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Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:08 Putin said that Russia has the right to supply weapons to regions “from where attacks will be carried out on sensitive facilities of countries supplying weapons to Kiev.” According to him, “the answer may be asymmetrical, we will think about it.” The head of the Kremlin also believes that if the United States stops supplying weapons to Ukraine, “the conflict will end in two to three months.”
22:00 Greece has joined the international coalition for the return of Ukrainian children as an observer, said Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets.
21:56 Zelensky, in a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, noted London’s permission to strike military targets on Russian territory, the President’s Office reported. The parties also discussed additional opportunities for joint training missions and interoperability of the Ukrainian Defense Forces with NATO.
21:47 Ukrenergo reported that due to exceeding limits, emergency shutdowns were applied in Kharkiv, Sumy, Kiev, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Volyn, Lviv, Odessa, Zaporozhye and Kirovograd regions.
21:03 There is a big scandal in Moldova. The former chief of the country's General Staff, it turns out, was an informant for the Russian GRU for many years. He regularly reported to Russian intelligence officers about the internal political situation in the republic, and also talked about visits by representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. For more details, see the article The Head of the General Staff of Moldova is an agent of the Russian Federation.
20:59 Taiwan's Ministry of Economy has expanded controls over the export of nitrocellulose products to Russia and Belarus to prevent their use for military purposes. New restrictions from June 14 prohibit the export of nitrocellulose with a nitrogen content of less than 12.2%.
20:41 There is a significant shortage of electricity in Kiev, so on June 6 there will be outages in the so-called gray zone according to the schedule, DTEK reported. They emphasized that “a shutdown in the light gray zone is also a shutdown according to schedule. If the situation allowed, at this time the houses falling under this zone would have light.”
20:27 Ukraine has already used American weapons to strike Russian territory, the Associated Press reports, citing an unnamed Western official. He did not provide any details, but noted that this happened “in recent days.”
20:06 In Kiev, the lights are turned off a little more than in other regions, due to a significant amount of critical infrastructure, Yasno CEO Sergei Kovalenko said: “That is, the critical volume is taken away from the maximum possible volume of consumption, and the remainder is distributed among all consumers. I hope "That this situation will balance out a bit in the near future."
19:58 Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson said that Washington should stop “micromanaging military efforts in Ukraine” and lift restrictions on the use of American weapons from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “I have already spoken about this and will say it again. We will have conversations with the White House about this,” Johnson emphasized.
18:57 The EBRD will accumulate 300 million euros to support the energy sector of Ukraine, Shmygal said. The funds will go to state energy companies to restore generating capacity and infrastructure, as well as to build new decentralized generation.
18:44 Zelensky said that he arrived in Qatar for negotiations with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The parties will discuss continuing work on the return of Ukrainian children and preparations for the Peace Summit.
18:39 On Thursday, June 6, limits on electricity consumption will be in effect throughout the entire territory of Ukraine, Ukrenergo reported. To comply with the limits, hourly shutdown schedules will be applied for industrial and household consumers, and if the limits are exceeded, emergency shutdowns are possible.
17:56 All children are being taken out of the Zolochiv community of the Kharkov region in case of a Russian attack, said the head of the village military administration, Viktor Kovalenko. At the same time, he added that now the situation at the border is no longer as threatening as it was last week, but “it’s better to play it safe.”
17:29 Gazprom has suffered greatly as a result of the loss of the European market and will not be able to return to 2020 levels earlier than in ten years, writes the Financial Times.
17:02 Russia has already destroyed at least 210 thousand houses in Ukraine, writes The New York Times. Since 2022, the Russians have destroyed at least 106 hospitals, 109 religious sites and 708 educational institutions in Ukraine. The most extensive destruction occurred in Mariupol, Kharkov, Marinka, Rubezhnoye, Bakhmut, Irpen, Zaporozhye, Orekhov, Kherson, Novaya Kakhovka, Oleshki, and the ports of Reni and Izmail.
16:43 Germany must be ready for war with Russia by 2029, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in the Bundestag: “We must be able to fight by 2029. Three topics are of central importance - personnel, equipment and finance.” The minister also considers it necessary to restore military service. He noted that Russia “has long since switched to a war economy and continues to arm itself,” and its victory in Ukraine will cost the West more than the current assistance to Kyiv.
16:05 Syrsky reported that he was again working in the area of active hostilities in the Kharkov and Kupyansky directions. According to him, the Russian Army is focusing its main efforts on the Kurakhovsky, Pokrovsky, Kupyansky and Kharkov directions. In addition, he carries out active assault operations in Volchansk and on the approaches to Chasov Yar in order to take control of them. In other directions, the enemy is attacking with the goal of stretching the line of the active front, pinning down Ukrainian troops and preventing them from being transferred to other areas.
Overall, the situation remains difficult. In the Kharkov direction, the enemy is trying to advance towards Glubokoe-Liptsov, but suffers significant losses and is unsuccessful. In Volchansk, the main task of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at this stage is to contain the enemy, inflict maximum losses on him and gradually move forward to liberate the territories. In the Kupyansk area, the Russians are trying to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from two directions, and there are fierce battles. The goal here is to stop the enemy and force him to go on the defensive.
“My task is to provide this direction with a sufficient amount of ammunition and combat-ready reserves, which will significantly strengthen the defense. Despite the complexity of the situation, we have a chance to change the situation in our favor,” the commander-in-chief concluded.
