Information Defence: The Military-Political Situation in Ukraine as of April 2nd - Ihor Zhdanov

Ihor Zhdanov, Information Defence

Informational Defence of Ukraine provides a daily review of the military-political situation in Ukraine as of April 2nd, based on an analysis of open sources.

1. The russian occupiers have not achieved success in any of the operational areas and have sustained heavy losses as a result of counterattacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,up to 75 BTGs have been involved in combat missions on the territory of Ukraine, up to 34 BTGs are being repaired, and 16 BTGs have been completely destroyed (this information is being clarified).

russian troops are trying to reach the administrative borders of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine and the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the east. They are holding the borders in the occupied territories of the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions in order to distract some parts of the Ukrainian army.

In the Donetsk area, the enemy is still attempting to seize Mariupol and to block Rubizhne, Severodonetsk, Popasna, Troiitske, Avdijivka, Mar’inka, and Krasnohorivka. The occupiers have had no success and have sustained heavy losses.

Regarding operational and tactical group "East", russian troops carried out two attacks on Ukrainian defensive positions and sustained losses of up to 80 combatants, three tanks, two BMP artillery systems, one mortar, and three JSCs.

Total enemy combat losses from February 24th to April 2nd are approximately 17,800 combatants, 1776 armored fighting vehicles, 1236 autos, 631 tanks, 317 artillery systems, 76 tankers, 143 aircraft, 134 helicopters, 100 MLRS, 54 air defenсe systems, 87 drones, and seven boats.

According to former Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs, Arsen Avakov, an