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[Korrrespondent] 22:16 Prigozhin said that on the orders of the Russian Ministry of Defense, fire was opened on the Wagnerites leaving Bakhmut when they cleared the mines laid by the Ministry of Defense to undermine PMC columns.
21:37 The Russians fired at the Znob-Novgorod community of the Sumy region: two people were injured, seven private houses, a power line, a church, a fire and rescue unit were damaged, the OVA reported.
20:40 The Legion of Freedom of Russia announced that the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, did not appear at the invitation to pick up the prisoners. Now they will be transferred to the exchange fund of the Ukrainian side.
20:34 In Podgorodny, Dniprovsky district, a rescue operation was completed after a Russian missile attack: a two-year-old child was killed, 25 people were injured, five of them were children , Zelensky said. He clarified that the strike was probably carried out by an Iskander missile. Three of the injured children are in critical condition.
According to official figures, 485 children were killed in a full-scale Russian invasion, but the real number is higher, the president added. He also said that as of today, 371 children from deportation have been returned to Ukraine. At the same time, at least 19,505 deported Ukrainian children are known for sure - and this is only a part.
20:08 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he had held a special meeting on sanctions: "The GUR, the Foreign Intelligence Service, the government, the Office. They analyzed in great detail how Russia circumvents sanctions and who helps it. Different countries, different companies, without which Russia cannot could produce means of terror, in particular, missiles. Unfortunately, the terrorist state manages to use the technologies of the world through a network of suppliers, manages to bypass international sanctions regimes."
The President stressed that Ukraine sees every direction of circumventing existing sanctions, every country whose territory or jurisdiction, whose citizens are used by Russia. "And we must close all such areas - together with partners - so that there are no products of the free world in Russian missiles, in Russian weapons. The necessary steps will be taken," Zelensky added.
19:59 About 500 former convicted citizens of the Russian Federation arrived in one of the units of the Russian troops operating in the occupied territory of the Kharkiv region during the week. As a result of the strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on their positions, about 100 people were injured, some died. After that, about 80 people left their positions without permission, the General Staff said.
19:48 Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan, in an interview with CNN, expressed confidence that the Ukrainian counteroffensive would lead to the return of "strategically important territory." According to him, developments on the battlefield in Ukraine will have a significant impact on future negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. "President Zelensky himself said that this war will eventually end along a diplomatic path," he recalled.
19:32 The Hungarian government, after the demarche of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, replaced the video "about the world", in which Crimea was depicted as part of Russia. The original was deleted without explanation, replacing it with the same video, but with the Ukrainian Crimea. Officially, the Hungarian authorities did not comment on the situation.
18:39 The General Staff specified that on the night of June 4, the air defense forces destroyed four out of six enemy Kh-101 / Kh-555 cruise missiles and six out of eight Shahed-136/131 attack drones.
17:21 The Russians attacked the premises of an agricultural enterprise in Vesely, Kherson region, with air bombs, one person was injured. The enemy also fired on the territory of the plant in Berislav, the OVA reported.
17:00 Governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Gladkov said that in Novaya Tavolzhanka there is a battle with the "Ukrainian DRG".
14:55 The military intelligence of Ukraine states that the internal situation in Russia is aggravating every day. In particular, the events in Belgorod and other border areas have shown the complete inability of the RF Ministry of Defense to act effectively against armed Russian rebel groups, so PMC Wagner is gaining more and more popularity among the population.
14:17 The Legion of Freedom of Russia announced that its advanced assault group, together with the fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps, is entering the suburb of Shebekino. The Legion also published a joint appeal with the RDK to the Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov, in which the fighters offer, in honor of the Trinity, to exchange two prisoners "for just a few minutes of communication with you in the temple, without weapons."
13:33 The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 7.5 times fewer people near Bakhmut than the Russians, Danilov said in an interview with the Italian edition of Corriere Della Sera: "Since September 1, when Moscow began using convicts as mercenaries in Bakhmut, 22,816 people have died. Our losses were seven and a half times less. We have no right to surrender our cities."
