For the first time, the Republic of Mordovia in Russia faced an attack by two suicide drones, Russian Telegram channel Astra wrote, citing regional governor Artem Zdunov, who reported the incident on Telegram on April 11.
A fire broke out in Russia's city of Kursk late on April 2, according to videos sent by eye-witnesses to several Telegram monitoring channels. Kursk Oblast Governor Roman Starovoit claimed that four drones were shot down over the city and surrounding areas.
UK Defence Intelligence has analysed the impact of the Kremlin's war against Ukraine on Russia's medical sector. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review dated 11 February on Twitter, as reported by European Pravda Details: The UK MoD noted that Russia is facing a shortage of doctors and healthcare workers due to the war against Ukraine.
Yurii Ihnat, the spokesman for the Air Force, has said that the Russians deployed air defence systems to Crimea and the front line but had withdrawn them from other regions of Russia. Source: Ihnat in an interview with Focus Quote: "The fact that they filled up the line of contact with it is 100% true, and the fact that Crimea is full of it is 200% true.
Defence Intelligence of Ukraine states that about 1,000 people join the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces every day. The new recruits are motivated by high wages, especially for residents of low-income regions of Russia.