This information is as of 02.04.2022.
02:39
Peskov said that Shell's possible difficulties in paying for Russian gas supplies in rubles this month are caused by the "anti-Russian" sentiments of Britain, which included Gazprombank in its sanctions lists.
"London wants to be the leader of everything anti-Russian. It even wants to be ahead of Washington. That's the cost," the presidential spokesman said.
09:06
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky told what countries he would like to see as guarantors of security. These are the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Turkey. Ukraine would like China to join them as well. Israel and Ireland also expressed their desire to become security guarantors, Zelenskyy added.
09:36
The US intends to become an intermediary in the transfer of tanks made in the USSR to Ukraine, writes The New York Times. According to the interlocutor of the newspaper, the transfer should start soon. It is not specified how many tanks they are talking about and from which country they want to transfer them to Ukraine.
09:41
Russian deminers have launched a demining operation in the LNR, according to the Ministry of Defense. The ministry said that a robot-sapper "Uran-6" is being used in the course of the work.
10:09
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev doubted that Ukraine will be able to join the EU without first joining NATO. According to him, Moscow's position on the issue of EU membership is known to Kiev.
"Join, it would be an honor to be offered. And it seems that Europeans now also want Ukraine very much. The only catch is that the experience of recent years with Montenegro and Macedonia shows that the only way to enter the EU is through NATO," Medvedev wrote.
In his view, it is impossible to join the EU without the consent of the "senior partner" and entry into the "main" alliance, which he calls NATO.
However, Medvedev notes, this is not the case. He recalled Turkey, which is a member of NATO, but never joined the EU. "In this context, one historical tale from the recent past. Words attributed to V. S. Chernomyrdin. During the period when he was ambassador to Ukraine, he was allegedly asked, "When will Ukraine join the EU?" He answered very quickly, "Right after Turkey." "And Turkey when?" - they clarified with him. "Turkey? Never..." - Medvedev concluded.
10:29
Russian Defense Ministry briefing:
DNR units seized most of Novobakhmutovka (a village in the Yasinovatsky district of the Donetsk region) and are fighting units of the Ukrainian 25th Separate Airborne Brigade.
Airborne missile strikes disabled airfields in Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk. The Kremenchug oil refinery (in the city of Kremenchug, Poltava Oblast) was also hit by an airborne missile strike on a storage facility containing gasoline and diesel fuel.
Near the city of Sumy and the village of Urozhaynoye (the Defense Ministry does not specify in which region, Ukraine has several villages with that name. - RBC) shot down two Mi-24 helicopters and also destroyed 24 Ukrainian drones.
Sixty-seven Ukrainian military facilities were hit overnight. Among them were two command and control posts, two rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition depots, nine field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 54 areas where AFU combat equipment was concentrated.
A total of 124 aircraft and 84 helicopters, 381 unmanned aerial vehicles, 1,882 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 203 multiple rocket launchers, 786 pieces of field artillery and mortars and 1,764 pieces of special military vehicle equipment have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation.
11:19
The West has made it clear that it will not lift sanctions on Russia's space industry, said Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin. He said that in the near future he will present to the country's leadership specific proposals on the terms of completion of cooperation within the ISS with the space agencies of the United States, Canada, the EU and Japan.
12:48
UAC CEO Yuri Slyusar called a fake and the consequence of a hacker attack the message about his dismissal that appeared on the Sukhoi website.
"This is a fake. A hacker attack on the Sukhoi website. An example of information warfare against Russia and our aircraft industry. We support the president. We will respond to the pathetic jabs with even more impactful work. Our task is to give the country wings. The whole 100 thousand strong team of the corporation continues its work, fulfillment of the state defense order and supplies of aircraft to the Ministry of Defense to ensure security of our country", Mr. Slyusar stated.
A message that was published on Sukhoi's website as a result of the attack stated that Slyusar was leaving his post due to his disagreement with the military operation in Ukraine.
13:28
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that sanctions against Russia do not work and the ruble exchange rate is an example. He urged to focus on helping refugees.