12:48 Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky said that the situation in the Eastern direction is becoming more complicated, but in some sectors of the front there is an advancement of the Defense Forces. According to him, the enemy reinforced their groupings with Storm Z assault detachments, consisting of prisoners trained for assault operations in special camps, and moved on to offensive operations in the areas of Maksyutovka, Novoselovskoye, Kuzemovka, Makeevka, Belogorovka, and Controversial. The enemy is trying to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian troops and develop an offensive, fighting in these areas goes on almost around the clock.
"In the course of live communication with unit commanders, we have developed and are implementing new approaches and a vision of achieving success as soon as possible in certain sectors of the front," Syrsky said following a visit to these sectors of the front. As an example, he cited the work of a unit of the 92nd Separate Machinized Brigade, which not only repelled an enemy attack in the Svatov direction, but also successfully counterattacked and advanced 400 meters. Another example is the successful actions of the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade, which liberated a significant area of territory in the area of the Ivanovsky Forest.
12:19 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said that "plans love silence," so there will be no announcement of the start of a counteroffensive.
11:26 In Kiev, for the first day of work of the commission for the audit of shelters, 1078 objects were checked, of which half are non-working - they are not ready for use or the commission could not open them, said Alexander Kamyshin, Minister for Strategic Industries. According to him, when he and Klitschko yesterday randomly checked shelters in the Obolonsky district, the vast majority were closed, and when they were opened, they turned out to be unusable.
The commission clarified that most of the shelters tested on the first day were in schools, kindergartens and hospitals, where the situation is slightly better than in the whole city.
11:19 The State Border Service reported that when trying to illegally cross the border of Ukraine, about 20 people are detained daily, about 150 more people are denied exit from the country.
10:27 "The head" of the occupied Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said that five UAVs were allegedly shot down by air defense forces at night, four more were jammed and planted by electronic warfare, "there are no victims or injured."
09:58 During the night Russian attack, two missiles hit the operational airfield near Kropyvnytskyi, and drones that could not be shot down hit infrastructure facilities in the Sumy region, Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said. According to him, there are dozens of operational airfields in Ukraine, and they are targets for the enemy: "Ukrainian aviation does not give them rest ... It works for us and only in the past and current days made more than 30 sorties, inflicted more than ten air strikes. It is clear that the enemy I don't like it. Therefore, in fact, we see: in Starokonstantinov a few days ago there was a hit, now in Kropivnitsky."
09:07 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, four people were killed (two in New York, one each in Gornyak and Seversk). Eight more people were injured. In the Kharkiv region, one person was injured, according to the IVA.
08:51 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 4.
- personnel - about 209,940 (+470) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3837 (+8),
- armored combat vehicles - 7512 (+10),
- artillery systems - 3555 (+22),
- MLRS - 583 (+1),
- air defense systems - 344 (+2),
- aircraft - 313 (+0),
- helicopters - 298 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 3175 (+10),
- cruise missiles - 1132 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 6305 (+16),
- special equipment - 479 (+4).
08:26 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to completely occupy the Lugansk and Donetsk regions. Over the past day, there have been 23 combat clashes, the General Staff said in the morning summary . In particular, during the past 24 hours the enemy tried to advance near the city of Marinka, but the Defense Forces repulsed all 11 enemy attacks, the enemy suffered significant losses in manpower and equipment.
According to the General Staff, about 40 Russian servicemen deserted in Svatovo, Luhansk region, on June 2, leaving their combat positions without permission. To search for deserters, two helicopters and a unit of the National Guard were involved.
07:50 At night, the Russians fired five Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs from the Bryansk region, as well as six Kh-101/Kh-555 air-launched cruise missiles from six Tu-95ms strategic bombers from the Caspian region across Ukraine. The air defense forces destroyed four cruise missiles and three attack drones, the Air Force command said.
07:42 As a result of the Russian strike on the Podgorodnenskaya community of the Dniprovsky district, a two-year-old child was killed, another 22 people were injured, including five children , said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. Two two-story houses, between which the rocket hit, were partially destroyed. Ten private houses, a car, a shop, and gas pipelines were also damaged.
During the night, air defense forces shot down two cruise missiles and one drone, probably Shahed, over the area. The invaders hit Nikopol with artillery. Three high-rise buildings, a restaurant, power lines were damaged, people were not injured.
05:19 Crimean publics report an explosion near the airfield in Dzhankoy. Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the "head" of Crimea, reported a downed drone.
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