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Sunreef 80 power eco.

A Revelation in Green

The gold mark in eco-responsible yachting, the 23.8m Sunreef Power Eco 80 will continue to set the standard at the forefront of sustainable seafaring for years to come. Fully electric for silent cruising and infinite range. Coated, from waterline to bimini roof, with 200m2 of state-of-the-art solar panels. Ethically sourced materials used throughout. The Sunreef Power Eco 80 is designed exclusively for pioneers. Lead the green revolution.

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Trailblazing Green Credentials

Fully electric with an arsenal of green gadgetry, the Sunreef Power Eco 80 is making waves in yachting circles as the future of clean sailing. Custom-built solar panels – the lightest in the industry – generate 40kWp. Energy-generating wizardry gives this cool cat almost unlimited autonomy. This is innovation, embodied.

Hybrid Hedonism

For a little more bang for your buck, the Sunreef Power Eco 80 is also available with hybrid engines. When silent cruising just won’t cut it, combine eco-credentials with the performance of thermal engines and arrive at your destination with purpose. Underway, your way.

Jacuzzi Joy

A hotspot for chilling, the Sunreef Power Eco 80’s flybridge can incorporate a circular Jacuzzi, bordered by a full-beam bank of daybeds and a four-seat bar. Panoramic views aft make this the place to be when at anchor, cocktail in hand. This is entertainment done differently.

Fully Customisable

New-build yachts offer the chance to leave your mark on the canvas. Colours, furnishings, fixtures. From the choice of materials used throughout to the yacht’s layout, almost every aspect of your Sunreef Power Eco 80 is fully customisable. Design the sailing lifestyle entirely to your liking.

Space and Comfort

There’s space to spare aboard this versatile cat, with interior and exterior hangouts aplenty. Her 12.00m beam accommodates an expansive flybridge. An aft deck that hosts up to 16. And a huge main saloon, complete with a dining table for 10. Space equals comfort when it matters most.

Beach Club Bliss

Her aft swim platform lowers on hydraulics, forming a full-beam beach club. Nestled within, a Jetski. On top, while underway, a tender. This stroke of genius connects guests with the water, flanked by two staircases from the main deck.

Performance

The Future of Eco Yachting

Range for Days

She’s a source of power. Fully electric with 200m2 of state-of-the-art, composite-integrated solar panels, the Sunreef Power Eco 80 is virtually self-sufficient with a near-infinite range. An ultra-light battery bank with increased weight efficiency and performance powers twin 180kW electric engines.

Green Details

It’s the attention to green details that sets her apart. Her batteries, for example, are 30% lighter than the industry standard. While underway, the cat’s hydro generation recovers up to 15kWh of energy from the propeller rotation. Sunreef can even fit a kite for improved performance and extended autonomy.

The Joie de Vivre

Live Your Best Life

At the heart of the experience, the water toys. The Sunreef Power Eco 80’s hydraulic swim platform unfurls to reveal a roomy garage – the perfect store for a Jetski and all-manner of fun things. She’ll carry a tender, so towables are always a good idea, as well as fishing equipment and snorkelling gear. Explore at leisure, discover the world, and live your best life.

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The 80 Sunreef Power Eco is the avant-garde of eco-responsible motor-yachts. Powered by 4 electric motors with up to 720 KW of power with a top speed of 15kts.  Power can be provided by up to 1 Megawatt of proprietary chemistry battery bank that charges quickly in a couple hours and has a lifespan of 15 years.  Power is provided by the solar skin, shore power or generator as needed.   On anchor without any charging source all the house systems can operate silently for up to 4.5 days. 

This is fully-customizable luxury catamaran can be configured for personal or charter layouts, and galley up or down.   It utalizes the latest innovations in the industry to achieve outstanding energy efficiency. Thanks to Sunreef Yachts’ light and ultramodern solar power system producing up to 34 KW of power per day light hour, the 80 Sunreef Power maximizes solar energy generation capacity.

The electric catamaran is fitted with a state of the art, ultralight battery bank (30% lighter than the average batteries used in the nautical industry) with a density of less than 5.2kg / kWh for increased weight-efficiency and performance.

The fully-electric 80 Sunreef Power provides for silent cruising and long range with electric motors powered from the dedicated battery bank. 

Green features on board include a high voltage DC-powered air conditioning system, a water-making and purifying system to generate drinking water, a non-toxic bottom paint. A fully customizable luxury craft, the 80 Sunreef Power electric catamaran offers infinite décor possibilities and access to a broad selection of ethically-sourced and eco-responsible finishing materials.

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Engine and generator hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing.

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Dune Blanche Yacht | 78' Sunreef 2024

The new built 23.8 meter (78’) catamaran SUNREEF 80 POWER for sale accommodates 9 Guests in 4 Staterooms Delivery date March/April 2024, the Sunreef 80 Power was built by Sunreef Yachts and is the perfect luxury catamaran in dark blue hull.

She offers spacious living areas and a modern bespoke décor with a calming color scheme. Featuring 1 Master Stateroom, 1 VIP stateroom and 2 Guest Staterooms.

The Main deck salon boasts relaxation zones and a dining area. The flybridge, with its open layout, provides comfortable seating, oversized sun pads, and a wet bar with a barbecue.

The Sunreef 80 Power is the perfect luxury catamaran offering massive living spaces with an open layout. Powered by twin MAN 1200HP engines with pair propellers.

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• Yacht Details: 78' Sunreef 2024
• Location: gdansk, Poland
• Engines: MAN
• Last Updated: Mar 4, 2024
• Asking Price: €8,800,000
• Max Draft: 5' 7''

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• Beam: 39' 4''
• Hull Material: Fiberglass

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Discover Royal Rita, a luxurious 70 Sunreef Power Catamaran updated with contemporary decor in 2022. Its pristine white interior complements the ocean views. Featuring an expansive main salon and Owner's suite with breathtaking views. Three guest cabins offer Queen beds and en-suite bathrooms, one with an extra bunk. The galley is fully equipped with amenities like a Magma Grill and Pizza Oven. Enjoy the plush deck furnishings and swim platform. 

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Royal Rita is a magnificent 70' Sunreef Power Catamaran, recently updated with contemporary decor in 2022. Its interior exudes elevated sophistication, featuring a pristine white finish complemented by fine furnishings and accents that seamlessly blend with the vibrant blue hues of the surrounding ocean. The spacious interior offers an expansive main salon featuring impressive 11-foot ceilings and an open-plan galley. The galley is a chef’s dream comprehensively equipped with all the necessary amenities. In addition, a Magma 24" Grill and a Pizza Oven can be conveniently set up on the aft platform.

The Owner's suite is strategically positioned on the main deck, affording a breathtaking 180-degree vista. This suite also boasts an en-suite bathroom equipped with a generously sized walk-in rain shower and a dual sink vanity. Equally impressive are the three additional guest cabins, each equipped with a comfortable queen-size bed and its own en-suite bathroom. One of the Queen cabins even offers an additional fold-down bunk. The fifth cabin has two twin beds and can be converted into an extra crew cabin (to accommodate 4 crew).

The aft deck offers a plush day bed, a dining table and comfortable seating that leads to the submersible swim platform. Additional loungers are located on the walk-around decks’ bow, while the enclosed flybridge provides a secluded sanctuary with panoramic views and supplementary seating.

Key Features

• Five Staterooms plus crew
• Bahama-friendly draft of 5'1"
• Proven charter history
• 18 kt fast cruise
• 3,700 mi + slow cruise range

Accommodation

• Guest Cabins: 5 (10 Guests)
• Guest Heads: 5
• Crew Cabins: 2 (4 Crew)
• Crew heads: 2

This 2016 Sunreef is a 5-stateroom configuration with main deck Master Room and 2 crew cabins with ensuite bathrooms and Air Conditioning. With her 1200 HP engines, she can cruise comfortably at 18 knots and open throttle at 23 knots. Additionally, at long range speed This yacht can reach a 4000 nautical miles range making this Power Catamaran a real explorer. This is a unique opportunity if you are in the market for 5 Stateroom Power Catamaran!

The Sunreef Power is a powerful and comfortable cruiser with a futuristic look. Her layout and design were entirely customized and adapted to her first Owner expectations and navigation plans.

One of the yacht's most characteristic features is the enclosed flybridge - The protected sundeck provides for a navigation station fitted with large helm seats with integrated autopilot controls. The area also features a relaxation space with a sofa that can be turned into an additional bed, a fridge, sink, and TV. Accessed through a sliding door is the aft terrace housing a jet-ski crane and sun beds.

The main deck comprises a grand, fully open saloon with a big dining area and an airy lounging corner. The galley placed portside is equipped with a long countertop and offers all the space and appliances to ensure top quality service onboard. The master cabin is accessed directly from the saloon and is fitted with a large double bed facing the TV, multiple storage spaces and a make-up desk just underneath the yacht's impressive panoramic windows.

The Owner's suite gives direct access to his and her roomy bathroom placed down in the portside hull. From starboard, the master cabin connects with the children's realm - a relaxing and friendly area with a playroom, featuring twin beds - convertible to a double whenever needed. In addition, the layout includes 3 guest cabins, all fitted with double beds and private bathrooms which allows for a maximum of hospitality.

As the original Owner wanted to give her a minimalist and futuristic atmosphere, Sunreef Yachts' design team picked a variety of fine materials for a customized modern finish. The yacht's interior design combines white glossy panels, blue led lighting and bright upholstery with baby ostrich, python and crocodile leather designs. The boat's navigation table is clad in glossy black mahogany and dark leather.

