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Russia's aircraft fleet includes approximately 100 Su-34 fighter-bombers and 100 Su-35 multirole fighter jets. Source: Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, further to an enquiry from ArmyInform Details: According to available data, as of March 2024, the Russian Aerospace Forces have at their disposal approximately 100 Su-35 multirole fighter jets, over 100 Su-34 fighter-bombers, and seven A-50U airborne early warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft.

The Defence Forces of Ukraine have not recorded the formation of any Russian assault groups for repeated attacks on Ukraine. Military intelligence says the Russians are trying to sow panic in Ukraine by spreading misinformation about "an offensive on Kharkiv".

No weaponry of foreign production was used during the recent drone strikes on targets in the Russian cities of Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk. Source: Andrii Yusov, spokesman for Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), in an interview with Radio Liberty Details: Yusov noted that they would not officially confirm or deny the involvement of military intelligence or the Security Service of Ukraine in the events in Tatarstan.

Rustam Minnikhanov, head of the Russian region of Tatarstan, has urged companies not to rely on the air defence system and to protect themselves by their own means following the drone attack on the facilities in Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk.

Since capturing the city of Avdiivka, Russian troops have maintained their offensives, but removing access to the Kerch Bridge would significantly impair this.

Russian helicopters are disrupting Moscow's efforts to deceive Ukraine using decoys, by landing on the dummy fighter jets painted on the concrete.

Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has blown up a power substation in the temporarily occupied city of Sevastopol, Crimea. Source: Ukrainska Pravda source in Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) Details: Sevastopol local news outlets reported that residents of the city heard explosions on the night of 1-2 April, after which the power went out in one of the districts of Sevastopol.

Russian occupation forces are increasingly using ballistic missiles deployed on the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea to attack Ukraine. Source: Colonel Nataliia Humeniuk, Head of the Joint Press Centre for Operational Command Pivden (South) on air of the national joint 24/7 newscast; Army Inform Quote: "The enemy is also switching tactics to the use of ballistics, realising that this is a difficult target for the response of our air defence forces.

The Russian office of Radio Liberty has published the first high-resolution satellite images showing the aftermath of the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall on 22 March. Source: Radio Liberty on Telegram Details: Expert estimates show that the restoration of the concert hall, the roof of which has collapsed due to the fire, will cost RUB 9 to 15 billion (about US$97.

UK Defence Intelligence has exposed Russia's failed attempts to disguise its military facilities to confuse Ukraine's attempts to attack them. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review dated 2 April on X (Twitter); European Pravda The agency posted a satellite image showing silhouettes of fighter jets drawn at Kirovske air base in occupied Crimea.