On Sunday, March 31, in his traditional Easter message Urbi et Orbi, Pope Francis mentioned the Russian-Ukrainian war and expressed his wish for a general exchange of all prisoners between Russia and Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky honored the memory of Ukrainians killed by Russian invaders during the temporary occupation of the Bucha community in the Kyiv region.
Between March 24 and March 31, the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed about 5,420 Russian troops and 1,088 pieces of enemy weapons and military hardware.
Ukrainian defenders repelled two enemy assaults on the east bank of the Dnipro River in the last 24 hours and forced Russian troops to retreat to their original positions with significant losses.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) helped Czech counter-intelligence expose a pro-Russian network of influence on MEPs in Prague, sources have told Ukrinform.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recalled how the Kyiv region looked like two years ago when it was liberated from Russian occupation and called on the world to remember the price of a battle with the enemy.
Ukrainian police officers have identified more than 1,000 Russian troops who invaded Bucha at the end of February 2022, including more than 100 military personnel who committed war crimes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has awarded the rank of brigadier general to the First Deputy Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine, Colonel Vadym Hladkov.
The Cabinet of Ministers has dismissed Olha Shevchenko from the post of deputy head of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection.
With financial support from the Danish government, Mykolaiv received 12 new passenger buses from the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).