Photo: Photobank Moscow-Live / Flickr The Russians sharply reduced the demand for consumer loans and mortgages. From October 2023 to March 2024, the number of applications for loans fell by 8.7% (2.07 million units), and for the registration of a mortgage - by 28% (0.14 million units). This follows from the data of the National Bureau of Credit Stories (NBKI), the Russian newspaper Izvestia reports . The attractiveness of loans is reduced, these data in the Central Bank commented.

Port in Novorossiysk. Photo: Wikipedia Russia strengthened the defense of the naval base in Novorossiysk, placing four barges at the entrance to the port to protect Ukrainian surface drones from attacks. This was reported by the intelligence of the British Ministry of Defense with reference to satellite pictures.

Photo: press services of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine More than half of the Ukrainians surveyed (53.9%) agree with the statement: "Those who are evading mobilization can be understood - no one wants to die." This is evidenced by the data presented at the Interfax-Ukraine agency, conducted by the Institute of Social and Political Psychology of the NAPC of Ukraine together with the Association of Political Psychologists of Ukraine on March 1-15, 2024.

Photo: SBU Employees of law enforcement agencies of Ukraine detained an employee of a kindergarten, who transferred the Russian Federation to defense forces in Kharkov. According to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), in September 2023, the Kharkiv woman, who works in the local kindergarten, remotely recruited Russian intelligence.

Fortification structures in the Kyiv region. Photo: dialogue.ua Lieutenant General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the commander of the ground forces, Alexander Pavlyuk, said that Kyiv has three defense lines. As Pavlyuk said on the air of national television, the border with Belarus, in particular the Chernobyl zone, which was previously considered a defensive line, was significantly strengthened.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kisid during a meeting in Japan. Photo: kmu.gov.ua Ukraine received $ 118 million on an irrevocable basis from the government of Japan. The funds were provided as part of the World Bank projects "Strengthening the Health and Preservation System" (Heal Ukraine) and "Housing repair to restore the rights and capabilities of people" (Hope). This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.

The head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasily Malyuk. Photo: SBU The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) was called the "insignificant" statement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the alleged involvement of Ukraine in a large -scale terrorist attack in Moscow.

Photo: Security Services of Ukraine (SBU) Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a Russian agent who was preparing a missile blow to Ukrzaliznytsia facilities in the Chernihiv region. He faces a life imprisonment, the SBU press service said . According to the investigation, the detainee was an employee of the local unit of Ukrzaliznytsia. The Russian agent was preparing a missile strike on the railway line connecting the northern and eastern regions of Ukraine.

Photo: GPSU page on Facebook In the Lviv region, inspectors of the border service were exposed, who helped men for nine thousand dollars illegally leave the territory of Ukraine. According to the State Border Service of Ukraine, a citizen of Ukraine turned to the employee for the Council, who constantly lives and works in Poland, but recently returned to Ukraine to visit relatives. The man wanted to know how legally you can get back to Poland, because he did not think about it in advance.

The consequences of the Russian attack on energy facilities in Kharkov. Photo: AFP On April 1, Russian troops dealt another missile blow to Kharkov and the Kharkov region. Civil and energy infrastructure objects were damaged. This was announced by the head of the Kharkov regional military administration Oleg Sinegubov. According to Sinegubov, energy -generating enterprises were significantly damaged as a result of shelling. "Now we have a shortage of electricity both in Kharkov and the region.

Photo: 28th separate mechanized team named after the Knights of the Winter campaign The likely large -scale offensive in late spring or summer of 2024 can concentrate in the West of the Donetsk region. This is stated in the report of the analysts of the Institute for the Study of War ( ISW ). In their opinion, the troops of the Russian Federation will be able to advance in only one operational direction.

Yakubjoni Yusufzoda. Photo: Telegram channel/Moscow The Basmanny District Court of Moscow sent a citizen of Tajikistan Yakubjoni Yusufzoda to a pre -trial detention center on charges of a terrorist attack of Crocus City Hall near Moscow. The accused was arrested until May 22, the press service of the courts of the general jurisdiction of the city of Moscow reports .