China News Agency, Beijing, April 4. Comprehensive news: Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said on the 3rd that the meeting between the heads of state of Russia and Ukraine can only be held after the delegations of the two countries have formed specific written documents.

Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Economy Jiajula said on the 3rd that the war will have a long-term impact on the Ukrainian economy, and it is expected that Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) will lose at least $112 billion this year.

Russia reiterates the premise of the head of state meeting

  Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will only meet after a specific written document has been reached between the two countries, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said in an interview with Russia's Channel 1 live program on the 3rd.

"Putin has never refused (meeting with the Ukrainian president). In order to make the trip (the meeting between the two presidents), the delegations of the two countries must first form a specific written document, not a series of ideas." Peskov also said that Russia All the objectives of the "special military operation" will be achieved.

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin.

  The head of the Russian negotiating delegation and assistant to the president, Mekinsky, said on the 3rd that on April 1 and 2, Russia and Ukraine conducted remote negotiations on the text of the draft agreement between the two countries, and the relevant work will continue next Monday.

Mejinsky said he did not agree with the optimism of Arahamia, a member of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation and head of the parliamentary group of the Ukrainian People's Servant Party, on the draft agreement, noting that Russia's concerns about the status of Crimea and Donbass The position remains the same.

 Russian forces attack Ukrainian oil refineries and fuel storage facilities

  Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov said on the 3rd that the Russian armed forces used high-precision sea-based and air-based missiles to attack an oil refinery and three fuel storage facilities near Odessa. Ukrainian troops in the direction of Gulayev provided fuel.

The Russian army also attacked a Ukrainian military airfield in Kyiv Oblast, paralysing the Ukrainian Air Force Air Defense Early Warning and Control Center.

  Ukraine's Odessa Governor Marchenko released a video speech on the official social media account of the Odessa City Council on the evening of the 3rd, confirming that the missile attack launched by the Russian army that morning caused damage to an oil refinery and several fuel storage facilities in Odessa. damage.

No one was injured in the attack.

  The Public Relations Office of the Ukrainian Southern Air Force Command posted on social media on the 3rd that two cruise missiles launched by the Russian Navy that morning were shot down by the Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile force located in southern Ukraine, and the downed missiles landed in Odessa and Odessa respectively. Nikolayev Oblast.

  According to the Ukrainian State News Agency on the 4th, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces issued a statement on social media that day, saying that as of the 4th, the Russian army had lost about 18,300 soldiers in the war against Ukraine.

  The head of the Russian National Defense Command Center, Mizhantsev, said on the 3rd that at the initiative of Turkey, Russia will open the humanitarian corridor from Mariupol to Berdyansk on the 4th.

In addition, Russia is ready to open more humanitarian corridors in any direction.

Since March 2, Russia has sent 7,842.3 tons of humanitarian supplies to Ukraine and carried out 739 humanitarian operations.

Since the Russian side launched the special military operation, 585,458 people, including 117,405 children, have been evacuated to Russia from dangerous areas.

Data map: On March 1, local time, two explosions occurred near the TV tower in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukraine's emergency services said five people were killed in the explosion.

Ukrainian GDP may lose at least $112 billion this year

  According to Ukraine’s Interfax news agency, Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Sveridenko posted on social media on the 3rd that due to the conflict, Ukraine’s exports in March decreased by nearly half compared with February, while imports A 70% drop, of which agricultural exports suffered a severe drop due to port blockades and were only a quarter of February's exports.

Sveridenko emphasized that the current start of spring farming and the country's resumption of logistics work are the foundation for stabilizing the economy.

  According to Ukrainian State News Agency, Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Economy Jiajula said on the 3rd that the direct economic losses caused by the current war to Ukraine have reached 565 billion US dollars, of which infrastructure losses are 119 billion US dollars, civilian facilities are 91 billion US dollars, and capital investment Loss of $54 billion.

The war will have a long-term impact on the Ukrainian economy. It is estimated that Ukrainian GDP will lose at least 112 billion US dollars this year, and economic recovery will take several years.

  Rogozin, president of Roscosmos, posted on social media on the 3rd that "for moral and ethical reasons", Roscosmos stopped joint projects with Western countries.

The company will not have any cooperation with countries that provide arms and political support to Ukrainian authorities.

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