The Sunreef Power features a powerful 1200 Volvo IPS system with a dynamic positioning. IPS propulsion allows a significant increase of maneuverability and ease of mooring. Royal Rita is equipped with wave-piercers and extended aft platforms to maximize her performance and provide a comfortable motion at sea and a waterline length of 80 feet. The deck is entirely covered in teak and accessed with a rotating gangway. Her cockpit is vast with a large dining table, seating, and a projector screen. The hydraulic platform not only eases dinghy launching but also significantly extends the cockpit's lounging space.

Royal Rita has always been maintained to the highest standards with a focus on preventative maintenance, with an average of three months a year of ‘yard time’ dedicated to maintenance and repairs.

Communications And Navigation Equipment

• Widescreen 60'' LED TV in the saloon SAMSUNG + Blu-ray player
• Widescreen 46'' LED TV in the master cabin SAMSUNG + Blu-ray player
• LED TV 32” + Blu-ray player in each guest cabin
• Satellite TV Antenna + KVH-TRACK-VISION M7/TV6
• Yacht spot WiFi + 4G/LTE
• Saloon: Bose home cinema system (5 speakers and subwoofer)
• Cockpit: (2) waterproof Bose speakers
• Flybridge: (2) waterproof Bose speakers
• Plastimo Olympic Compass (size 135mm)
• Barigo chronometer and barometer
• Navigation Raymarine GS-series: 1pcs 15,4" Raymarine Multifunctional Display gS165, 2pcs 15,4" Raymarine Multifunctional Display gS16, 2pcs Raymarine RMK-9 Remote - command keyboard
• GPS RayStar 130
• Radar 4kW 24” Raymarine RD424HD
• Raymarine Evolution Autopilot with gyrocompass and 2pcs pilot control heads Raymarine p70R
• (4) Universal displays Raymarine i70 for speed, depth and wind display Ray260 VHF with DSC function (dual station)
• Raymarine AIS 650 transceiver - AIS (Automatic Identification System)
• 2pcs RAYMARINE CAM200IP Cameras with color and night vision in cockpit
• Navigation display duplicate on the saloon TV
• Intercom between all compartments (incl. Flybridge, cockpit, galley, crew cabins and engine room)
• KVH linked to all cabins (including crew)
• Additional TV in the crew cabin
• Master cabin: additional GPS display screen (gS95)
• (2) Additional Raymarine CAM200IP Cameras with color and night vision in the cockpit (mounted on the fly hardtop for side views)
• Navylec - Russian/English language version
• (2) Additional BOSE speakers on the flybridge
• TV in enclosed flybridge area

Mechanical, Propulsion And Engine Room

• Twin Volvo Penta IPS 1200hp inboard diesel engines
• Drive Type: Pod drive
• DPS Dynamic Position System
• Engine room sound insulation
• (2) Electric pumps for changing engine oil
• Automatic fire extinguishing system in engine rooms
• Fuel tanks (2) 8000L
• Fuel transfer pump
• LED lights in engine rooms
• Double Racor filters on delivery lines to engines
• Additional engine room insulation
• Fuel pump for tender (diesel jet tender)

Electrical Equipment

• (2) Fisher Panda 25 kW 230V 50Hz generators
• Water sensors for fuel filters
• Double Racor filters on delivery lines to generators
• Water/gas separator for generators
• AC-230V 50Hz 1PH: main switchboard with panel extension (automatic change over shore generators), (3) chargers (24V/100A), inverter (24V/5000W 230VAC 50Hz), sockets (230 V) in cabins, saloon, and galley (2) shore power inlet
• DC-24V: main switchboard, battery monitor - NavyLec, 12 AGM house batteries (24V/1200Ah), starting batteries, DC distribution, wiring (special marine quality)
• Navylec system for lights, controls, D/C system, incl. dimmers for ceiling lights
• (2) Alternators 24V/110A
• Lights with LED lamps
• Exterior lighting (LEDs, deck searchlight, lights on flybridge)
• (8) Underwater lights LED – changing colors
• Power converter for US electricity shore connection, US outlets installed inside
• Freshwater: (1) 1350L tank, (2) pressurized pumps (1 on each hull), (2) water heaters of 80L (connected to the main engine)
• Blackwater: (2) 390L each tank, (2) electric pumps with automatic discharge equipped with electro 3-way valves (discharge in the sea or holding tanks)
• (3) Freshwater pressurized outlets (cockpit, front chain locker, flybridge)
• Hose reel with 5m hose and spray nozzle in the front chain locker
• (6) Electrical bilge pumps
• (2) Manual bilge pumps
• (2) Hand showers with hot and cold water in the cockpit
• Electric toilets 24V in bathrooms with freshwater flush
• Watermaker of output 220 L/h with a remote touch screen on the helm station (230V AC) - Sea Recovery Aquamatic
• (2) 390L grey water tanks with electric pumps and additional extraction and piping installation
• Second set/back up seawater pump and circulation pump, with valves, to the A/C system
• Displacement: 105,822 lb
• Fuel: 3,520 gal
• Fresh Water: 357 gal
• Holding: 205 gal

Speed / Rpm / Consumption / Range

Knots – RPM - Gallons per Hour - Nautical Miles

• 7.0 - 850 - 7.5 - 3,733
• 13.5 - 1,600 -  35 - 1,542
• 17.0 - 1,900 - 54.6 - 1,245
• 22.0 - 2,300 - 88.6 - 993

Galley, Domestic And Laundry Equipment

• Siemens refrigerator
• Siemens freezer
• Siemens dishwasher
• Siemens electric oven
• Siemens electric stove
• Siemens microwave with grill
• Siemens cooker hood

Deck Equipment

• Hydraulic gangway – longer than a hydraulic platform
• (4) Electric capstans for mooring (2 bows and 2 sterns)
• Swim ladder on the skirt
• Hatch at the top of the stairway between cockpit and flybridge
• Electric lifting system for tender with extendable arms and remote controller (for tender with a weight of up to 900kgs and length of up to 4.4m)
• Hull, deck, superstructure – white
• Antifouling (with Epoxy primer)
• Water toys garage
• Bimini on the flybridge (composite) with lights
• Lightning protection
• Cockpit, skirts and flybridge floor covered with teak
• Flybridge fridge – in an enclosed area
• Electric stainless steel entrance door
• Low fridge and ice maker in cockpit
• Flybridge table movable up and down like
• Full-size back cushions on the seat behind cockpit table and fly
• Windlass (Muir) with 120 m chain
• Mooring kit (8 fenders + 4 mooring ropes)
• Anchor 81kg CQR, Additional anchor 20kg
• Aft hydraulic platform for jetski
• Wave piercers
• Extension of aft platform by 1,1 m
• Jet ski crane on flybridge
• Teak deck with flush hatches
• Enclosed composite flybridge, with stainless steel folding doors and AC; internal navigation station with (2) Besenzoni pilot chairs; (4) cup holders next to chairs (2 per seat)
• (6) Seasmart retractable cleats installed symmetrically on the deck edge: 2 at bows, 2 at midship, 2 at the stern
• Cockpit sunbath locker on pneumatic ram
• Additional windlass (Muir) with chain and anchor
• UV film on windows
• Flybridge Plexi windows with 2 small openable hatches for ventilation
• Cockpit safety barrier (stainless steel/Plexi)
• Aft sun pads like on 70Y 11
• Privacy rolling screen in the cockpit between the upper deck supports

Tender, Toys And Other Equipment

• 16′ Highfield Tender
• 4-Man Tubing Raft
• (3) Paddle Boards
• Bote Peddle Kayak
• Bote Blow-Up Dock
• (2) Aqua Scooters
• Snorkeling Equipment

Additional Information

• Complete safety equipment including life rafts SOLAS B pack for 16 persons
• MCA Category 2 certification
• (2) Portable VHF GMDSS Sailor SP352
• Fire Detection system
• Firefighting system
• Thermal protective aid
• Rescue sling
• Offshore Medkit
• Drift anchor
• Towing line
• Additional washing machine in the engine room
• Combo washer dryer in flybridge helm station area

Refit And Maintenance History

August 2024

• Vessel hauled for bottom maintenance
• Full exterior polish

November 2023

• Tender fuel/water separator replaced
• Starboard gen fuel pump replaced

October 2023

• Both mains rear main oil seal replaced along with starboard turbo oil leak fixed
• Both mains fully serviced P 2187 hours/S 92 hours
• Port gen starter and wiring harness replaced
• Both gens fully serviced P 6362 hours/ S 8008 hours
• Port forward bilge pump replaced
• Starboard hull toilet control replaced
• Grey water lift pump upgraded
• Master bathroom air handler replaced
• Starboard saloon self-contained air conditioner replaced
• Starboard bow thruster solenoid assembly replaced
• Saloon doors control and box replaced
• Starboard engine room bilge pump replaced

September 2023

• Tender fully serviced
• Crew faucet and toilet repaired

August 2023

• Starboard gen starter replaced
• Both mains fully serviced 2100 hours port/35hours starboard (PCU/ECU replaced)
• Both gens serviced Starboard fuel and stop solenoid replaced 7600h, Port 6200h
• Grey water lift pump motor replaced
• Water maker serviced with new membrane and filters
• (2) New FLO marine chiller plants and controllers installed and plumbed
• Port bow thrusters battery bank replaced
• Port gen stop solenoid replaced
• Port bow thrust battery bank Victron charger replaced (along with a spare)
• Port gen fully serviced
• Port gen fuel pump replaced
• Starboard main PCU/ECU replaced
• Port gen battery replaced
• Many other minor repairs and upgrades

