strike injured two males aged 26 and 52 and a 49-year-old girl within the Mykolaivka hromada." [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Particulars: As well as, high-rise residential buildings, homes, a petroleum station, outbuildings, a storage and a automotive had been broken in a number of hromadas within the oblast.

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has instructed the European Fee he’ll block the twentieth sanctions bundle towards Russia until the EU places stress on Ukraine to renew the transit of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline.

Supply: Fico in a video deal with, as reported by European Pravda, citing Slovak non-public information channel ta3

Particulars: In Fico's video, the European Fee and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are available in for harsh criticism over the state of affairs surrounding the Druzhba pipeline, which the Slovak prime minister describes as a "deliberate violation" of Bratislava's pursuits.

Fico accused the European Fee of "double requirements", arguing that it locations Ukraine's pursuits above these of EU member states.

He claimed that Slovakia has acquired a "threatening letter" from Brussels over its measures to guard the home gas market whereas Ukraine receives "letters full of affection and understanding".

On this context, Fico has threatened to dam the adoption of the twentieth sanctions bundle towards Russia and to rethink his place on Ukraine's EU accession.

Quote: "The European Fee has completed nothing to make the Ukrainian president do something…

If the European Fee intends to proceed behaving on this method and inserting Ukraine's pursuits above Slovakia's, it could actually overlook about help for the twentieth bundle of sanctions towards the Russian Federation or us being prepared to facilitate Ukraine's swift accession to the EU."

Background:

• Fico had indicated earlier that sooner or later he may be a part of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in blocking the EU's €90 billion mortgage for Ukraine, which, just like the twentieth Russia sanctions bundle, is being held up by Hungary.
• On 23 February, Fico stated he had ordered the suspension of emergency electrical energy provides to Ukraine as a result of provides of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline had not resumed.
• In March, Slovakia's police launched an investigation towards Fico, who has been accused of treason by the opposition for halting emergency electrical energy provides to Ukraine.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated Russia took satellite tv for pc pictures of a US air base in Saudi Arabia thrice within the days main as much as an Iranian strike that injured American personnel.

Supply: Zelenskyy in an interview with NBC Information, recorded in Qatar on Saturday

Particulars: In the course of the interview, Zelenskyy shared a abstract from the day by day presidential briefing he receives from Ukrainian intelligence providers. The report acknowledged that Russian satellites had taken pictures of Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia on 20, 23 and 25 March.

On 26 March, Iran struck the bottom, the place US and Saudi forces are stationed. In response to US officers, 12 American service members had been injured on account of the strike.

Zelenskyy stated, citing Ukraine's expertise, that repeated Russia's photographing of amenities over a number of days is an indication of preparation for an assault.

"We all know that in the event that they make pictures as soon as, they’re making ready. In the event that they make pictures a second time, it's like a simulation. The third time it implies that in a single or two days, they are going to assault," he stated.

NBC Information notes, nonetheless, that Zelenskyy offered no proof of the Russian satellite tv for pc pictures, nor did he reveal how Ukraine discovered of this.

Zelenskyy acknowledged that he’s "100%" sure that Russia is passing such intelligence to Iran to assist it strike American forces within the Center East.

"I feel that it's in Russia's curiosity to assist Iranians. And I don't imagine – I do know – that they share info… Do they assist Iranians? After all. What number of per cent? One-hundred per cent," the Ukrainian president stated.

He additionally stated he believes Russian ruler Vladimir Putin hopes for "an extended struggle within the Center East".

"[Putin] has advantages, numerous advantages, of this struggle," Zelenskyy stated, pointing to rising oil costs and the short-term lifting of some American sanctions on Russian oil, which implies further revenues for the Kremlin.

When requested whether or not he believes US President Donald Trump cares about Ukraine's future, Zelenskyy "paused for a second", the NBC Information writes.

"I hope so. You realize the coverage of the USA at present. They care about the USA extra. It's comprehensible, by the way in which. We perceive it and I feel that the American staff may be very open about it," he stated.

Background:

• Chatting with journalists on 28 March, Zelenskyy acknowledged that Russia, which is passing intelligence to Iran for its strikes on American and British bases within the Center East, should face stress somewhat than have sanctions lifted towards it.
• The president cited intelligence knowledge indicating that Russian satellites have been photographing US army and vitality websites throughout the Center East in Iran's pursuits. On 24 March, they imaged the American-British base on the Chagos Islands within the Indian Ocean, Kuwait Worldwide Airport and a part of the Higher Burgan oilfield. On 25 March, they photographed Prince Sultan Air Base – later struck by Iran – and on 26 March, the Shaybah oil and fuel subject and İncirlik Air Base.

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The variety of civilians injured because of two Russian strikes on Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast on Sunday has risen to 14, and three folks have been killed. Three individuals are recognized to have been injured in different cities within the oblast.

Supply: Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Workplace; Nationwide Police of Ukraine

Quote: "As of 17:30, three deaths are confirmed and the variety of civilians injured has risen to 13. Injury has been prompted to seven house buildings, 11 homes, a financial institution constructing, a store and a café."

Particulars: The Nationwide Police specified that at 12:36, Russian forces had dropped 5 KAB-250 bombs on Kramatorsk. Three folks have been killed – a 65-year-old man, a 61-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy. 13 folks aged between 19 and 84 have been injured.

Greater than 30 civilian services have been broken: residential buildings, instructional establishments, workplace buildings, a cultural facility, a store, a café and autos.

