Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich's expensive fleet of private jets and his gargantuan $830 million superyacht are on the move.

Recent flight path data shows two of the billionaire's planes, including a Boeing 787 Dreamliner estimated to be worth a half-billion-dollars, landing and taking off in quick succession from various airports in Russia, Israel, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

Mr Abramovich, who has an estimated net worth of $17 billion, is one of only a handful of people to privately own a Dreamliner, which he bought off the rack in 2018 for an estimated $339 million and then upgraded with a plush $137 million interior fit out, Forbes Russia reported.

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According to flight data on the Twitter account Russian Oligarch Jets, on March 4 Mr Abramovich's Dreamliner departed from Dubai in the UAE and flew to Moscow.

It stayed on the tarmac in Russia for only a matter of hours, before turning around and flying back to Jebel Ali, the location of Dubai's second airport.

The plane, which can hold 248 commercial passengers but was converted by Mr Abramovich into a luxurious 50-seater, remains in Dubai, according to flight data.

Dubai, a longtime favourite holiday and business destination for Russia's elite, has become even more of a magnet for Russian oligarchs in the face of US-led sanctions.

According to a New York Times report, at least 38 businessmen or officials linked to Vladimir Putin own dozens of properties in Dubai valued at more than $436 million.

Last week the Financial Action Task Force, a global financial crime watchdog, added the UAE to a "grey" money laundering watch list, meaning Dubai and the six other emirates in the oil-rich Gulf state will come under closer financial scrutiny.

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Mr Abramovich's superyacht Solaris has been heading east through the Mediterranean the past week, with a destination unknown.

The 140m-long Solaris left a shipyard in Barcelona, Spain last Tuesday and sailed to Montenegro in the Adriatic, according to Marine Traffic, a website that tracks ships.

Meanwhile, Mr Abramovich's other plane, a Gulfstream G650 which typically costs around $90 million, has also been making trips above the Mediterranean Sea.

On March 5 it flew from the Turkish capital Ankara to Istanbul.

Six days later, it took off from Istanbul and touched down in Moscow.

Inside of 24 hours, the Gulfstream had departed Moscow and landed in Tel Aviv, Israel, a country which granted him citizenship in 2018 after his visa status in the UK became uncertain, and where he reportedly owns a hotel on on the Mediterranean coast.

Today the Gulfstream has made a series of rapid flights, from Tel Aviv to Istanbul and then touching down in Moscow just before 2.30pm (AEST).

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Mr Abramovich was potentially a passenger on the Gulfstream, with Reuters reporting it had obtained a picture of the Russian in a VIP lounge in Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport.

None of the countries central to Mr Abramovich's air and sea transport shuttle runs – Israel, Turkey and the UAE – have imposed financial sanctions against Russia.

The airspace options for Mr Abramovich's jets are also limited, with all 27 EU countries, as well as Albania, Canada, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, the UK, and the US, banning Russian flights.

Last week the UK government swooped in with sanctions to freeze assets held by Mr Abramovich, who has denied he has historical close ties to former KGB agent and now Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Mr Abramovich tried to fast-track the sale of his beloved Chelsea FC after Russia invaded Ukraine, but the sanctions have complicated those plans.

Police believe the deadly fire which tore through a Sydney boarding house, killing three people, was deliberately lit.

Three bodies have been found, officers confirmed, after the blaze erupted on Albermarle Street in Newtown about 1am today.

"Serious concerns are held" for a fourth person believed to be inside, police added.

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The bodies have not been formally identified but police believe they are men.

Assistant Commissioner Peter Cotter said police are treating the blaze as suspicious and deliberate.

"It would be fair to say that some type of accelerant hasn't been used," Assistant Commissioner Cotter said.

"We are treating this as a murder.

"We are treating this as a maliciously lit fire."

Assistant Commissioner Cotter said at least 11 men live in the boarding house, aged from their 40s to 80s.

Firefighters have told 9News they are not sure if the building is at risk of collapsing.

Assistant Commissioner Cotter said they have not been able to search the top floor yet due to concerns about the structural integrity of the building.

"We're not sure how many people we're looking for, there's a number of rooms, what I understand upstairs is a hallway with a number of rooms off the left and right," he said.

"We've not been able to access some of those rooms to identify if there are any occupants or tragically anyone perished in those rooms."

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One man was forced to jump from the second storey of the boarding house after the fire rapidly took hold of the building, residents told 9News.

"There are bits falling down, there was fire through the house," a resident said.

"I saw an 80-year-old gentleman on the ground who had to jump out of his window so he's broken his ankles, we had to carry him out of there."

Police said eight residents were able to exit the building, with three people taken to hospital including the 80-year-old man, who is in a critical condition and suffered a heart attack when he arrived at the hospital.

Officers also said another resident was forced to "exit from the second storey" due to the intensity of the fire.

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Assistant Commissioner Cotter called for the owner of the boarding house to come forward to assist with inquiries.

"We know who he is. We have reached out to his series of addresses in Western Sydney, and as yet, we have not been able to make contact with him," he said.

"We would like that gentleman to come forward as a matter of priority, not only to talk to us — particularly to talk to us about who was inside — and the tenancies."