Upgrades during Yard period/periodical repairs 2022/23

October 2022 - Jan 2023 Lauderdale Marine Center haul out

• Guardian ceramic coating throughout vessel including cockpit table and inside saloon tables
• All intake valves and strainers replaced or serviced
• Bilges and engine room floors sanded and painted
• Engine room, underwater and deck lights replaced
• Starlink internet and a Pepwave wireless system/router
• Lumenautic custom name sign
• New Fusion head units, speakers, subwoofer and wiring
• Large stainless steels side door chest freezer w mounts
• Magma grill and stovetop/pizza oven with mounts
• New TVs in crew quarters along with multiple Apple TVs
• All state rooms have new mattress toppers, sheets and pillows
• ANG transformer (power converter to change 50hz to 60hz for shore power
• Anchor chain/chaffe gear cleaned and painted
• Water maker service, membranes replaced
• Cracks in hull repaired (old survey)
• Anti fouling bottom paint, bottom sanded and cleaned
• Dockmate remote docking installed along with anchor control
• Main engines fully serviced along with heat exchanger and zincs replaced
• Gens fully serviced
• Navibus master screen replaced (along with a spare)
• (2) New icemakers
• Cockpit, bow and day bed cushions covered
• Top deck outside furnished
• Bow canopy with removable poles
• Bottom paint (2) coats of inter lux micron extra antifouling application of prop speed of (2) transmissions and propellers
• Installations of new ice maker cockpit
• Installation of (3) underwater lights Lumishore
• Installation of new AC unit 16.000 btu port side engine compartment
• Complete maintenance on the (2) windlasses and installation of electronic controls and remotes
• Upgrade software on all Raymarine equipment including autopilot
• Installed new gasket on (2) of the turbos
• Oil change and service on (2) Volvo IPS transmissions
• Complete service on the chillers, (6) compressor units
• New freshwater pump port side
• Complete service on the network, Wi-Fi, communication devices, satellite tv, signal boosters
• Regular maintenance on Williams dinghy, oil change, and electrical maintenance
• Maintenance on all sliding doors (salon/flybridge) and kitchen cabinets
• (2) New 50 amp/50 ft Shore power lines
• New 30-amp battery charger for the sound systems
• New gray water tank macerator and complete cleanup of the tank
• Black water tank, complete cleanup, maintenance of macerator and sensors
• Fire system, new control box, a complete check of system operations
• All bilge pumps been and serviced and automatic sensors, new bilge pump under greywater tank replaced
• New ACR rcl-100 led searchlight with a controller
• New wet spot heavy duty

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Discover the Top Power Catamarans for 2024

• By Yachting Staff
• Updated: September 10, 2024

Power catamarans have seen a surge in popularity, growing both in size and appeal. These cruise-focused yachts offer homelike comfort, fuel efficiency and user-friendly operation, making them a favorite among avid travelers. Their popularity extends to the bareboat charter market for the same reasons.

In this article, we explore the world’s top power catamarans, ranging from a 36-footer ideal for a cruising couple to a 78-footer perfect for entertaining friends and family. The propulsion options are diverse, including outboards, diesel inboards, hybrids, and even all-solar setups.

Top Luxury Power Catamarans

The following power catamarans are all vessels we’ve reviewed. They are listed in no particular order.

• Fountaine Pajot MY44 : A family-oriented cat suitable for long-range cruising and aimed at owner-operators. 
• Silent Yachts 60 : This is a catamaran that can cruise comfortably for long distances using emissions-free solar-electric propulsion.
• Horizon PC74 : With interior and deck space like a much larger vessel, the PC74 is perfect for cruising the Bahamas and Caribbean.
• Aquila 36 : This beefy 36-footer is an outboard-powered, express-cruiser-style catamaran.
• Lagoon Seventy 8 Powercat : A spacious design, this vessel fits the volume of a 130-foot-long monohull into just 78 feet of length overall. 
• Horizon PC68 : This cat has a stable ride, long range, volume to spare and intriguing layout options.
• Two Oceans 555 : An elegantly simple yet luxurious 55-foot custom with the space and amenities of a much larger vessel.
• Lagoon 630 : From its open salon to its spacious decks, the Lagoon is a comfortable and luxurious platform.
• Fountaine Pajot MY5 : A midsize cruiser with serious big-boat space for family and friends. 
• Prestige Yachts M8 : The voluminous 65-footer lets owners customize onboard spaces.
• Aquila 47 Molokai : Calling all anglers: This cat has 60-plus-knot speed and is set up for serious bluewater adventure.

Fountaine Pajot MY44

The  Fountaine Pajot MY44 , a creation of Italian architect Pierangelo Andreani and French designer Daniel Andrieu, has a main deck that’s open from the aft-deck seating all the way forward to the starboard helm station. The sense of spaciousness is significant, for several reasons. First, four glass panels aft can all slide to port, creating an indoor-outdoor space with the aft deck and salon. In the salon, 32-inch-high windows extend for 12 feet down the sides of the yacht, with three sections per side, bringing in natural light along with the three forward panes that comprise the windshield. Finally, 6-foot-6-inch headroom provides vertical clearance, with a 21-foot-7-inch beam that adds interior roominess while keeping the yacht stable.

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Silent Yachts 60

Solar panels, ocean-crossing range and self-sufficiency define the electric Silent-Yachts 60 power catamaran. If there was any question that the “Tesla moment” has arrived in yachting, the Silent 60 clearly provides a positive response. Consider, for a moment, crossing oceans in silence at 5 to 6 knots without consuming a drop of fuel and never needing to plan your course between fuel stops. Imagine sitting at anchor and running the air conditioning all night, not to mention all the galley appliances plus the washer-dryer, without the hum or fumes from a genset.

Horizon PC74

As founder and director of The Powercat Company, a Horizon Power Catamarans distributor, Stuart Hegerstrom had long believed that catamaran builders needed to design their yachts to more stylish standards.

“The boats were very boxy,” he says, based on his years of experience with cats in the charter market. He and his partner, Richard Ford, asked Horizon to produce models that had high-end finishes and looked good inside and out.

The Horizon team brought in mega-yacht designer JC Espinosa to work with its own craftsmen. The result aboard the  Horizon PC74  is a catamaran with exterior styling, layout and functionality that should appeal to private and charter owners alike.

The Aquila 36  is a departure from her sisterships in that she is an outboard-powered, express-cruiser-style catamaran, but she also adheres to MarineMax’s philosophies.

With a single main living level from bow to stern and a beam of 14 feet 7 inches, the Aquila 36 is like a bowrider on steroids. She has seating that can handle 20 adults for outings and barbecues, and there are two staterooms below, one in each hull, for family weekending. The staterooms have nearly queen-size berths, en suite heads, stowage and 6-foot-6-inch headroom.

Lagoon Seventy 8 Powercat

Lagoon is a division of Groupe Beneteau, the world’s largest builder of sailing yachts, and the  Lagoon Seventy 8 Powercat  is a developmental sistership of its Seventy 7 super sailing cat. The Seventy series yachts are built at Construction Navale Bordeaux in France, which had to add a new yard to construct these catamarans because they require separate stern molds for the power and sail versions.

Horizon PC68

Multihull yachts ride differently than monohulls, often counteracting the sea’s motion for a smoother, more stable ride. On the Horizon PC68 , sharp hull entries make head seas seem gentle, and a Humphree stabilization system with blades reduces roll. Horizon uses SCRIMP construction for resin saturation that maximizes strength with an 111,112-pound displacement. And with a 5-foot-4-inch draft, the PC68 invites island cruising.

Two Oceans 555

With 27-knot speed, house-like volume, an on-deck master and top-tier tech, the Two Oceans 555 is a formidable power catamaran. Dave Jirikovic of HMY Yachts was on a quest. The sales broker was looking for the meanest, nastiest patch of Gulf Stream he could find to show a potential client what the Two Oceans 555 power cat could handle. And just as he had intended to show us, the broad-shouldered power cat didn’t even notice. He even dropped the single-lever throttles back to idle and left the 25-foot-wide Two Oceans 555 beam-on to another set of square-edged seas. The 55-footer brushed that off too. Jirikovic tried quartering into the seas—never a happy angle for catamarans—and the yacht drowsed through them.

Fitted with the optional twin 300-horsepower Volvo Penta D4 diesels, the  Lagoon 630 MY  burns only 1.64 gph total at 6 knots, giving a theoretical range of 2,952 nautical miles with standard tankage of 793 gallons. Hull No. 1 had an optional 502-gallon tank, giving it transatlantic range.

Luxury, stability and economy are all hallmarks of Lagoon’s return to luxury motor yachts. If you can take a ride, it will be worth your time.

Fountaine Pajot MY5

The flybridge deck on the Fountaine Pajot MY5 is a standout feature, offering virtually unobstructed 360-degree ocean views and an elevated beach club vibe. Aft of the off-center starboard helm is a spacious area perfect for entertaining, complete with a wet bar, refrigeration center, and ample seating. It’s the most popular space aboard according to the builder. And if the weather turns for the worse, a second helm station in the saloon allows the skipper to pilot the MY5 in climate-controlled comfort.

Prestige Yachts M8

How fitting it was that Prestige Yachts introduced its new M-Line flagship, the M8 , at Portopiccolo, a picturesque yachting village outside Trieste, Italy. Formerly a quarry, the cliff-side area had been chiseled into a clean site rife with eye-catching vistas, much like the French builder’s 65-foot power catamaran and its nearly 3,000 square feet of usable real estate.

Aquila 47 Molokai

With every boat, there’s an origin story. In the case of the Aquila 47 Molokai power catamaran, it starts with MarineMax, which saw people renting boats for bareboat charters. MarineMax Vacations was born. After experimenting with several production yachts, the company decided to build its own: the Aquila line, designed for charter as well as for sale to owner-operators.

