Kharkiv hit with S-300 missiles, trains from Norway: last night's highlights
Russian occupation forces struck Kharkiv with S—300 missiles; Norway will donate 12 diesel trains to Ukraine; the government simplified the import of components needed for the production of drones. Here is what you may have missed from the previous night.
Russians strike Kharkiv
The occupiers attacked Kharkiv late in the evening on March 30. The spokesman for the Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office, Dmytro Chubenko, said that at least six S-300 missiles hit infrastructure facilities and private households.
Early reports indicate no victims.
The head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, Oleg Synegubov, said that Russians fired at Kharkiv from the direction of Belgorod.
Norway to provide diesel trains to Ukraine
Norwegian Transport Minister Jon-Ivar Nygård said that the country plans to transfer 12 diesel trains to Ukraine. Four of them will be sent by summer, and eight more over the next 12 months.
The trains are designed for 168 passengers and can reach speeds of up to 140 km/h. Before they can be operated, they will have to be converted to 1,520 mm gauge.
Production of drones facilitated
On March 30, the government adopted a resolution abolishing the need to obtain a conclusion from the Security Service of Ukraine to import components required for the production of drones.
"Previously, it took up to 15 days to get the conclusion. And the examination itself delayed the process of importing components for drones. For example, GPS modules or thermal cameras," said Mykhailo Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science and Technology Development and Minister of Digital Transformation.
Other news
- A two-story wooden manor house that is more than 100 years old burned down for the second time in Pushcha-Vodytsia neighborhood in Kyiv. In 2021, the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office demanded that the owner bring the cultural heritage site to proper condition through a court ruling.
- In Kharkiv, a dog was found tied to a pipe with wires in the basement of a house. Police opened a criminal investigation into the animal abuse.
- More than 35,000 people have already applied to join the assault brigades of the "Offensive Guard," including over 16,000 who have applied to join the National Guard.
- Joint checkpoints may appear on the Ukrainian-Polish border. This should speed up border crossings.
- Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko said that the Hryhorii Skovoroda Museum in Kharkiv Oblast, which was destroyed by the occupiers, could be rebuilt this year.
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