Ukrainian demining units clear nearly 900 hectares of liberated territories in March – Defense Ministry
Demining units of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine cleared 876 hectares of territory in March.
04 April 2026
Demining units of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine cleared 876 hectares of territory in March.
In Kharkiv, a child was injured after an enemy drone fell in the Slobidskyi district.
Defense Forces strike two Shahed launch bases in Russia's Kursk and Bryansk regions
At around 11:00, Russian forces hit a public transport stop in the Korablevskyi district of Kherson, resulting in one fatality and five injured.
Two launch sites for Shahed drones were hit in Navlya and at the Khalino airfield, located in Russia's Bryansk and Kursk regions.
Russian forces are trying to cross the Zherebets River in the Kupiansk-Lyman direction, but these actions currently have no significant impact on the situation.
The SSU, together with the UAV Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, carried out a second strike this month on the Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant in temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine hit railway fuel trains in the part of the Luhansk region temporarily occupied by Russian forces, as well as a Russian "Inokhodets" drone at the Kirovske airfield in Crimea.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Turkey.
In Kharkiv, the number of people affected by a UAV attack on the Nemyshlianskyi district has increased to five.
Russian forces attacked Nikopol with FPV drones, resulting in five deaths and 19 people wounded, including a 14-year-old girl.
The AFU are making changes to the content of their training for combating Russian unmanned aerial vehicles and are strengthening the technological component.
In Sumy, the number of casualties from the massive nighttime attack by Russian drones has increased to 13, including one child.
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Ukraine's Integration into the European Union, has stated that the negotiation process for Ukraine's EU accession will be difficult.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has enacted a decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to impose sanctions on Russian entities that support the country's military-industrial complex, help circumvent sanctions, and conduct illegal business activities in temporarily occupied territories.
Residential buildings and vehicles were damaged in a Russian attack on the Cherkasy region overnight.
Ukraine's accession to the European Union by 2027 is an unrealistic goal due to the pace of reforms and the number of procedures that still need to be completed.
Four civilians were killed and 11 others injured in Russian shelling across the Kharkiv region over the past 24 hours.
In the early hours of April 4, drones attacked the city of Tolyatti in Russia's Samara region, triggering fires near two chemical plants – Tolyattikauchuk and KuibyshevAzot.
A fire that broke out in a three-story office and warehouse building in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district following a Russian drone attack early on April 4 has been extinguished.
The Ukrainian Ground Forces are not preparing for the mobilization of women and are not developing any mechanisms aimed at such a process.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 260 out of 286 drones launched by Russian invaders in an overnight attack that started on the evening of April 3.
In the Kherson region, one person was killed and 25 civilians were injured over the past day as a result of Russian attacks.
On the front line on April 3, as many as 157 combat clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded.
In the Sumy region, three people were killed and 22 others injured over the past day as a result of Russian aggression.
The total combat losses of Russian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, up to April 4, 2026, amount to approximately 1,302,370 personnel, including 1,110 over the past day.
In March 2026, Russian forces significantly increased their use of guided aerial bombs, deploying 7,987 GABs – more than 1,500 higher than in February.
As a result of falling debris from a Russian drone in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district, a fire broke out in an office building.
Russian propaganda has launched an information campaign aimed at justifying the systematic shelling of Zaporizhzhia, claiming that there are “almost no civilians left” in the city.
The Government of Canada has allocated more than 51 million Canadian dollars (approximately $39 million USD) for the implementation of various humanitarian aid projects in Ukraine.