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Mark v composite tank.

This Surviving WW1 Russian Mark V Composite 'Hermaphrodite' Tank can be found Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast, Ukraine. Britain sent the 'White Russians' modified Mark V tanks that only had one gun to fight the Communist 'Red Russians'.

Surviving WW1 Russian Mark V Composite Hermaphrodite Tank Lugansk Oblast, Ukraine. This is the 'Male' side with the cannon.

At the end of the battle Cambrai the German army captured a lot of British tanks. German high command suddenly realised that there was a good chance of the attacking troops coming across enemy operated British tanks. During the first tank on tank battle against the new German A7V tank, the British female tanks involved in the engagement had to retreat is there were only armed with machine guns.

The British Mark V female tanks were designed to attack German infantry emplacements not engage in tank on tank battles. A decision was made to give them the fighting chance by adding a male six pounder cannon to one side of the vehicle. It went into the same positions forward facing machine gun. These tanks were given the nickname Hermaphrodites but officially known as Mark V Composite tanks.

Surviving WW1 Russian Mark V Composite Hermaphrodite Tank Lugansk Oblast, Ukraine. This is the 'Female' side with the two machine guns.

These two Mark V Composite Hermaphrodite Tanks were restored in the Lughansk Railway department repair factory 2009. They had been left rusting in local villages for over 90 years.

These Mark V Composite Hermaphrodite Tank had been shipped by the British, via Persia (Iran/Iraq) and up the Volga to Volgograd. Their purpose was to support the ‘White Russian' armies. A lot of these tanks were later engaged in a battle in eastern Ukraine. They were captured by the Red Army and used for a number of years until they were abandoned.

Where can I find other preserved Mark V Composite Hermaphrodite Tanks?

• 2x Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
• Historical Museum, Kharkhov, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
• Russian Tank Museum, Kubinka, Russia

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Donetsk and Luhansk: What you should know about the ‘republics’

Who has followed Russia in recognising the controversial, Moscow-backed statelets in Ukraine? And what is life like there?

Kyiv, Ukraine – Moscow-backed separatists have controlled the southeastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, known collectively as Donbas, for almost eight years.

But Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised them only on Monday, paving the way for the official presence of Russian troops in the rebel-controlled areas that occupy about a third of Donetsk and Luhansk.

So far, only Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Syria have joined Putin in recognising Donetsk and Luhansk – along with breakaway Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. They all did so also on Monday.

The central question is whether Russia would recognise them in their current borders. Should it decide to help the rebels “restore” their statelets to the original borders, it may spell a large-scale war between Moscow and Kyiv.

At the moment, Russia will recognise “the borders, where the leadership of the DNR and the LNR are executing their authority,” Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told the Interfax News Agency on Tuesday.

But the foreign ministry also said on Tuesday that the issue of the borders is yet to be resolved.

While Ukraine and the West try to avoid war, other questions loom.

What are the roots of the region’s separatism? What has kept these areas alive since 2014? And what is their future?

Neo-Stalinism

A 13.5 metre-tall statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin still dominates the main square in Donetsk, the capital of the eponymous breakaway region in southeastern Ukraine.

And the constitution adopted by Lenin’s successor, Josef Stalin, has been restored by the Moscow-backed separatist leaders of Donetsk and neighbouring Luhansk after they broke away from the central government in 2014.

This constitution prescribes the death penalty for a number of crimes, making the separatist “People’s Republics” – and authoritarian Belarus nearby – Europe’s only homes to capital punishment.

After almost eight years of existence, the “republics” are understood to have evolved into totalitarian, North Korea-like statelets.

It is near impossible for foreigners to enter the areas. Ukrainians can only visit if they have relatives in Donetsk and Luhansk, and would have to cross into Russia first, which takes about 30 hours and costs $100 – a journey that also involves bribing officials at times. Residents need a Soviet-era residency registration.

In the statelets, secret police and “loyal” residents monitor every word, phone call and text message.

Dissidents or businessmen who refuse to “donate” their assets to the “needs of the People’s Republic” have been thrown in “cellars”, or dozens of makeshift concentration camps, without trial.

“It looks like the 1930s in the Soviet Union, a classic gulag,” Stanislav Aseyev, a publicist who was kidnapped in 2017 in Donetsk and was sentenced by a separatist “court” to 15 years in jail for “espionage”, told Al Jazeera.

For almost two years, he was incarcerated and tortured in these “cellars” until separatists swapped him and dozens of other prisoners in 2017.

Thousands of others were tortured and abused in the “cellars”, according to rights groups and witnesses. The grave human rights abuses make Donetsk and Luhansk far worse than today’s Russia, an international human rights advocate said.

“The cellars where prisoners are held in Donetsk, and the widespread use of torture, are among the most obvious human rights issues,” said Ivar Dale, a senior policy adviser with the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, a human rights watchdog group.

But there are much wider problems such as civil and political rights, he said.

“You could say that the political repression in Russia is doubly felt in Donetsk and Luhansk and other areas effectively under control of the Putin regime,” Dale told Al Jazeera.

Rust-belt ruins

These tendencies have gone hand in hand with economic degradation.

The living standards are “many times, if not dozens of times worse than in pre-war 2013”, said Aseyev, 32, who now lives in Kyiv and has published a novel about the events in Donetsk.

This regress looks even more staggering considering Donetsk’s and Luhansk’s not-so-ancient history. The cities were founded by two Brits.

Englishman Charles Gascoigne built a metal factory in what is now Luhansk in 1795, shortly after czarist Russia annexed Crimea and eastern Ukraine from the Crimean Khanate, a mostly-Muslim vassal of Ottoman Turkey.

Decades later, in 1869, Welshman John Hughes started a steel plant and a coal mine in what is now Donetsk, and the city was named after him – Hughesovka or Yuzovka – until the Soviet era.

The birth and rapid growth of both cities followed the czarist government’s drive to develop the immense coal and iron ore deposits of what is now eastern Ukraine.

Communist Moscow further spurred the region’s development, and tens of thousands of ethnic Russians settled there, making urban areas almost exclusively Russian-speaking.

Coal and mines grew deeper next to hillocks made of spent ore, and foundries, chemical and power plants dotted the region.

The political heyday of Donetsk began in 2010, when its native Viktor Yanukovych became Ukraine’s president – and brought cohorts of his cronies to Kyiv.

They tried to wrestle control of Ukraine’s politics and economy – but triggered months-long protests that began in November 2013 and ended in February 2014, when the Ukrainian parliament voted to remove Yanukovych from office.

The protests are known in Ukraine as the Revolution of Dignity – but Russian President Vladimir Putin still calls them a “coup”.

‘Russian spring’

In the czarist era, the region was known as Novorossiya – or New Russia – and the Kremlin would use the name in 2014 as it proclaimed the “Russian Spring” or “liberation” of Russian-speaking regions in eastern and southern Ukraine.

But pro-Russian rallies and uprisings in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, and Odesa, its largest seaport on the Black Sea, failed.

However, thousands of Russian volunteers flocked to Donetsk and Luhansk to aid separatist militias – while many locals were ecstatic about the “Russian Spring”.

“Putin will come and restore order here,” one of their supporters, a rotund minibus driver named Valerii, told this reporter in April 2014 in Donetsk.

But four months later, after the separatists tried to confiscate his minibus, he locked his apartment, loaded the bus with his most valuable belongings, and left for Kyiv.

‘Price tag’

Even though Ukraine barred any economic ties to the separatist regions, they still exist – and even involve top politicians.

Pro-Western President Petro Poroshenko, who came to power after the Revolution of Dignity, admitted that he channeled government funds worth tens of millions of dollars in exchange for Donetsk coal in the winter of 2014-2015 because otherwise “half of Ukraine could have frozen”.

But Russia still had to bankroll the separatist provinces spending billions of dollars a year.

So, what are Moscow’s economic goals in Donbas?

“Very simple – to lower the price tag of maintaining the occupied territories,” Aleksey Kusch, a Kyiv-based analyst, told Al Jazeera.

To achieve that, Russia may want to remove the middlemen who pocketed the lion’s share of profits from the export of coal and steel and the delivery of humanitarian aid that was immediately resold on the black market.

“They kept up to 70 percent of the profits,” Kushch said.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 30, 2024

Riley Bailey, Grace Mappes, Angelica Evans, Kateryna Stepanenko, and George Barros

March 30, 2024, 6:55pm ET  

Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.

Click here to see ISW’s 3D control of terrain topographic map of Ukraine. Use of a computer (not a mobile device) is strongly recommended for using this data-heavy tool.

Click here to access ISW’s archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. These maps complement the static control-of-terrain map that ISW produces daily by showing a dynamic frontline. ISW will update this time-lapse map archive monthly.

