Zelensky: Strait of Hormuz can be reopened only through joint international action
President Volodymyr Zelensky is convinced that, when it comes to lifting the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, only joint action by nations can yield results.
03 April 2026
President Volodymyr Zelensky is convinced that, when it comes to lifting the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, only joint action by nations can yield results.
Ukraine’s air defense forces neutralized 26 Russian missiles and 515 drones of various types.
The training of Russian military personnel involved in the war against Ukraine is currently at a low level.
Ukrainian unmanned systems units destroyed a Russian Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile system, fuel tanks, and supply depots in the temporarily occupied part of the Luhansk region overnight on April 3.
Fighters of the Lasar's Group special unit of unmanned aerial systems of the National Guard of Ukraine, in coordination with adjacent units, have destroyed a Russian Palantin electronic warfare (EW) system on the Zaporizhzhia front.
The Ukrainian side has passed on to the United States its request regarding a proposal to the Russians for an Easter ceasefire.
Fighters of the Lasar's Group special unit of unmanned aerial systems of the National Guard of Ukraine, in coordination with adjacent units, have destroyed a Russian Palantin electronic warfare (EW) system on the Zaporizhzhia front.
Russian troops have intensified their assault operations in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration, using light vehicles, including ATVs, and attempting to advance along the flanks toward Hryshyne and Rodynske.
Ukraine is working to strengthen the protection of its railway network as well as water infrastructure, including bridges, dams, hydroelectric power plants, and pumping stations.
Over the past month, the Ukrainian Operation Task Force East has eliminated over 6,500 Russian invaders, with nearly 4,000 more accounted for as enemy casualties.
In the central part of Sumy, a Russian drone struck a shopping center, injuring two people.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces attacked four border communities in the Chernihiv region with FPV drones, causing extensive damage and resulting in casualties.
On the night of Thursday, April 3, Moscow and the Leningrad Region of the Russian Federation were attacked by drones.
Olha Zvonariova, a journalist with the Ukrainian National News Agency Ukrinform, has been named a laureate of this year's Italian Montecatini Prize for Journalism (Premio Montecatini di Giornalismo-2026).
On April 2, 230 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded along the frontline.
Russian forces carried out an airstrike on the Shostka community in the Sumy region on April 3, killing one person and injuring three others.
Russia's total combat losses in its full-scale war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to April 3, 2026 have reached approximately 1,301,260 personnel, including 1,230 soldiers killed or wounded in action over the past 24 hours.
Under the Seeds of Bravery project, Ukrainian startups have received EUR 12 million in funding.
Units of Ukraine's State Emergency Service (SES) have cleared nearly 200,000 hectares of territory and neutralized 600,000 explosive devices since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
At Russia's Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, Ukrainian drone strikes in March damaged at least 40% of oil storage tanks, significantly reducing export volumes.
The volume of Ukraine's defense technology market reached approximately $6.8 billion in 2025, with the largest share accounted for by the UAV sector.
02 April 2026
There have been 213 combat engagements along the frontline, with the heaviest fighting in the Pokrovsk sector, where Russian forces carried out nearly 50 attacks on Ukrainian positions and lost more than 130 troops.
Retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg has called on the United States to create a new defense alliance that could include Ukraine, citing NATO’s ineffectiveness in the war with Iran.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on the parties to the conflict in the Middle East to immediately cease hostilities, warning of the risk of the war expanding across the entire Middle East with serious global consequences.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine continues to work with states that are under attack by the Iranian regime, noting that new agreements have been reached under which Ukraine will have a greater presence in emerging security formats.
On the afternoon of April 2, Russian forces struck Druzhkivka in the Donetsk region with four FAB-250 aerial bombs equipped with universal guidance and correction modules, injuring nine civilians.
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Taras Kachka stated that there are several sectors in which cooperation between Ukraine and the Netherlands appears to be the most promising and mutually beneficial.
Since the beginning of the day, Russian forces have attacked positions of Ukraine’s defenders 127 times. The enemy is concentrating their main efforts on the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole sectors.
March became one of the most extensive months in terms of the number of strategic enterprises struck in Russia – five factories and 10 oil refining facilities. The Ukrainian Defense Forces’ strikes covered areas from temporarily occupied Crimea and the Donetsk and Luhansk regions to deep rear areas in the Russian Federation.