Russia said that Russia was attacked by Ukraine for the first time, and the Ukrainian Ministry of National Defense： neither confirmed nor denied.

　　[Global Times reporter Li Linjia Liu Zhi] On April 1, Russia’s special military action against Ukraine entered its 37th day. According to Russian media reports, while Russian troops are preparing to launch a new round of offensive in Donbass, Uzbekistan rarely attacked an oil base in western Russia on the 1st. On the other hand, the confrontation between Russia and the United States and the West in the energy field has intensified. Putin signed a presidential decree on March 31, and the new rules for Russian "unfriendly countries and regions" to pay Russian natural gas in rubles came into effect on April 1.

　　Russia and Ukraine are talking while playing

　　On March 31st, the Russian Viewpoint reported that "Russian troops are preparing for the largest military operation since the Great Patriotic War", saying that Russian troops and the armed forces in Donbass region are being mobilized from the north, east and south of this region, and an encirclement will soon be formed, with more than 50,000 Ukrainian troops surrounded. Russian military expert Boris Rozin said that this is the task of the second phase of Russian special military operations. Only after the defeat of Ukrainian troops in this region can problems in other regions be solved. According to the information released by the Russian Defense Ministry on March 31, the Russian army attacked 28 military targets in Ukraine that day and shot down a Mi -24 helicopter gunship and four drones. The Ukrainian Ministry of National Defense issued a war report in the early morning of the 1 ST, saying that Russian military equipment and personnel suffered heavy losses, but they still failed to block and occupy Kiev and were forced to temporarily abandon this task.

　　On the 1st, RIA Novosti quoted the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations as saying that an oil facility in Belgorod, the capital of Belgorod state in western Russia, was attacked by two helicopters of Ukrainian armed forces and caught fire, causing two workers to be injured. Sivkov, a Russian military expert, said that this is the first time that Ukrainian troops have carried out air strikes on Russian territory since the war between Russia and Ukraine began more than a month ago. Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Motuz yanik responded to relevant reports: "We neither confirm nor deny (for air strikes), which does not mean that Uzbekistan is responsible for this incident."

　　Russian-Ukrainian negotiations continued. According to the Russian satellite news agency reported on the 1st, the head of the Russian delegation, Mei kinski, said that the Russian-Ukrainian delegation had resumed online negotiations that day, and Russia’s position on the issues of Crimea and Donbass had not changed. Putin said in a telephone conversation with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on March 31st that the time for talks with Uzbek President Zelensky is not yet ripe, but some progress has been made in the negotiations between the two sides.

　　Energy war, Russia and the United States enlarge their moves

　　Russia’s "ruble settlement order" came into effect on April 1. According to the presidential decree signed by Putin, companies that are "unfriendly countries and regions" to Russia should first open ruble accounts in Russian banks, and then pay for the Russian natural gas purchased through this account. If they refuse to buy natural gas in rubles, these companies will be regarded as not complying with their obligations under the natural gas contract and the contract will be suspended. On the same day, peskov explained that the payment for natural gas supplied after April 1st will be paid in the second half of April and May, and Russia will not cut off the natural gas supply to Europe from April 1st. Putin also signed another order on the 1 ST, stipulating that Russian companies can temporarily pay the cost of leasing and purchasing aircraft to companies in countries that are "unfriendly" to Russia in rubles. On the same day, Medvedev, vice chairman of the Russian Federal Security Council, further announced that Russia would only export food to friendly countries in the form of ruble and national local currency settlement.

　　In response to the soaring energy prices caused by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Biden announced on March 31 that the United States will release 1 million barrels of oil every day from its strategic oil reserves within six months from May, expecting a "significant drop" in domestic gasoline prices. Biden also said that he is waiting for the exact number of oil reserves that the allies plan to release, which he expects may reach 30 million to 50 million barrels. Reuters reported that the United States released a total of 180 million barrels of reserve oil this time, the largest scale ever, which was about two days’ demand in the global crude oil market, enough to make up for the reduced oil imports after the United States imposed an energy embargo on Russia in March, but not enough to make up for the losses in the global oil market.

　　Western rendering "Putin is misled"

　　According to a report by Wutong News Agency on March 31st, Zelensky announced the dismissal of two Ukrainian national security officials in a video speech released late that night, calling them "traitors". According to the video speech, the two people who were dismissed were the heads of the main domestic security department of the Ukrainian National Security Agency and the head of the Hellson regional office. Zelensky did not elaborate on why the two men were dismissed, but he said that these officers "have not decided where their motherland is" violated the military oath of the Ukrainian army to serve the people.

　　On the other hand, American and Western officials have greatly exaggerated that "Putin was misled and blinded by aides". According to the British "Financial Times" reported on March 31, Biden said in response to relevant questions that day: "There are some indications that Putin has fired some aides or put them under house arrest." Jeremy Fleming, head of the government communication headquarters of the British intelligence agency, claimed that Putin’s adviser "did not dare to tell the truth" on the situation in Ukraine, which led to Putin’s serious misjudgment of the situation. Kate Bedingfeld, director of the White House Communications Office, said that according to US intelligence, Putin believed that he had been misled by the Russian military in the Ukrainian war, which led to increasingly tense relations between him and senior military officials.

　　In response, peskov, Russian Presidential Press Secretary, said on March 31st: "We regret that neither the State Council nor the Pentagon have real information about the Kremlin. They don’t understand the situation in Kegong at all, neither President Putin nor the decision-making mechanism and working methods of the Russian government. " Peskov also said that this situation is worrying, because this complete misunderstanding will lead to the wrong and reckless decision of the United States.