Note: The data cut-off for this product was 1:30pm ET on March 30. ISW will cover subsequent reports in the March 31 Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky indicated that delays in American security assistance have forced Ukraine to cede the battlefield initiative and that these delays continue to threaten Ukraine’s defensive capabilities.  The  Washington Post  published excerpts of an interview with Zelensky on March 29 in which Zelensky stated that Ukraine will not be able to defend its territory without American support, as Ukraine currently relies on air defense systems and missiles, electronic warfare jammers, and 155mm artillery shells from the United States.[1] Zelensky stated that continued materiel shortages will force the Ukrainian military to cede more Ukrainian territory and people “step by step” since a smaller but more stable frontline is preferable to a larger but unstable front that Russian forces could exploit to achieve a breakthrough. Zelensky stated that Ukrainian forces are “trying to find some way not to retreat” from unspecified frontline areas and noted that Ukrainian forces have stabilized the front near Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast. Zelensky reiterated that the Ukrainian military’s planning ability to make decisions is contingent on US military assistance and that Ukraine cannot plan counteroffensive efforts without knowing whether Ukraine will receive US military assistance, and what future US military assistance will entail. Zelensky warned that Russia will exploit any future scenarios in which Ukraine must cede the initiative: “If you are not taking steps forward to prepare another counteroffensive, Russia will take [these steps].” Zelensky also stated that Ukraine has learned that “if you don’t do it, Russia will do it.” Zelensky also indicated that Ukraine is conducting rear-area strikes against Russian oil refineries to generate strategic effects as Ukraine cannot plan for or conduct counteroffensive operations without more information about US military assistance. Zelensky stated that Ukrainian strikes against Russian oil refineries and other strategic targets are in response to Russian strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Zelensky’s interview is consistent with Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi’s recent statements that delays in Western military assistance are constraining Ukrainian forces and that Ukrainian forces are not able to completely compensate for battlefield shortcomings caused by material shortages.[2]

Russian missile strikes destroyed one of the largest thermal power plants in Kharkiv Oblast on March 22, as continued delays in US security assistance degrade Ukraine’s air defense umbrella and increase Russia’s ability to significantly damage Ukraine’s energy grid.  Ukrainian electric company Tsentrenergo reported on March 29 that Russian missile strikes destroyed all power units and auxiliary equipment at the Zmiivska Thermal Power Plant (TPP) in Kharkiv Oblast on March 22.[3] Russian forces conducted the largest series of combined drone and missile strikes targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure on the night of March 21 to 22 since the start of the full-scale invasion and have since heavily targeted Ukrainian energy infrastructure, including hydroelectric power plants (HPPs).[4] Russian strikes against Ukrainian energy facilities may aim to degrade Ukrainian defense industrial capacity, and Russian forces are likely trying to exploit Ukraine’s degraded air defense umbrella to collapse Ukraine’s energy grid.[5] The  Washington Post  reported on March 29 that Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK stated that Russian drones and missiles are increasingly penetrating Ukraine’s air defense and that more accurate and concentrated Russian strikes are inflicting greater damage against Ukrainian energy facilities.[6] Previous Russian strikes have recently rendered other Ukrainian energy facilities inoperable before, but the complete destruction of a TPP is rare and notable, and the recently accelerated degradation of Ukraine’s energy generation capabilities, if left unchecked, will likely constrain Ukraine’s ability to stabilize future disruptions to its energy grid in the long term.[7]

Russian forces are demonstrating technological and tactical adaptations and are increasingly using unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) on the frontlines of Donetsk Oblast.  Russian and Ukrainian sources amplified footage on March 29 and 30 showing Ukrainian forces striking Russian unmanned ground vehicles in southeastern Berdychi (northwest of Avdiivka) and in the Bakhmut direction.[8] Russian milbloggers claimed that these UGVs are equipped with AGS-17 grenade launcher systems, which reportedly can fire 50 to 400 grenades per minute.[9] Russian sources also amplified footage of other Russian small wheeled and tracked unmanned ground drones operating in unspecified areas, which Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) expert Samuel Bendett assessed to be involved in intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), logistics, personnel evacuations, and light combat roles.[10] The US and NATO should study the rapidly evolving battlefield in Ukraine to develop a deeper understanding of the future of warfare and the characteristics of future warfare.

The Russian military is reportedly forming mobile fire groups to mitigate against Ukrainian drone strike threats but will likely struggle to field these groups at the required scale in the near term.  Russian state outlet  Izvestia  reported on March 29 that Russian military sources stated that the Russian military is forming mobile fire groups within unspecified combined arms armies (CAAs) and air force and air defense armies to combat drones, and will equip these groups with thermal imagers, electronic warfare (EW) systems, and machine guns mounted on pickup trucks.[11]  Izvestia  did not report where the Russian military intends to field the mobile fire groups or the size or echelon of these groups. The Russian military notably faces Ukrainian drone threats both within occupied Ukraine as well as within Russia at oil refineries and other critical infrastructure supporting Russia’s war effort, and it is unclear if these mobile groups will be able to defend the extent of territory that Ukrainian drones target.[12]  Izvestia’s  description of the Russian mobile fire groups is similar to Ukrainian tactical mobile fire groups, which the Ukrainian military started to deploy at scale in the spring of 2023 to defend against routine Russian Shahed-136/131 drone strikes.[13] Ukrainian forces have long been conducting drone strikes against Russian targets in occupied Ukraine, and the Russian military command’s decision to form the mobile fire groups is likely in response to the recent intensification of Ukrainian drone strikes against Russian oil refineries in February and March.[14]

The Russian Ministry of Energy is reportedly working with Rosgvardia to deploy Pantsir-S1 air defense systems to strategic energy facilities within Russia, but Russian ultranationalists have complained that Russian bureaucracy and a Russian priority defending critical assets in the vicinity of Moscow and St. Petersburg are hampering these efforts.[15] The formation of the mobile fire groups indicates that Russia may be unable to deploy conventional air defense systems, such as Pantsir-S1 or S-300 /400 systems, to all critical facilities within western Russia. Russian forces will be more likely to successfully field mobile groups within occupied Ukraine, where there is relatively less airspace to cover and fewer possible Ukrainian flight vectors for Ukrainian drones, than within western Russia. Russian forces appear to struggle with properly deploying short-range air defense systems along expected flight vectors for Ukrainian drones, and the Russian military appears to have even failed to cover important potential targets in reportedly well-defended areas within Russia.[16] The mass deployment of mobile fire groups throughout western Russia could pose similar challenges for Russian forces, as the Russian military may not be able to sufficiently field the groups at scale.

Russian authorities continue to escalate legal pressure against migrants in the wake of the March 22 Crocus City Hall attack, prompting both Russian authorities to increase deportations and migrants to voluntarily leave Russia.  Russian human rights project First Department reported on March 29 that St. Petersburg authorities have launched “Operation Anti-Migrant" and are conducting a large-scale operation to identify and deport migrants who reportedly violated migration laws from Russia.[17] One of First Department’s lawyers stated that Russian law enforcement is conducting raids on hostels and apartments in St. Petersburg and that temporary detention centers in St. Petersburg are overcrowded with migrants. The lawyer stated that Russian authorities deported 64 foreign citizens on March 28 and estimated that Russian authorities deported enough migrants to fill two full planes that recently flew from St. Petersburg to an unspecified destination. Russian opposition news outlet  Astra  reported on March 30 that more than 400 St. Petersburg police officers and Rosgvardia personnel are participating in the operation and that St. Petersburg police have inspected the paperwork of almost 1,500 foreign citizens, issued several hundred administrative violations, and initiated 10 criminal cases during the operation so far.[18] St. Petersburg City Courts Joint Press Service Head Daria Lebedeva stated that St. Petersburg courts over the past week ruled to forcibly deport 418 migrants and ordered an additional 48 migrants (who had been living in the city) to pay a fine and voluntarily leave Russia for violating migration laws.[19] Kremlin newswire  TASS  reported that Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers detained three Central Asian migrants accused of preparing to conduct a terrorist attack at an unspecified mass gathering in Stavropol Oblast.[20] Tajikistan’s Deputy Minister of Labor, Migration, and Employment Shakhnoza Nodiri stated that Tajikistan has observed an outflow of Tajik migrants from Russia following the Crocus attack and that many Tajik migrants are calling the Tajik government stating that they want to leave Russia out of fear and panic.[21] Nodiri stated that more people are entering Tajikistan than leaving, but that the government expects the outflow of Tajik migrants from Russia to be a temporary phenomenon.

Russian officials have thus far charged nine people for their supposed involvement in the Crocus attack, all of whom Russian authorities have identified as citizens of Tajikistan.[22] The  BBC News Russian Service  reported on March 27 that Russian authorities have significantly increased the number of criminal cases initiated for migration law violations since the Crocus attack, particularly against Tajik citizens.[23]  Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty  (RFE/RL) reported that Russian citizens from ethnic minorities and migrants in Russia have grown increasingly concerned about ethnically motivated crimes and xenophobic rhetoric in the aftermath of the Crocus attack, and First Department similarly noted that anti-migrant and xenophobic sentiments have risen sharply in Russia following the attack.[24] The Russian ultranationalist community has intensified its calls for anti-migrant policies, and Russian officials recently proposed policies, such as limiting the entrance of migrants to Russia, introducing harsher punishments for crimes committed by migrants, and abolishing Russia’s visa-free regime with Central Asia countries.[25] Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed concern over heightened ethnic tensions in Russian society following the Crocus attack on March 28 and may have signaled to the Russian ultranationalist community that they should stop inflaming ethnic tensions.[26] Russian authorities may seek to detain a larger number of migrants to coerce them into signing military service contracts, given Russia’s previous reliance on migrants and prisoners in its crypto-mobilization campaign.[27] Anti-migrant policies could threaten Russia’s crypto-mobilization efforts and further worsen Russian labor shortages if Russia deports large numbers of migrants or if significant portions of Russia’s migrant communities emigrate, but Russian authorities are unlikely to be willing to give into Russian ultranationalists’ xenophobic demands at the expense of Russia’s war effort.

