Nine detained in Tajikistan in relation to Moscow concert hall attack

"Tajikistan’s state security service has detained nine people for suspected contact with the perpetrators of last week’s attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people, Russian state media reported.

“Nine residents of the Vakhdat district were detained for contact with the persons who committed the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall on March 22,” citing information from an unnamed source in Tajikistan’s special services, who said that Russian security forces were also involved in the operation to detain the suspects." AJ

US military destroys 4 Houthi drones targeting American warship, coalition vessel

"The U.S. military says it has shot down four drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels that were targeting an American vessel and a Coalition warship in the Red Sea. "It was determined these weapons presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and U.S. Navy ships in the region," CENTCOM also said. "These actions are taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for U.S. Navy and merchant vessels." MS

Ukraine introduces blackouts in three regions

"Ukraine introduces emergency blackouts in the regions of Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kirovograd." AJ

Joker-10: What's Known About Russia’s Unique Hibernating FPV Drone

"Small, cheap first-person view (FPV) drones have become the bane of troops and vehicles on the battlefields of the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, with their presence, along with their larger, more expensive military-grade cousins, rewriting the rules of modern warfare.
The Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions, a Russian drone manufacturer known for the development of the Joker series of multipurpose UAVs, has created a new model known as the Joker-10.

The UAV, said to already be in use by Russian forces on the battlefield, has a reported carrying capacity of up to 5 kg, and a flight speed of about 100 km per hour fully loaded, or 200 km per hour empty.
The drone features unique design solutions allowing it to hibernate while lying in wait for up to a month before being remotely activated.
“Our drone is equipped with two vital features. The first is a hibernator unit which allows operators to turn the drone on and off from a distance. That is, not just turn the motors on and off, but to turn off power to the device completely. Essentially, it’s like remotely pulling the battery out of the drone,” General Director Dmitry Kuzyakin told Sputnik.
“The drone can lay in wait for launch for up to one week in winter, and up to a month in the summer,” Kuzyakin explained, adding that the drone is resistant to rain and snow.
In hibernation mode, the UAV can communicate with operators through passive means. “It’s passive, there are practically no radio emissions, and therefore it is extremely difficult to detect during hibernation,” he said.
The ability to remotely bring the UAV out of hibernation allows crews to place sleeping Joker-10s in frontline areas and leave, without being detected by Ukrainian electronic intelligence gathering units hunting for Russian drone operators. This means by the time the drones are turned on, operators are nowhere in sight for the other side to pick up on any radio emissions.
If necessary, the drone can also be flown to its waiting area and switch off remotely." Sputnik

Israel strikes Hezbollah in Syria

"Israel launched deadly cross-border strikes on Hezbollah targets in Syria and Lebanon, doubling down on Iran-backed foes and Hamas allies." France24

Polish general dismissed from Eurocorps after counterintelligence investigation

"Polish Ministry of National Defence (MNoD) announced the dismissal of Lieutenant General

Jarosław Gromadziński as Eurocorps commander in connection with new information about the officer on 27 March, 2024.
According to the Polish Government, its Military Counterintelligence Service has initiated inspection proceedings “regarding the personal security clearance” of Gromadziński. The unit has swiftly replaced Gromadziński with Lieutenant General Piotr Błazeusz on 28 March. Błazeusz is an alumnus of the US Air Force Academy, University of Warsaw, Pułtusk Academy of Humanities and the Postgraduate Course on Defence Policy at the National Defence University of Warsaw." MS

Zelenskyy to fire two deputy heads of Ukrainian President's Office

"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is planning to sack Andrii Smyrnov and Oleksii Dniprov, deputies of Andrii Yermak, Head of the Ukrainian President's Office.....besides the dismissals of Smyrnov and Dniprov, the possible dismissal of another of Yermak’s deputies, Andrii Sybiha, is being considered." Pravada

Large-scale attack at night

"Russians launched a powerful missile and air attack on facilities in Ukraine’s fuel and energy sector, using various types of missiles and strike UAVs." Pravada