Assistant Commissioner Cotter also called for the public to come forward with any information about tenants in the building.

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The first clear satellite image has emerged of Snake Island, where Ukrainian defenders famously responded to the threat of Russian invasion with the words: "Russian warship, go f— yourself."

The image, taken on Sunday by Maxar Technologies, shows damage to some buildings from Russian military strikes, as well as a Russian naval vessel anchored in the Black Sea.

It backs reports from the beginning of the Russian invasion that the island came under assault after its Ukrainian garrison rejected Russian surrender demands.

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The Ukrainian troops were all killed — and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said they would be "awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine posthumously" — but later the Ukrainian military said they were "alive and well" and taken prisoner.

According to the Ukrainian Navy, the garrison on the island repelled two attacks by Russian forces but in the end was forced to surrender "due to the lack of ammunition".

A Ukrainian statement said that Russian attackers destroyed the island's infrastructure, including lighthouses, towers and antennas — some of the damage that can now be seen in the new satellite photo.

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In the image, some of the red-roofed buildings in the island's centre are shown to have been significantly damaged by Russian shelling.

Although parts of the island are snow-covered, impact craters can be seen dotting the island.

The ship seen offshore was identified by Maxar as a Ropucha-class landing ship.

Snake Island, also known as Zmiinyi Island, sits about 48 kilometres off the Ukrainian mainland's southern tip in the northwestern Black Sea.

It's about 297 kilometres west of Crimea, the Ukrainian territory Russia annexed in 2014.

Though it is only about 18 hectares in size, a report last year from the non-partisan Atlantic Council think tank called it "key to Ukraine's maritime territorial claims" in the Black Sea.

Highlighting its strategic importance, Mr Zelensky chose Snake Island last year as the spot for an interview with Ukrainian media in advance of a summit to try to reverse Russia's annexation of Crimea, the Atlantic Council report said.

A mother and two children have died in what police suspect to be a murder-suicide in a beachside car park in Perth.

A woman, aged in her 40s, a 10-year-old girl and an eight-year-old boy died sitting in the back seat of a Honda Jazz in the John Graham Reserve in Coogee in the city's south yesterday.

Detective Inspector Quentin Flatman from WA Police's Major Crime Division said today the investigation is in its early stages, but the people are believed to be from the same family.

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"Any untimely death is absolutely tragic, but more so when we have children involved," Detective Inspector Flatman said.

"Sadly, it has the appearance at this point of what it actually is – which is three parties have died in the rear of a car via fire that has been started by one of those parties."

He said it was "very, very unlikely" anyone else was involved, and reassured the community there is "no need to be concerned" about any ongoing threat.

The father of the family had left Perth on Sunday night to see family in the US and is on his way back home.

"He is quite shocked and is looking for answers himself," Detective Inspector Flatman said.

One witness told 9News yesterday they heard what sounded like gunfire at the scene, however police said the "popping" sounds were likely the fire consuming the car.

Police are appealing for anybody with dashcam footage between 11am and midday to get in touch via the Crime Stoppers website or call 1800 333 000.

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The eyes of the world are fixed on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but in Russia itself it is a different story.

Russia's media is generally controlled by the Kremlin, and many media outlets are owned by the government itself.

Strict new laws mean those who deviate from the official narrative could face up to 15 years in prison.

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In the official media, there's still a reluctance to state there is even a war going on, according to UNSW Honorary Associate Professor Stephen Fortescue.

"It's still described as a special operation," Dr Fortescue told 9news.com.au.

"And it's a special operation to protect those separatist republics of Lugansk and Donetsk."

If you were watching Russian television, you would be under the impression that Russian troops were not fighting on the frontlines.

Instead the Russian army was there to support the separatist fighters.

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Bombings and battles in areas like Kyiv and Mariupol are getting little attention on Russian television.

"They get pretty hardcore propaganda which consists of 'The Ukrainian leadership are a bunch of fascists', or the Ukrainian people are under the control of the fascist leadership," Dr Fortescue said.

"There tends to be a little bit of condescension against Ukrainians."

An independent television network and an independent radio station have both shut down in recent weeks.

While many foreign news outlets have been blocked in Russia, the internet is still available.

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That means Russians could access more reliable news about the war in Ukraine, but they would need to look for it.

They are some in Russia who are publicly opposed to the war, but there are also many others who are "hardcore patriots", Dr Fortescue said.

"A large percentage of the population in the middle who just don't want to know," he said.

"They just want to get on with their lives."

But the realities of war can't be hidden forever.

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Dr Fortescue was living in the USSR the last time the nation engaged in a major war – the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan from 1979 until 1989.

"I worked with ordinary Russian people, and they were really upset their boys were getting killed and they were being lied to," he said.

"Russian authorities went to extraordinary lengths to hide the fact these soldiers were being killed."

As much as polling can be trusted in Russia, it does not appear Vladimir Putin is suffering just yet.

A poll from non-government research organisation Levada-Center showed Mr Putin had an approval rating of 71 percent, his best in four years.

Another poll this week showed 58 percent of Russians approved of the invasion of Ukraine. Only 23 percent opposed it.

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