Key Takeaways:

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky indicated that delays in American security assistance have forced Ukraine to cede the battlefield initiative, not contest the battlefield initiative, and continue to threaten Ukraine’s defensive capabilities.
• Russian missile strikes destroyed one of the largest thermal power plants in Kharkiv Oblast on March 22, as continued delays in US security assistance degrade Ukraine’s air defense umbrella and increase Russia’s ability to significantly damage Ukraine’s energy grid.
• Russian forces are demonstrating technological and tactical adaptations and are increasingly using unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) on the frontlines of Donetsk Oblast.
• The Russian military is reportedly forming mobile fire groups to mitigate against Ukrainian drone strike threats but will likely struggle to field these groups at the required scale in the near term.
• Russian authorities continue to escalate legal pressure against migrants in the wake of the March 22 Crocus City Hall attack, prompting both Russian authorities to increase deportations and migrants to voluntarily leave Russia.
• Positional engagements continued throughout the theater on March 30.
• Russian mobilized personnel continue to suffer high casualties while fighting in Ukraine.

We do not report in detail on Russian war crimes because these activities are well-covered in Western media and do not directly affect the military operations we are assessing and forecasting. We will continue to evaluate and report on the effects of these criminal activities on the Ukrainian military and the Ukrainian population and specifically on combat in Ukrainian urban areas. We utterly condemn Russian violations of the laws of armed conflict and the Geneva Conventions and crimes against humanity even though we do not describe them in these reports.

• Russian Main Effort – Eastern Ukraine (comprised of two subordinate main efforts)
• Russian Subordinate Main Effort #1 – Capture the remainder of Luhansk Oblast and push westward into eastern Kharkiv Oblast and encircle northern Donetsk Oblast
• Russian Subordinate Main Effort #2 – Capture the entirety of Donetsk Oblast
• Russian Supporting Effort – Southern Axis
• Russian Air, Missile, and Drone Campaign
• Russian Mobilization and Force Generation Efforts
• Russian Technological Adaptations
• Activities in Russian-occupied areas
• Ukrainian Defense Industrial Base Efforts

Russian Information Operations and Narratives

• Significant Activity in Belarus

Russian Main Effort – Eastern Ukraine

Russian Subordinate Main Effort #1 – Luhansk Oblast  (Russian objective: Capture the remainder of Luhansk Oblast and push westward into eastern Kharkiv Oblast and northern Donetsk Oblast)

Positional fighting continued along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line on March 30. Positional fighting occurred northeast of Kupyansk near Synkivka, west of Kreminna near Terny, and 12km south of Kreminna near Bilohorivka.[28] The spokesperson for a Ukrainian detachment operating in the Kupyansk direction stated that Russian forces continue to focus on offensive operations in the Lyman direction and have decreased the tempo of their offensive operations in the Kupyansk direction in recent weeks.[29] The spokesperson stated that Russian forces are currently replenishing and rotating unspecified degraded units that participated in offensive operations in the Kupyansk direction before the March 17 Russian presidential elections.[30] The spokesperson added that Russian forces aim to reach the administrative borders of Luhansk Oblast in the Lyman direction and the east bank of the Oskil River in the Kupyansk direction.[31]

Russian Subordinate Main Effort #2 – Donetsk Oblast  (Russian objective: Capture the entirety of Donetsk Oblast, the claimed territory of Russia’s proxies in Donbas)

Russian sources claimed that Russian forces recently resumed assaults in the Siversk direction (northeast of Bakhmut) and made new unconfirmed territorial gains. Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces advanced nearly one kilometer in depth southeast of Rozdolivka (southwest of Siversk) and gained seven square kilometers of territory.[32] A Russian milblogger claimed that elements of the Russian 51st Guards Airborne (VDV) Regiment (106th Guards VDV Division) pushed Ukrainian forces out several unspecified positions on the Vesele-Vyimka line (south and southeast of Siversk, respectively) and that elements of the Russian 137th Guards VDV Regiment (106th Guards VDV Division) drove Ukrainian forces out of their positions west of Vesele and advanced towards Rozdolivka’s southern flank.[33] Elements of the Russian 6th Motorized Rifle Brigade (2nd Luhansk People's Republic [LNR] Army Corps [AC]) reportedly continued to operate near Spirne (southeast of Siversk).[34]

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) continued to claim that the Russian Southern Grouping of Forces seized Ivanivske (west of Bakhmut), but ISW has not observed visual evidence confirming these claims at this time.[35] Positional engagements continued northwest of Bakhmut near Bohdanivka; west of Bakhmut near Chasiv Yar and within Ivanivske; and southwest of Bakhmut near Klishchiivka, Andriivka, and Niu York.[36] A commander of a Ukrainian strike drone company reported that Russian forces in the Horlivka direction (southwest of Bakhmut) deployed their artillery systems at a maximum distance away from the frontline in an effort to protect these systems from Ukrainian drone strikes.[37] The commander added that such artillery system deployments are making it challenging for Ukrainian forces to strike them at a longer distance and that Russian forces are setting up decoy traps for Ukrainian strike drones by placing mines on top of false equipment pieces that detonate as the drone approaches the target. The commander also observed that Russian forces remained on the defensive in the Horlivka direction. Elements of the Russian 58th Separate Guards Spetsnaz Battalion (1st Donetsk People’s Republic [DNR] AC) are reportedly operating near Ivanivske.[38]

Russian sources claimed that Russian forces advanced northwest and southwest of Avdiivka on March 29 and March 30. A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian elements of the Southern Grouping of Forces and the 1st AC entered the eastern outskirts of Semenivka (northwest of Avdiivka) and advanced up to 750 meters wide and 200 meters deep in the area.[39] The milblogger added that Russian forces advanced 450 meters wide and 1.4 kilometers in depth within Pervomaiske (southwest of Avdiivka).[40] Russian sources also claimed that Russian forces gained new positions in Berdychi (northwest of Avdiivka).[41] ISW cannot independently verify these claims. Positional battles continued northwest of Avdiivka near Berdychi and Semenivka; west of Avdiivka near Umanske, Orlivka, Tonenke, and Netaylove; and southwest of Avdiivka near Pervomaiske and Nevelske.[42] Elements of the 114th Motorized Rifle Brigade and “Sparta” Reconnaissance Battalion (both part of 1st AC) are reportedly operating near Avdiivka, and elements of the 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade (1st AC) are reportedly operating near Pervomaiske.[43]

Positional engagements continued west and southwest of Donetsk City on March 30 but did not result in any confirmed changes on the frontline. Positional battles continued west of Donetsk City near Krasnohorivka and Heorhiivka and southwest of Donetsk City near Pobieda, Novomykhailivka, and Vodyane.[44] Russian sources claimed that elements of the Russian 238th Artillery Brigade (8th Guards Combined Arms Army [CAA], Southern Military District [SMD]) struck a railway bridge in Kurakhove (west of Donetsk City).[45] The DNR People’s Militia also claimed that Russian forces struck an unspecified infrastructure facility near Paraskoviivka (southwest of Donetsk City) resulting in flooding along a portion of the road connecting the settlement to the 0532 (Kostyantynivka-Marinka) highway.[46] Elements of the Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade (Pacific Fleet) and “Tiger” Volunteer Detachment reportedly continued to operate near Novomykhailivka.[47]

Positional engagements continued near the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area on March 30, with neither side advancing. Positional battles continued near Staromayorske (south of Velyka Novosilka) and Pryyutne (southwest of Velyka Novosilka).[48]

Russian Supporting Effort – Southern Axis  (Russian objective: Maintain frontline positions and secure rear areas against Ukrainian strikes)

Positional engagements continued in western Zaporizhia Oblast on March 30, but there were no confirmed changes to the frontline. Positional engagements continued near Robotyne and northwest of Verbove (east of Robotyne).[49] Ukraine’s Southern Operational Command reported that Russian forces conducted six air strikes with 15 glide bombs in the Orikhiv direction.[50] Elements of the Chechen “Yug-Akhmat” Battalion are reportedly operating in Zaporizhia Oblast and elements of the Russian 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade (35th Combined Arms Army [CAA], Eastern Military District [EMD]) are reportedly operating in the Polohy direction (northeast of Robotyne).[51]

The Ukrainian General Staff reported on March 30 that Russian forces conducted several unsuccessful attacks on Ukrainian positions in the east (left) bank of Kherson Oblast, presumably near Krynky.[52]

Russian Air, Missile, and Drone Campaign  (Russian Objective: Target Ukrainian military and civilian infrastructure in the rear and on the frontline)

Russian forces conducted a series of missile and drone strikes against targets in Ukraine on March 30. Ukrainian military officials reported on March 30 that Russian forces launched 12 Shahed-136/131 drones from occupied Cape Chauda, Crimea, and four S-300/400 anti-aircraft missiles targeting Donetsk Oblast on the night of March 30.[53] Ukrainian forces downed nine Shahed drones over Kherson, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, and Poltava oblasts.[54] Ukrainian Eastern Air Command reported that Ukrainian air defenses also downed a Kh-59 cruise missile over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[55] Ukrainian officials reported that Russian Shahed drones damaged an infrastructure facility in Poltava Oblast and that two Russian S-300 missiles damaged residential buildings and power lines in Selydove, Donetsk Oblast.[56] Ukraine‘s Southern Operational Command reported that Russian forces also struck Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts with an unspecified number of ballistic missiles, likely including Iskander-M missiles, and other unspecified guided missiles later in the day on March 30.[57] Ukrainian forces reportedly intercepted one of the unspecified Russian missiles targeting Mykolaiv Oblast.[58]

Ukraine continues efforts to cope with the additional strain on the Ukrainian power grid due to damage from Russian drone and missile strikes on energy infrastructure. The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy stated on March 29 that Ukraine will conduct hourly power shutdowns in Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Sumy, and Zaporizhia oblasts.[59] Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stated on March 30 that Ukraine will be able to better balance the energy system amid Russian strikes when Ukraine shut off heating systems at the end of the heating season.[60]

Russian Mobilization and Force Generation Efforts  (Russian objective: Expand combat power without conducting general mobilization)

Russian mobilized personnel continue to suffer high casualties while fighting in Ukraine. Fifteen mobilized personnel of the 2nd Motorized Rifle Battalion of the Russian 98th Separate Infantry Regiment (1st Donetsk People’s Republic [DNR] Army Corps [AC]) published a video on March 30 claiming that only 15 soldiers of their whole company survived an assault on Semenivka, Donetsk Oblast (west of Avdiivka).[61] The soldiers claimed that the Russian military command transferred command of their unit to the 114th Motorized Rifle Brigade (1st DNR AC) after the company arrived in the Avdiivka area on March 13. The soldiers claimed that the military command of the 114th Brigade was accusing the soldiers of desertion for refusing to conduct assaults and threatening the soldiers with violence.

