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Russia’s army is increasingly targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. The number of victims in the Ukraine war is rising. The news ticker about the Ukraine war.
- Relationship one to six: Ukraine has far less ammunition than Russia
- east the Ukraine: Russia launches missile and drone attacks again
- The information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, but also from the warring parties Russia and Ukraine and their allies. In particular, the information on losses of the armies involved Ukraine war cannot be independently verified.
Update from March 30th, 3:47 p.m.: After new air strikes, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky encouraged his compatriots to continue defending themselves against Russian terror. Easter celebrated by some Ukrainian Christians is a reminder that the power of the spirit can defeat evil, Zelensky said in a message shared on social media on Sunday.
Most Christians in Ukraine do not celebrate Easter until the beginning of May according to Orthodox custom – and not like the Western churches. “And may true peace come closer for our entire Ukraine and all nations suffering from war,” Zelensky wrote on X (formerly Twitter) and Telegram. “Not a night or day goes by now when Russian terror doesn’t try to destroy our lives.”
France plans to supply more arms to Ukraine
Update from March 30th, 11:30 a.m.: France wants to deliver more wheeled tanks and anti-missiles to Ukraine, which is being attacked by Russia. French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu told the newspaper “La Tribune” (Sunday edition) that he was working on a corresponding aid package with old but still functional equipment from the French army. The all-wheel drive VAB tanks are crucial for the mobility of the troops. Ukraine asked for these vehicles – they could help hold the long front line.
In addition, further Aster-type missiles are to be delivered for the Samp/T air defense system. Lecornu did not say exactly how many wheeled tanks and defense missiles were involved; when asked about the armored military vehicles, he spoke of “hundreds”. Ukraine could expect this this year and at the beginning of next year. According to the latest information, France has supplied Ukraine with military material worth around 2.6 billion euros since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression.
Klitschko warns of Putin’s “bloody decision” in Ukraine war
Update from March 30th, 6:32 a.m.: Two years after the withdrawal of Russian troops from the region around Kiev, Mayor Vitali Klitschko sees the danger of a renewed offensive by the attackers towards the Ukrainian capital. “Kiev was a target and remains a target for (Russian President Vladimir) Putin because the capital is the heart of the country,” Klitschko told the Picture on Sunday. At the same time, he emphasized: “We know that and we are much better prepared than we were two years ago for possible new attacks.” Klitschko said that all scenarios always have to be taken into account. “If Putin makes such a decision, it will be a bloody decision.”
Emergency power cuts in several regions of Ukraine
Update from March 30th, 10:50 p.m.: After the massive Russian attacks on energy facilities in Ukraine, the state grid operator Ukrenergo temporarily switched off electricity in several regions on Saturday. The energy supplier DTEK announced “emergency power shutdowns” in the regions of Dnipropetrovsk in the south and Donetsk in the east of the country. In the regions of Sumy in the northeast and Poltava in the center of the country, regional authorities announced the interruption of power supply.
The energy supplier and the authorities did not provide any information about the number of households affected. According to Ukrainian information, Russia massively attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with drones and missiles on Friday night. Because several power plants were damaged, power was temporarily switched off in seven regions on Friday. On Saturday morning, the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy announced that the power supply had been restored.
However, 120,000 households in the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine still had limited electricity because, according to the ministry, the local infrastructure had suffered “significant damage”.
Update from March 30th, 6:20 p.m.: After heavy Russian shelling of the city of Krasnohorivka in eastern Ukraine on Saturday night, Ukrainian authorities reported two civilian deaths. According to information shared on Telegram by Donetsk Region Governor Vadym Filaschkin on Saturday, a 70-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man died in the attacks.
In his post, Filaschkin also called on those remaining in the city to leave the city and seek safety, which could indicate that his administration expects an approaching Russian occupation of the city. Krasnohorivka lies directly on the front line in the eastern Donetsk region, more than half of which is controlled by Russian forces.