13:42
The Russian Defense Ministry said it has allocated housing and medical funds in Crimea to accommodate Ukrainian military who voluntarily surrendered. The military department said that the captives are regularly fed, the wounded are provided with medical care.
Reportedly, the Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova visited the prisoners and familiarized herself with the conditions of detention of the military.
14:08
Putin spoke by phone with Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev.
The Russian president told his colleague about the operation in Ukraine and the negotiations between Moscow and Kiev. The sides also discussed "practical aspects of the development of mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation," according to the Kremlin website.
The Kazakh president's website said that Tokayev's conversation with Putin included "a common understanding of the exceptional importance of reaching agreements on Ukraine's neutral, non-aligned, non-nuclear status.
The day before, on April 1, Tokayev's aide Timur Suleimenov said that Kazakhstan would not be a tool to circumvent the U.S. and EU sanctions.
14:18
The Investigative Committee opened a case on a terrorist attack after an air strike on an oil depot in Belgorod.
According to the IC, on April 1, individuals "from among the Armed Forces of Ukraine" entered into a criminal conspiracy to commit terrorist acts in Russia, invaded the country's airspace in two helicopters and carried out at least four airstrikes on fuel and energy facilities in Belgorod.
16:01
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said that Chechen fighters had begun storming a factory in Mariupol.
17:08
Russia and the U.S. should continue security talks, says U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan. In his opinion, it is difficult to start a dialogue in the current situation, but the diplomat hopes that negotiations will resume "for the good of all mankind."
18:09
One month of fighting is costing Ukraine $10 billion, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry said after a meeting between President Vladimir Zelensky and members of the government
19:24
Russian Defense Ministry briefing:
LNR units are blockading the village of Borovskoye (a settlement in the Luhansk region) from the east and south.
Mirgorod airfield in Poltava region is out of action. Several helicopters and an airplane were discovered and destroyed in its camouflaged parking lots.
Rocket strikes destroyed armored vehicles, ammunition, and tanks with fuel for Ukrainian troops near the railway stations of Lozovaya and Pavlograd (Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, respectively).
An Iskander missile strike on the defense headquarters in Kharkiv killed over 100 "nationalists and Western mercenaries.
During the day, the Russian military struck 28 military facilities in Ukraine.
A total of 125 aircraft and 88 helicopters, 381 unmanned aerial vehicles, 1,888 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 205 multiple rocket launchers, 793 field artillery and mortar guns, and 1,771 pieces of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation.
20:30
Ukraine is a "difficult country" for Russia, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. He added that now Ukraine is not a friendly state for either Russia or Belarus.
Peskov also said that Moscow would like to continue negotiations with Kiev on Belarusian territory, but the Ukrainian side opposed it.
20:53
Other statements by Peskov in an interview with the TV channel "Belarus-1."
One of the main tasks of the special operation is to restore the LNR and DNR to the 2014 borders.
Negotiations with Ukraine are not easy, but they must continue.
Russia wants Ukraine to ban manifestations of nationalism and restore the position of the Russian language.
An attack on Belarus is equivalent to an attack on Russia.
Moscow has evidence of a U.S. laboratory network around Russia.
Russia and Turkey have disagreements, but their relationship is built on a mutually beneficial partnership. Turkey, as a member of NATO, can afford to object to the United States.
21:01
Peskov said he considers those who "attack" the Russian military in public to be enemies of the state. Those who "got scared or didn't understand what was going on" and decided to leave the country after the start of the military operation are not enemies of the people, the Russian president's press secretary said.
He also called TV host Ivan Urgant a great patriot, advising against slandering people and calling them a "fifth column.
22:09
David Arahamia, head of the Ukrainian delegation at the talks with Russia, said Moscow has verbally agreed to Kiev's security proposals, but the disagreement is over the issue of Crimea. Now the sides are working on the legal execution of the documents.
Ukraine proposed to bring the issue of Crimea as well as Donbass to the talks of Presidents Putin and Zelensky.
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