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(English) Ukraine on Fire, April 2


Russian Army manpower losses as of April 2: 443, 660


Children killed (according to the Prosecutor General Office of Ukraine): 537


Drone attacked a Russian Shahed drone assembly factory in Tatarstan this morning

The factory, where Russia localized manufacturing of Iranian Shahed drones, located more than 1,200 kilometers away from the border with Ukraine. The drone hit a building where the factory workers lived. Preliminarily 12 of them are injured. Many students from the local university work at the factory. Earlier, Russian propaganda showed footage of drone assembly at this facility. There is information that students are being forced to work. There are minors and foreigners among them.


Another oil refinery targeted in Russia’s Tatarstan by drones

Unknown drones targeted an oil refinery and a Shahed drone assembly plant in Tatarstan, Russia, causing damage, with reports suggesting Ukrainian-made drones were used in this deep attack into Russian territory.


Zelenskyy signs law on changing conscription age

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed legislation to reduce the age limit of conscripts eligible for mobilization from 27 to 25 years. On 30 May 2023, the Verkhovna Rada approved this bill.


Russians strike Dnipro with missiles, injuring 8 adults and 5 children

The State Emergency Service also said that a kindergarten, a college and an industrial facility were destroyed by the missile attack. Five children aged 14 to 17 were injured, four of whom were taken to hospital.


NATO to consider proposal for creating US$100 billion five-year fund for Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is proposing to establish a US$100 billion fund of allied contributions for Ukraine over five years as part of a package that alliance leaders will approve when they meet in Washington in July.


Berlin to finance purchase of 180,000 artillery shells in Czech-led ammunition plan for Ukraine

Berlin will support Kyiv with 180,000 rounds of artillery shells as a contribution to a Czech-led plan to buy ammunition for Ukraine, with a price tag of EUR 576 million ($618 million), Reuters reported on Apr. 2, citing the German Defense Ministry.

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