British Intelligence: Russia recruits tens of thousands into the military every month
Update from March 30th, 4:50 p.m.: According to an estimate by the British secret service, 30,000 people are currently being recruited in Russia every month for the war of aggression in Ukraine. The London Ministry of Defense announced this on Saturday in its regular situation report on the short message service X. According to the authority, the new recruits enabled the Kremlin and its military leadership to compensate for the high Russian losses and to capture additional areas in the east of the occupied neighboring country.
In the past few weeks since the fall of the city of Avdiivka, which had been reduced to rubble, the war front in eastern Ukraine has moved further west, according to intelligence reports. The British Ministry of Defense reports, for example, that the villages of Tonenke and Orlivka could probably have fallen into the hands of the Russians and that other towns are currently being fought over. Nevertheless, the British assess Russian progress in recent weeks as comparatively small.
New defense lines in the Ukrainian war: 10,000 anti-tank barriers around Kiev
Update from March 30th, 2:15 p.m.: Ukraine has further strengthened its defense lines. In the Kiev Oblast alone there are now almost 10,000 anti-tank barriers were set up. The so-called “dragon teeth” are according to Governor Ruslan Kravchenko Part of a comprehensive defense system of trenches, barriers and shelters. At the end of March, President Zelensky said that the situation on the battlefield had stabilized. However, he did not rule out the possibility of a major Russian offensive in late May or June.
Kiev’s troops have far less ammunition in the Ukraine war than Russia
Update from March 30th, 12:15 p.m.: Kiev’s troops continue to suffer from a severe shortage of ammunition in the Ukraine war. Now the new commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army made it clear how big the difference between Ukraine and Russia really is in this regard. “A few days ago the enemy’s ammunition advantage was about six to one,” Oleksandr Syrskyi said in an interview with the state news agency Ukrinform.
This causes losses among the troops and positions. But Ukraine learned to fight through the ability to “use the weapons we have. In addition, we take advantage of the advantages of unmanned drones.”
Russia launches missile and drone attacks again in Ukraine war
Update from March 30th, 10:35 a.m.: According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia fired four missiles into the east of the country. In addition, twelve Shahed drones were spotted in different regions. Nine were shot down.
Update from March 30th, 8:20 a.m.: The number of Russian casualties in Ukraine war is controversial. Russia itself does not provide any information about this. But they seem reliable News portal data Mediazona, that together with BBC News Russia which collects information circulating on social media, local Russian newspapers, cemetery documents and news channels about confirmed deaths. Accordingly, the number of dead Russian soldiers is now 49,281. For comparison: According to official figures, 14,453 Soviet soldiers died in combat in the Afghanistan War from 1979 to 1989.
Fighting in the Ukraine war continues over Easter: injured after rocket attack on Odessa
First report from March 30th: Moscow – According to official reports, at least five people were injured in a Russian missile attack in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa. Odessa Mayor Hennadij Trukhanov said a 15-year-old teenager was among the victims. Both missiles could have been shot down by the air defense. But debris fell onto streets and buildings.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj once again insisted on more international help with air defense in his evening video speech. “The enemy’s main target in this rocket terror is our energy sector,” said Zelensky, referring to the attacks in recent days, which had increasingly targeted Ukrainian energy facilities. According to the electricity network operator Ukrenerho, scheduled power cuts are currently necessary in the eastern Kharkiv region. The power supply is also at risk in Odessa and the Khmelnytskyi region. Air defense was active again in Odessa on Saturday night.
Dead and injured reported in drone attack in Russian city of Belgorod during Ukraine war
Meanwhile, in the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukrainian border, a man was killed and two other people were injured when a drone hit a residential building. The wife of the killed man was taken to the hospital with a traumatic brain injury and burns, said Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov in his channel on the Telegram news network.
Belgorod is constantly under fire. The attacks from the Ukrainian side have recently increased significantly again. However, the number of victims and damage is still disproportionate to the devastating consequences of the Russian invasion on the Ukrainian side. (talk to agencies)