The Russian MoD continues to claim that it is effectively revitalizing the Russian defense industrial base (DIB). Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited unspecified Russian DIB enterprises in Altai Krai on March 30 and inspected the production of aviation and air defense missiles, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) ammunition, grenade launcher rounds, and cartridge belts.[62] A Russian DIB enterprise head claimed that the enterprise increased its output by a factor of 3.5 since 2022, and Shoigu stated that the enterprises need to work faster.[63] Shoigu also met with MoD and DIB leadership and emphasized that Russian President Vladimir Putin has allocated funds for DIB enterprises to significantly expand their production capabilities.[64]

Russian Technological Adaptations  (Russian objective: Introduce technological innovations to optimize systems for use in Ukraine)

Russian forces continue to develop new and innovate existing unmanned systems for the battlefield. Russian state news outlet  RIA Novosti  reported that the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions has developed the “Joker-10” first person view (FPV) drone. Russian forces can remotely power off and turn on these drones to minimize risk when transporting these drones to positions on the battlefield or when relocating these drones to the rear.[65]  RIA Novosti  reported that Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) systems struggle to detect the “Joker-10” drones when the drones are in hibernation mode — a very low power mode that reportedly significantly lowers their risk of detection — and that these drones can wait in hibernation mode for up to a week in winter and a month in summer before drone operators remotely activate them. Russian milbloggers amplified footage of a different type of Russian drone deploying a net to disable, capture, and transport an enemy drone away from Russian positions.[66] Other Russian milbloggers amplified footage of Russian forces in the Kupyansk direction operating another type of drone with an attachment that allows the drone to ram enemy drones midair.[67] A milblogger amplified footage of a Russian unit testing an unmanned tracked vehicle designed to evacuate wounded personnel and deliver ammunition under enemy fire.[68]

Ukrainian Air Force Spokesperson Major Ilya Yevlash stated on March 30 that Russian forces have begun using modernized FAB-250 aerial bombs equipped with the universal joint glide munition (UMPB) as glide bombs to strike frontline Ukrainian positions.[69] Yevlash noted that these glide bombs have rocket-like engines and that Russian forces can guide them to targets after Russian fighter aircraft drop the bombs.

Ukrainian Defense Industrial Efforts  (Ukrainian objective: Develop its defense industrial base to become more self-sufficient in cooperation with US, European, and international partners)

ISW is not publishing coverage of Ukrainian defense industrial efforts today.

Activities in Russian-occupied areas  (Russian objective: Consolidate administrative control of annexed areas; forcibly integrate Ukrainian citizens into Russian sociocultural, economic, military, and governance systems)

ISW is not publishing coverage of activities in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine today.

Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Deputy Chief Major General Vadym Skibitskyi warned on March 29 that Russia continues to systematically conduct information operations against Ukraine and the West.[70] Skibitskyi stated that Russia is attempting to destabilize Ukraine and reduce support for Kyiv by conducting three general types of information operation, including information operations that aim to influence Ukrainian society directly; information operations that spread misinformation in the West, specifically in Europe, to disrupt support for Ukraine and weaken Western unity; and information operations that seek to control and isolate the information space in occupied Ukraine.[71] The GUR has previously reported that Russian special services are currently conducting the “Perun” and “Maidan-3” information operations through both Russian and Western actors.[72]

Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Bashkortostan, Mufti Ainur Birgalin, continues to deliver sermons casting the war in Ukraine as a “holy” battle against the West to generate support for Kremlin narratives about the war among Bashkorts and Muslims in Russia.[73] Russian-language outlet  Idel Realii  posted a review of Mufti Birgalin’s rhetoric about the war on March 30 showing that Birgalin has consistently labeled the United States and NATO as enemies of Russia and religion and Ukrainian authorities as “fascists.”[74]  Idel Realii  reported that Birgalin has   connections with the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), and Birgalin likely coordinates his messaging with the Kremlin to appeal to audiences that traditional Kremlin propaganda outlets may not reach. Birgalin has previously framed Russia's war in Ukraine as a “jihad” which is consistent with the Russian Orthodox Church’s (ROC) framing of the war as a “holy war” on March 27, 2024.[75]

Russian actors continue to pressure Armenian decision makers amid the continued deterioration of the Armenian-Russian relationship. Chairman of the Russian Foundation for the Development and Support of the Valdai Club, Andrei Bystritsky, asserted on March 30 that it is impossible for Armenia to replace its ties to Russia with relationships with Western countries due to Armenia’s geography.[76] Bystritsky stated that Armenian-Russian dialogue may face challenges in the near future before it results in “political recovery” in the long term.[77] Kremlin officials have offered increasingly critical statements about Armenia’s efforts to distance itself from Russia, and Bystritsky’s comments are likely part of a rhetorical effort to influence Armenia to return to its previous status-quo relationship with Russia.[78]

Significant activity in Belarus  (Russian efforts to increase its military presence in Belarus and further integrate Belarus into Russian-favorable frameworks and Wagner Group activity in Belarus)

Nothing significant to report.

Note: ISW does not receive any classified material from any source, uses only publicly available information, and draws extensively on Russian, Ukrainian, and Western reporting and social media as well as commercially available satellite imagery and other geospatial data as the basis for these reports. References to all sources used are provided in the endnotes of each update.

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/29/ignatius-zelensky-interview-ukraine-aid-russia/

[2] https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-29-2024

[3] https://www.centrenergo dot com/post/dopomoga-bude-pidtrimku-u-vidnovlenni-zruynovanoi-zmiivs-koi-tes-poobitsyav-ministr-yenergetiki-german-galushchenko-pid-chas-vizitu-na-yelektrostantsiyu/ ;

[4] https://isw.pub/UkrWar032224 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar032924

[5] https://isw.pub/UkrWar032224

[6] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/29/ukraine-russia-airstrikes-energy-war/

[7] https://isw.pub/UkrWar032924

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[9] https://t.me/RVvoenkor/64973 ; https://t.me/RVvoenkor/65032

[10] https://twitter.com/sambendett/status/1774151768458326104

[11] https://iz dot ru/1673674/2024-03-29/v-obshchevoiskovykh-armiiakh-sozdadut-mobilnye-gruppy-po-borbe-s-dronami ; https://iz dot ru/1674222/video/v-rossii-sozdadut-spetcvoiska-dlia-borby-s-dronami

[12] https://isw.pub/UkrWar032824 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar032024 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar031624 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar031324

[13] https://isw.pub/UkrWar0318723 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar112523 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar112623 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar112923

[14] https://isw.pub/UkrWar0318723 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar112523 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar112623 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar112923

[15] https://isw.pub/UkrWar032024 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar031624

[16] https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-21-2024

[17] https://t.me/deptone/9339

[18] https://t.me/astrapress/52706

[19] https://tass dot ru/obschestvo/20400203

[20] https://t.me/tass_agency/240748; https://t.me/tass_agency/240749 ; https://t.me/vysokygovorit/15203 ; https://t.me/astrapress/52667 ; https://t.me/bazabazon/26511 ; https://t.me/severrealii/24112

[21] https://tass dot ru/obschestvo/20398153 ; https://t.me/tass_agency/240784; https://t.me/tass_agency/240776 ; https://www.kommersant dot ru/doc/6608486

[22] https://isw.pub/UkrWar032324 ; https://t.me/tass_agency/240524 ; https://meduza dot io/news/2024/03/29/sledstvennyy-komitet-poprosil-arestovat-devyatogo-figuranta-dela-o-terakte-v-krokuse-v-ofis-kriptobirzhi-beribit-v-moskva-siti-prishli-s-obyskom ; https://t.me/belta_telegramm/241746; https://t.me/rian_ru/238786 ; https://t.me/tass_agency/239666 ; https://t.me/tass_agency/239679 ; https://t.me/tass_agency/239675 ; https://t.me/tass_agency/239680

[23] https://isw.pub/UkrWar032724

[24] https://t.me/deptone/9339 ; https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ethnic-minorities-xenophobia-crocus-attack/32880139.html

[25] https://isw.pub/UkrWar032324 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar032424 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar032624 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar032924 ; https://t.me/notes_veterans/16346

[26] https://isw.pub/UkrWar032824

[27] https://isw.pub/UkrWar032824 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar011124 ; https://isw.pub/UkrWar011824

[28] https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02JCJtV7mN6QJ7Ei6NAqbF7oFD27gxXV8H7ihSowQdJHfYNwu29TibvJdrxEJHLcjLl ; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02JfHS3BBhQ6wfBVqp3X4i6rxSnxYmWwFb6BaVAofyzsbb77Aa7BDE8CD5ctV2qmYhl; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0QiWG3QxAJvoWGRFwTZRaurbqLBpgRcobpHbKkteYy6GNcJxnrYTsAHdYNWjL7k4Rl ; https://t.me/mod_russia/37182 ; https://t.me/dva_majors/38611