15:51 The EU is working closely with Ukraine to help restore the energy system, said European Commission Speaker Tim McPhee. According to him, representatives of the Ukrainian central and regional authorities are working to formulate a list of urgent needs, which should be received by the European Commission.
14:59 Natalya Gumenyuk, who was fired from the post of head of the press center of the Southern Defense Forces after numerous complaints from journalists, was appointed deputy head of the communications department of OK Pivden. “Now this is not the Defense Forces, this is a slightly different entity, but already within the competence of OK Pivden. This department was created as part of the communication reform in the Armed Forces as a whole,” Gumenyuk explained.
14:08 The Ukrainian Armed Forces in the southern direction destroyed two Russian Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and gun systems, a command post and a drone control post, said Dmitry Pletenchuk, head of the center for strategic communications of the Southern Defense Forces.
13:55 The Main Intelligence Directorate, with its DDoS attack, actually paralyzed the work of a number of government agencies of the Russian Federation and large companies, Ukrainian media write, citing intelligence sources. In particular, access to the electronic services of the government services website, a number of ministries, tax and customs services, and the state civil registry registry has been lost (Russians are massively complaining about canceled weddings). Services of some banks are also unavailable.
12:59 For 17-year-old boys who are abroad, registration will be delayed, said the head of the Ministry of Reintegration Irina Vereshchuk. According to her, a corresponding resolution has already been developed and will be adopted in the near future. “Pre-conscripts and conscripts who are currently abroad will be given a deferment of registration - either until they return to Ukraine or until the end of martial law,” she noted.
12:20 As a result of the morning Russian shelling of the Donetsk region, one person was killed and five were wounded, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin. In particular, in the Pivnichny Toretsk community, one person was killed and four were injured. Another person was injured in Selidovo.
11:43 The Russian army attacked the village of Ingulets, Kherson region - two people were wounded during the distribution of humanitarian aid, the OVA reported.
11:07 The deficit in the Ukrainian energy system is significant, so planned power outages today can also be long, said the Chairman of the Board of Ukrenergo Vladimir Kudrytsky: “If our colleagues invest in the limits that we determine for this day, then the outages will be planned. The deficit is significant, therefore, the duration of these outages, unfortunately, can also be significant. It can be four hours, it can be more, depending on whether we are talking about rush hour - morning or evening - or we are talking about the hours when the situation is. The deficit is a little less acute - this is the day zone and the night."
10:42 Over the past 24 hours, the Russian military shelled 28 settlements in the Sumy region - one person was killed, three more were injured, the National Police reported. Seven private houses and a company warehouse were damaged.
10:31 The Diya application now has a veteran’s certificate, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov. You no longer need to carry a paper version with you. The document can be added by combatants, people with disabilities as a result of war, war veterans, injured participants in the Revolution of Dignity, as well as family members of a deceased war veteran and a deceased defender of Ukraine.
10:14 From June 1, military personnel with dual citizenship stopped being released from Ukraine. The US Embassy in Ukraine explained that Ukrainian law does not recognize dual citizenship, therefore those liable for military service are considered exclusively as citizens of Ukraine with all relevant responsibilities.
10:08 The United States is ready to provide Ukraine with a loan worth $50 billion, which will be repaid using profits from frozen Russian assets if the European Union extends anti-Russian sanctions against these assets indefinitely, writes the Financial Times. Currently, EU sanctions are extended every six months. To make such a decision, the unanimous consent of all EU members is required.
09:39 As a result of Russian shelling in Volchansk, Kharkov region, on June 4, two people were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Another person was wounded in the village. Volchanskiye Khutor, Chuguevsky district.
08:57 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and eight were injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Three high-rise buildings and eight private houses, an educational institution, a dormitory, an office building, catering, shops and a gas pipeline were damaged.
08:16 In the Poltava region, during a night attack, an enemy drone hit an industrial facility, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA, Philip Pronin.
07:55 Air defense at night destroyed 22 of the 27 Shahed-131/136 type UAVs that Russia attacked from Kursk and the Crimean Cape Chauda, the Air Force reported. Drones were shot down in Nikolaev, Kherson, Dnepropetrovsk, Sumy and Poltava regions.
07:38 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 5:
- personnel - about 513,700 (+1280) people,
- tanks - 7806 (+12),
- armored combat vehicles - 15,036 (+16),
- artillery systems - 13 385 (+40),
- MLRS - 1092 (+0),
- air defense systems - 830 (+3),
- aircraft - 357 (+0),
- helicopters - 326 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 10 805 (+39),
- cruise missiles - 2270 (+2),
- ships/boats - 27 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 18,297 (+69),
- special equipment - 2223 (+12).
05:24 Biden will meet with Zelensky in France on Thursday, June 6, and next week will meet again with the Ukrainian president in Italy, said US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. He also announced the transfer of new aid packages to Ukraine in the coming weeks.
01:23 Putin has been wearing a bulletproof vest under his clothes at open-air public events since last year, The Moscow Times writes, citing two Russian officials and a source close to the Kremlin. In particular, at the May 9 parade, Putin “was definitely wearing a hidden bulletproof vest,” one of the sources said. At the request of the publication, British security consultant Jade Miller studied video footage of Putin’s speech at the parade on May 9, 2024 and also came to the conclusion that the head of the Russian Federation was wearing a bulletproof vest.
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