Slavyansk, March 2026. Photo by Jose Colon / Anadolu / Getty Images.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that during negotiations with U.S. representatives, Russia demands the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions within two months.
- A military transport aircraft An-26 crashed while flying over Crimea, resulting in the deaths of six crew members and 23 passengers, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. Preliminary data suggests the aircraft collided with a rock.
- The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine has sent a request to Israel for the extradition of businessman Timur Mindich, a key figure in the fraud case involving "Energoatom." Kyiv is also requesting the extradition of his partner Alexander Tsukerman. According to anti-corruption agencies, Mindich was a central figure in the kickback scheme for the state company's contractors.
- The U.S. lifted sanctions against the cargo ship "Saint Nicholas," which is reportedly linked to the family of Alina Kabaeva.
- As a result of a nighttime shelling, a fire broke out at one of the factories in Khmelnytskyi, reported the head of the regional military administration, Serhiy Tyurin. He noted that there is no information about casualties.
- Fragments of a drone fell on an uninhabited house and a field in the Krasnodar region of Russia, leading to a fire.
- The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, reported an attack by a Ukrainian drone on a government building, resulting in injuries to three people.
- In the Velikopisarivka community of the Sumy region, a local resident was killed as a result of a strike by a Russian drone on a civilian vehicle, as reported by the head of the regional military administration, Oleg Grygorov.
- In the Dnipropetrovsk region, one person was injured as a result of attacks by Russian troops, which, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, conducted more than 40 shellings across three districts throughout the day.
- In Chuhuiv, five people were injured as a result of attacks by Russian drones.
- On Tuesday morning, Slavyansk was subjected to a Russian airstrike, damaging the train station and locomotive depot. Four railway workers were injured, and one woman is in serious condition.
- Russian military forces dropped two FAB-250 aerial bombs on Slavyansk on the night of March 31, reported the head of the Slavyansk city military administration, Vadim Lyakh. According to him, at least three people, including a 12-year-old girl, were injured.
- The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the interception and destruction of 92 Ukrainian drones over its regions on the night of March 31.