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[30] https://suspilne dot media/717374-na-limanskomu-napramku-rf-hoce-vijti-na-adminkordon-lugansini-na-kupanskomu-vidnovluetsa-pisla-vtrat-sevcov/

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[32] https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8836; https://t.me/boris_rozhin/118470

[33] https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8836

[34] https://t.me/sons_fatherland/13542

[35] https://t.me/mod_russia/37182

[36] https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02JCJtV7mN6QJ7Ei6NAqbF7oFD27gxXV8H7ihSowQdJHfYNwu29TibvJdrxEJHLcjLl; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02JfHS3BBhQ6wfBVqp3X4i6rxSnxYmWwFb6BaVAofyzsbb77Aa7BDE8CD5ctV2qmYhl; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0QiWG3QxAJvoWGRFwTZRaurbqLBpgRcobpHbKkteYy6GNcJxnrYTsAHdYNWjL7k4Rl; https://t.me/mod_russia/37182; https://t.me/rybar/58681; https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8799; https://t.me/dva_majors/38611; https://t.me/wargonzo/19083; https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8838

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[38] https://t.me/RVvoenkor/65017

[39] https://t.me/RVvoenkor/64976; https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8828

[40] https://t.me/z_arhiv/26417; https://t.me/RVvoenkor/64976; https://t.me/voenkorKotenok/55298 ; https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8828

[41] https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8790; https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8799; https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8838

[42] https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02JCJtV7mN6QJ7Ei6NAqbF7oFD27gxXV8H7ihSowQdJHfYNwu29TibvJdrxEJHLcjLl; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02JfHS3BBhQ6wfBVqp3X4i6rxSnxYmWwFb6BaVAofyzsbb77Aa7BDE8CD5ctV2qmYhl; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0QiWG3QxAJvoWGRFwTZRaurbqLBpgRcobpHbKkteYy6GNcJxnrYTsAHdYNWjL7k4Rl; https://t.me/mod_russia/37182; https://t.me/rybar/58681; https://t.me/RVvoenkor/64976; https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8799; https://t.me/negumanitarnaya_pomosch_Z/16248 https://t.me/wargonzo/19083

[43] https://t.me/RVvoenkor/65011; https://t.me/RVvoenkor/65022 ; https://t.me/vysokygovorit/15207; https://t.me/wargonzo/19092

[44] https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02JCJtV7mN6QJ7Ei6NAqbF7oFD27gxXV8H7ihSowQdJHfYNwu29TibvJdrxEJHLcjLl; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02JfHS3BBhQ6wfBVqp3X4i6rxSnxYmWwFb6BaVAofyzsbb77Aa7BDE8CD5ctV2qmYhl; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0QiWG3QxAJvoWGRFwTZRaurbqLBpgRcobpHbKkteYy6GNcJxnrYTsAHdYNWjL7k4Rl; https://t.me/rybar/58681; https://t.me/dva_majors/38611; https://t.me/wargonzo/19083; https://t.me/rybar/58705; https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8838; https://t.me/mod_russia/37183

[45] https://t.me/RVvoenkor/64977; https://t.me/epoddubny/19497 ; https://t.me/nm_dnr/12035; https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8817 ; https://t.me/voenkorKotenok/55297; https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1773763456707219749; https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1773953718913847436

[46] https://t.me/nm_dnr/12037

[47] https://t.me/voin_dv/7721; https://t.me/rybar/58705

[48] https://t.me/mod_russia/37183; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02JfHS3BBhQ6wfBVqp3X4i6rxSnxYmWwFb6BaVAofyzsbb77Aa7BDE8CD5ctV2qmYhl; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0QiWG3QxAJvoWGRFwTZRaurbqLBpgRcobpHbKkteYy6GNcJxnrYTsAHdYNWjL7k4Rl; https://t.me/mod_russia/37178; https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8838

[49] https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02JCJtV7mN6QJ7Ei6NAqbF7oFD27gxXV8H7ihSowQdJHfYNwu29TibvJdrxEJHLcjLl ; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02JfHS3BBhQ6wfBVqp3X4i6rxSnxYmWwFb6BaVAofyzsbb77Aa7BDE8CD5ctV2qmYhl; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0QiWG3QxAJvoWGRFwTZRaurbqLBpgRcobpHbKkteYy6GNcJxnrYTsAHdYNWjL7k4Rl ; https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8799 ; https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8802 ; https://t.me/dva_majors/38611 ; https://t.me/wargonzo/19083 ; https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8820

[50] https://t.me/SJTF_Odes/7717

[51] https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/4624 (zaporizhia oblast) ; https://t.me/voin_dv/7714 (Polohy direction)

[52] https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02JCJtV7mN6QJ7Ei6NAqbF7oFD27gxXV8H7ihSowQdJHfYNwu29TibvJdrxEJHLcjLl ; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02JfHS3BBhQ6wfBVqp3X4i6rxSnxYmWwFb6BaVAofyzsbb77Aa7BDE8CD5ctV2qmYhl; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0QiWG3QxAJvoWGRFwTZRaurbqLBpgRcobpHbKkteYy6GNcJxnrYTsAHdYNWjL7k4Rl

[53] https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02JfHS3BBhQ6wfBVqp3X4i6rxSnxYmWwFb6BaVAofyzsbb77Aa7BDE8CD5ctV2qmYhl; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0QiWG3QxAJvoWGRFwTZRaurbqLBpgRcobpHbKkteYy6GNcJxnrYTsAHdYNWjL7k4Rl ; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02GYeAapFtgNQa3nr2KfLMTFjGGndZgeoccBhSyLhdeqt36N7r2EKmPgKU7qpg5672l

 ; https://t.me/ComAFUA/248

[54] https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02JfHS3BBhQ6wfBVqp3X4i6rxSnxYmWwFb6BaVAofyzsbb77Aa7BDE8CD5ctV2qmYhl; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0QiWG3QxAJvoWGRFwTZRaurbqLBpgRcobpHbKkteYy6GNcJxnrYTsAHdYNWjL7k4Rl ; https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid02GYeAapFtgNQa3nr2KfLMTFjGGndZgeoccBhSyLhdeqt36N7r2EKmPgKU7qpg5672l

 ; https://t.me/ComAFUA/248 ; https://t.me/SJTF_Odes/7697

[55] https://armyinform.com dot ua/2024/03/30/nad-dnipropetrovshhynoyu-zbyly-vorozhu-raketu-h-59/ ; https://www.facebook.com/pvkshid/posts/pfbid02YwXvfSjZzjJvb8t5cs7MnNXasZeKzA1C9UqZKAZHGLVjGPaT7VzMKiKFHiZ3sQ92l?locale=uk_UA

[56] https://t.me/poltavskaOVA/13507 ; https://t.me/selidyvskamva/15402

[57] https://t.me/SJTF_Odes/7735

[58] https://t.me/SJTF_Odes/7735

[59] https://t.me/energyofukraine/1892

[60] https://t.me/Denys_Smyhal/7285 ; https://suspilne dot media/717202-vimknenna-opalenna-pospriae-zbalansuvannu-energosistemi-ukraini-smigal/

[61] https://t.me/mobilizationnews/18136 ; https://t.me/astrapress/52687; https://war.obozrevatel dot com/iz-rotyi-ostalos-15-chelovek-okkupantyi-pozhalovalis-chto-za-otkaz-idti-v-shturm-pod-avdeevkoj-ih-priznali-dezertirami-video.htm

[62] https://t.me/mod_russia/37166 ; https://t.me/mod_russia/37168

[63] https://t.me/mod_russia/37166 ; https://t.me/mod_russia/37168

[64] https://t.me/mod_russia/37167

[65] https://ria dot ru/20240329/dron-1936514062.html

[66] https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/8806 ; https://t.me/dva_majors/38626 ; https://t.me/negumanitarnaya_pomosch_Z/16267

[67] https://t.me/vysokygovorit/15205 ; https://t.me/epoddubny/19491 ; https://t.me/brussinf/7296

[68] https://t.me/boris_rozhin/118434

[69] https://armyinform dot com.ua/2024/03/30/u-povitryanyh-sylah-rozpovily-pro-modernizovani-aviabomby-yakymy-rosiyany-byut-po-harkovu/

[70] https://gur.gov dot ua/content/chomu-rozvidnyky-zahovoryly.html

[71] https://gur.gov dot ua/content/chomu-rozvidnyky-zahovoryly.html

[72] https://gur.gov dot ua/content/okupanty-prodovzhuiut-aktyvnu-fazu-informatsiinoi-operatsii-perun.html ; https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-15-2024%C2%A0;%C2%A0https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-13-2024

[73] https://www.idelreal dot org/a/nato-mogut-zakatat-svoi-rty-kak-muftiy-bashkortostana-aynur-birgalin-propagandiruet-voynu-s-ukrainoy-i-bezbozhnym-zapadom-/32858163.html

[74] https://www.idelreal.org/a/nato-mogut-zakatat-svoi-rty-kak-muftiy-bashkortostana-aynur-birgalin-propagandiruet-voynu-s-ukrainoy-i-bezbozhnym-zapadom-/32858163.html

[75] https://www.idelreal.org/a/nato-mogut-zakatat-svoi-rty-kak-muftiy-bashkortostana-aynur-birgalin-propagandiruet-voynu-s-ukrainoy-i-bezbozhnym-zapadom-/32858163.html ; https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-29-2024

[76] https://t.me/tass_agency/240811

[77] https://t.me/tass_agency/240811

[78] https://isw.pub/UkrWar032824