The Chinese in Ukrainian captivity, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are moving in the Sumy region, battles in the Belgorod region. What happened at the front this week

In the Zaporizhzhya direction of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the control zone in small scherbaks was expanded and Stepovoy was almost completely occupied . Nevertheless, Russian troops are experiencing in this area increasing problems with the blows of Ukrainian drones on the rear and lack of equipment ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ), and the special forces managers managed to clean the village of Shcherbaki.

Mashovets confirms the loss of pubic, but notes that the Russian military still cannot advance to advance the Kamenskoye-nuts on the Stepovaya-Shcherbaki section. He considers the actions of the RF Armed Forces in the direction of Kamensky exclusively as tactical, since there is not enough strength to develop an attack on Zaporozhye . Mashovets regarding the strengthening of this direction from the Kursk group of the RF Armed Forces as unlikely, believing that they would rather be sent to Konstantinovka or near Kherson.

The Ukrainian resource “Eye of Mount ✙ News and Analytics” publishes infographics, according to which on average from March 31 to April 6, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation occupied 4 square meters. km per day, while a week before - 7 square meters. km per day. Thus, in 2025, the average daily promotion is 2–7 square meters. km, while in 2024 the indicator reached 15-30 square meters. km. The channel also notes that over the same period, the amount of clashes, according to the statistics of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, decreased by 10% compared to the previous week.

The grouping of troops of the RF Armed Forces in Ukraine is 623 thousand people and increases monthly by 8 to 9 thousand , says Alexander Syrfa, chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, according to Syrky, after a series of attacks on the arsenals, the intensity of Russian shelling decreased from 40 thousand to 23 thousand ammunition per day, subsequently recovering to 27–28 thousand.

Deepstate analysts based on statistics from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine say that the intensity of the assault actions of the RF Armed Forces reached a maximum this year. The project “Eye of Mountain ✙ News and Analytics”, in turn, calculated that in March 2025, the number of clashes increased by 51% compared to the previous month.

Currently, only six out of 30 countries in the “Coalition of those who wish” expressed their readiness to send troops to Ukraine after the conclusion of a peace agreement, including the UK, France, the Baltic countries and another unnamed country. The British government is considering the distribution of troops in Ukraine for a period of five years.

Mutual shelling and sabotage

The number of victims of a missile strike on a crooked horn on April 4 exceeded 100 people: more than 90 were injured, 20 died . Among the dead are nine children , this is the largest number of children and adolescents who have become victims of one attack in the whole war. Meanwhile, it turned out that the Rosemarine restaurant, which was the alleged goal of a blow, took place for the Beauty Industry forum, and not a meeting with Western instructors declared by the Russian Ministry of Defense.