The Russian occupation troops are trying to create a new grouping of troops in the Slobozhansky direction to establish control over parts of the territories of the Kharkov, Lugansk and Donetsk regions, including the blockade of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. This was reported in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Thursday, March 31.

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Also, the General Staff recorded the transfer of mercenaries from the countries of the Middle East to Gomel.

" In addition, Russia continues to transfer missile units to the Republic of Belarus in order to increase the intensity of ballistic missile attacks on settlements and infrastructure on the territory of Ukraine. So, in the Gomel region, the arrival of three Iskander missile systems and two S-300 air defense systems to cover them was detected,"

They also warned about cases when the occupiers put military equipment, mining it. The enemy also uses booby traps, takes people hostage and takes out food stolen from civilians.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also reported that relatives of Russian servicemen who died in the war with Ukraine began to file applications with the courts against the military leadership of the Russian Federation..

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Earlier, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said that part of the Russian units that the Russian Federation is withdrawing from the Kiev and Chernihiv regions will be redeployed to the Kharkiv and Donetsk directions..