War in Ukraine, Day 769 | “Russia Prepares Two-Three Massive Attacks”. Advance Announced By Moscow

Over the course of Tuesday, 62 combat clashes took place on the front, most of the attacks being repelled by the Ukrainian army in the directions of Novopavliv, Avdiivka and Lîman.

“During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit the anti-aircraft missile complex and 13 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated. The enemy launched two missile strikes and 43 air strikes, launched 39 strikes from missile defense systems at the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas. A total of 62 clashes took place on the front,” reads the message of the Ukrainian army.

The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Serhii Lîsak announced, in a statement on Telegram, that 18 people were injured in the missile attack from Dnipro.

“Dnipro. There are already 18 victims. Of the 12 hospitalized, five are children. I visited the boys and girls in the hospital. Doctors assess their condition as moderate. However, they say, everything will be fine”, Serhii Lîsak said.

Russian troops launched a rocket attack on the city of Dnipro on Tuesday afternoon, as a result of which five people were injured and an educational facility was damaged, reports Ukrainska Pravda.

“Fortunately, at the time of impact, all the children were sheltered. This probably saved the lives of the boys and girls,” Serhii Lîsak, the regional governor, said.

According to the Ukrainian official, as a result of the attack, at least five people were injured.

Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 9 Shahed drones over the Dnipro region. The fallen debris caused two fires in Dnipro, which were quickly extinguished. A

the Russian cue also damaged a two-story building and a fire station.

The Russian Minister of Defense, Serghei Shoigu, claimed on Tuesday, April 2, the conquest of over 400 square kilometers of territory in Ukraine since the beginning of this year, writes AFP, quoted by Agerpres.

“In total, since the beginning of the year, 403 square kilometers of territory in the new regions of the Russian Federation have come under our control,” said Şoigu, during a military meeting, according to a statement sent by the ministry in Moscow.

More details: Sergei Shoigu claims that Russian troops continue to advance and have captured 400 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory since the beginning of the year

In March 2024, the Defense Forces of Ukraine destroyed 976 Russian artillery systems, the most since the beginning of the large-scale invasion of Russia, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced on Telegram.

“This is the highest figure in a month since the start of the full-scale invasion. An impressive result of the work of Ukrainian soldiers. Ukraine will win!”, the statement reads.

Two explosions took place on Tuesday morning in Sevastopol, a city under Russian occupation, and part of the town was left without electricity, reports Sevastopol Info on Telegram.

“Two loud explosions were heard at 2:05 a.m. local time,” the message reads.

According to the Ukrainian intelligence services, an electric substation was blown up, which is why one of the districts of the big city in Crimea was left without electricity.

The occupation authorities did not report anything about these events.

On Tuesday, April 2, a Russian aerial bomb fell on the temporarily occupied city of Rubizhne from a Russian fighter jet, announced the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration, Artem Lysogor. According to him, the Russian aerial bomb fell near the station.

“In occupied Rubijne there is the second part of the action with the “extraordinary descent of an aerial bomb”. He fell from a Russian fighter plane, not far from the station,” Lysogor announced.

This spring, Russia plans to carry out 2-3 more massive attacks on Ukraine, said the representative of the Military Intelligence Service of Ukraine (GUR) Vadim Skibitsky, RBC-Ukraine reports.

According to him, the Russians need some time off because their missile reserves are running out, but they are trying to keep them at the level of 900 units.

“At present, Russia, according to our estimates, has about 950 high-precision missiles of operational-strategic and strategic level with a range of more than 350 km. We see a trend that they, as a rule, try to keep their stocks at a level of at least 900 missiles. The Russians are already approaching that limit,” he said.

He added that according to the Main Intelligence Directorate, Russia plans to produce about 40 Kh-101 missiles in April.

“We estimate that the Russians will be able to launch several massive attacks (2-3) and then again be forced to pause to stock up on missiles and suicide bombers. However, individual local attacks may continue,” Skibitsky added.

On the night of April 2, Russian troops launched 10 Shahed kamikaze drones and a missile over Ukraine. 9 of the drones were shot down by the Ukrainian army, and following the fall of the debris, two fires broke out in the Dnipropetrovsk region, reports Pravda.

“Last night, air defense forces destroyed 9 drones over the region – in Dnipro and Dnipro, Nikopol, Pavlograd, Synelnyk, Kamian districts. Due to the fall of the debris, two fires broke out in the regional center, which were quickly extinguished”, said the governor of Dnipropetrovsk, Serhii Lysak.

As a result of the Russian attack, a two-story building and a fire station were damaged. No one was injured.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that the drones were launched from Cape Chauda in annexed Crimea. Also, on the night of April 2, the Russians attacked Ukraine with a Kh-59 air-to-air guided missile.

Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk regions were last night under alert of drone attack launched by Russian forces. Around 3:00 a.m., the military warned that Russian tactical aviation had launched aerial guided bombs in the Kharkiv region, and residents of the Kirovohrad region were alerted to the movement of attack drones from the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday evening that the Ukrainian defense industry must produce exactly what the war requires, in the necessary quantity and at the right time, and drones will be one of the decisive factors for victory in this war, reports Ukrinform.

“We had a fairly long and thorough discussion with military and government officials about drones, all their necessary types – from FPV to our attack drones, which are showing remarkable results in destroying Russia’s military potential in the rear. Today we talked about the nuances related to production, support and financing, contracts and the necessary flexibility in setting priorities. Our defense industry must produce exactly what the war requires, in the necessary quantity and at the right time, depending on the needs,” said Zelenski.

Zelenski also said that “obviously, drones will be one of the decisive factors for victory in this war.”

Bohdan Yermokhin, one of the 31 children from Mariupol deported to Russia after the city was occupied, revealed to The Telegraph the psychological trauma he was left with and how he eventually managed to return to Ukraine.

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