At roughly 14:35, Russian forces launched yet one more strike on Kramatorsk, probably utilizing cluster munitions. One particular person was injured.

Furthermore, at 07:30, Russia struck the town of Sloviansk with three Geran-2 loitering munitions. A 49-year-old man was injured and 4 house buildings, a lodge, and autos have been broken.

At roughly 08:00, two civilians have been injured following a Molniya UAV strike in Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka: a 60-year-old man and a 58-year-old girl.

In complete, three folks have been killed, together with a toddler, and not less than 17 have been injured because of Russian assaults in Donetsk Oblast on Sunday.

Background: Earlier reviews stated three folks had been killed and 6 injured following the Russian strike on Kramatorsk.

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4 individuals have been injured in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast because of Russian assaults on 29 March.

Supply: Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Navy Administration

Quote: "4 individuals have been injured. The enemy has attacked three districts of the oblast nearly 30 instances."

Particulars: Within the Nikopol district, town of Nikopol and the Pokrovske and Marhanets hromadas got here underneath assault [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]. One residential constructing was destroyed and 15 had been broken. An workplace constructing, condo blocks, outbuildings and photo voltaic panels had been additionally broken. Garages and automobiles had been additionally affected.

Three individuals had been injured. A 58-year-old man has been taken to hospital in a average situation. A 60-year-old lady and a 66-year-old man will obtain outpatient remedy.

Within the Kryvyi Rih district, the Russians struck town of Kryvyi Rih and the Zelenodolsk and Sofiivka hromadas. A fireplace broke out and a facility was broken.

Within the Mezhova hromada within the Synelnykove district, a automobile was destroyed and a residential constructing was broken. A 23-year-old lady will obtain outpatient remedy for accidents sustained within the assault.

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German defence concern Rheinmetall has stated it has "the utmost respect" for Ukrainian weapons producers after its CEO Armin Papperger in contrast Ukrainian drones to "Lego bricks" made by "housewives with 3D printers".

Supply: Rheinmetall on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: The corporate acknowledged that it respects the efforts of Ukrainians in defending towards the Russian invasion, notably underneath circumstances of restricted assets.

"The revolutionary energy and the preventing spirit of the Ukrainian persons are an inspiration to us. We’re grateful to have the ability to assist Ukraine with the assets at our disposal," Rheinmetall tweeted.

The feedback adopted backlash over remarks made by Papperger. In a latest interview with The Atlantic, he touched on Ukrainian battlefield applied sciences. When the journalist talked about Ukrainian-made drones, Papperger dismissed any innovation and in contrast them to enjoying with Lego bricks.

"That is learn how to play with Legos. What’s the innovation of Ukraine? They don't have some technological breakthrough," he claimed, including that this was not the extent of expertise firms corresponding to Lockheed Martin, Basic Dynamics, or Rheinmetall.

When the journalist replied that Ukraine is the world's largest democratic drone-producing nation, the Rheinmetall CEO requested which firms particularly have been being referred to.

The dialogue then turned to Ukrainian defence firms Fireplace Level and Skyfall, which Papperger described as "housewives with 3D printers".

"It's Ukrainian housewives. They’ve 3-D printers within the kitchen they usually produce components for drones. This isn’t innovation," he stated.

Background:

• Final 12 months, Papperger stated he was prepared to take part in arming a attainable worldwide peacekeeping mission following the top of Russia's warfare towards Ukraine.
• The corporate has on a number of events provided Ukraine with weaponry of its personal manufacture. In October 2025, for instance, Rheinmetall introduced the switch of further Skyranger 35 air defence programs to Ukraine, which have been to be funded from proceeds from frozen Russian belongings.

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One individual has been killed and two have been injured within the newest Russian assaults on the Zaporizhzhia district.

Supply: Ivan Fedorov, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Navy Administration

Quote: "One individual has been killed and two have been injured on account of enemy assaults on the Zaporizhzhia district.

The Russians have struck the village of Zarichne with guided aerial bombs. A residential constructing and a non-residential constructing have been destroyed and a fireplace has damaged out. A 75-year-old lady has been killed and a 72-year-old man has been injured.

Within the village of Bilenske, an enemy drone has additionally broken a residential constructing. A 77-year-old man has been injured."

Particulars: All these injured within the Russian assault are receiving the mandatory medical remedy.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Jordan, the place conferences on safety points are deliberate.

Supply: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)

Quote: "At present in Jordan. Safety is the highest precedence, and it’s important that each one companions make the required efforts towards it. Ukraine is doing its half. Vital conferences forward."

Background: Previous to this, Zelenskyy visited Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

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Russian forces have begun equipping Shahed assault drones with containers carrying mines.

Supply: Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov, a know-how adviser to Ukraine's defence minister

Quote: "Each day, mines are being dropped by some Shaheds. Eight from one Shahed. The mines are positioned in spherical containers beneath the wings."

Particulars: Beskrestnov stated the UAVs are already dropping mines however didn’t specify how lengthy this apply has been in use or how new the know-how is.

He additionally posted a video, including that the Shahed proven within the footage dropped mines 50 km from the Russian border.

Quote: "There is no such thing as a longer any snow, and the mines can be clearly seen on the bottom. It’s strictly forbidden to method them on foot or by automobile.

As at all times, I ask everybody to ensure to inform your kids about this."

Background: Russia has used greater than 3,000 assault drones in opposition to Ukraine over the week, a lot of them Shahed-type UAVs, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in his weekly report.

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