Russia's Ministry of Defense on Tuesday said that its forces had taken control of the Razliv settlement in the Donetsk region, while the Ukrainian side reported repelling Russian attacks in multiple direction on the same day.
In its daily briefing, the Russian Defense Ministry also reported repelling Ukrainian counterattacks near Belgorod, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, while launching offensive operations. Russian air defense units claimed to have shot down 67 Ukrainian drones overnight.
The ministry said Russian forces had struck 142 Ukrainian targets including ammunition depots, weapons production sites and temporary bases housing Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's General Staff reported 141 combat engagements across the front lines on Tuesday.
Ukrainian forces said they repelled four attacks near Kharkiv and eleven near Kupiansk, while inflicting losses on Russian personnel and equipment during 45 separate engagements near Pokrovsk.
In a rare respite, Ukraine's Air Force reported that no Russian drone attacks occurred from the night of March 31 to the dawn of April 1.
Russia claims control of settlement in Donetsk; Ukraine reports repelling Russian attacks
U.S. stocks ended sharply lower on Thursday, with all of the so-called "Magnificent Seven" tech stocks seeing steep losses, just a day after turbulent U.S. markets notched substantial gains on Wednesday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 2.50 percent, following a 7.87 percent gain on Wednesday, the Standard and Poor's 500 sank 3.46 percent, after jumping 9.52 percent the previous day, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index shed 4.31 percent, after a 12.16 percent Wednesday hike.
The extreme volatility in the U.S. financial markets comes following a week of fast-changing and unpredictable tariff decisions from President Donald Trump's administration which have prompted widespread concerns for investors, businesses and governments across the globe.
Ten of the 11 primary Standard and Poor's 500 sectors ended Thursday in red, with energy and technology leading the laggards, dropping 6.40 percent and 4.55 percent respectively. Stocks in the consumer staples sector bucked the trend by rising 0.19 percent.
Major tech companies were under pressure again, with the "Magnificent Seven" stocks of Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Nvidia and Tesla all closing sharply down.
Tech stocks drag turbulent US markets lower Thursday after strong gains on Wednesday
