[Korrespondent] 22:43 Governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Gladkov said that during the shelling of the village of Sobolevka near Belgorod, two people were killed and six were injured.
21:45 The "authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye region said that in Mikhailovka, previously, the car of a local "entrepreneur" was blown up, the owner of the car was in it, he died, and three more passengers.
21:20 Chinese Special Representative Li Hui called for "stop sending weapons to the battlefield" and hold peace talks: "China believes that if we really want to end the war, save lives and establish peace, it is important for us to stop sending weapons to the battlefield, Otherwise, the tension will only grow." He also made it clear that his recent mission did not bring any tangible results, so Beijing is considering further trips.
21:11 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced the completion of the delivery to the country from the territory of the Russian Federation of the next set of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system.
21:07 The "authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye region announced a "terrorist attack" in the center of Mikhailovka - an explosion thundered there. The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, said that a car with four occupiers and collaborators was blown up near a cafe where they were going to rest. According to preliminary information, among them was a local "businessman" Didovodyuk - the owner of the Getman cafe, which fed the Russians. Information about the dead and wounded is being specified.
20:12 The Kiev police reported suspicion to four people because of the death of people near the shelter on June 1. Law enforcement officers on the spot found keys that could open the shelter from both sides, and also found out that the front door was indeed closed. Suspicion was received by the first deputy head of the Desnyansk regional state administration, the director of the hospital. deputy director for technical issues and a security guard.
19:23 Fighters of the Legion of Freedom of Russia and the Russian Volunteer Corps are conducting a raid in the Belgorod Region for the second day. One of the hottest spots was the neighborhood of Shebekino. The Russian military has already closed the entrance to the city and stopped the movement of trains in the area. And the Russian rebels say they are determined to go ahead, and are actively using tanks. Read more in the material New breakthrough of the Russian border .
19:14 The Russians attacked the village of Kovsharovka in the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region with two guided bombs: a residential building was damaged, two people died, four were injured, including a three-year-old child, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
18:53 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called the Russian Armed Forces "the second army in Ukraine": "The Kremlin has often stated that they have the second strongest army in the world. And many believed in it. Today, many consider the Russian army the second strongest ... in Ukraine "Their equipment, technology, leadership, troops, strategy, tactics and morale are examples of failure."
Blinken also advocated a just and lasting peace for Ukraine, in which Kiev will not be forced to give up its territories: "A ceasefire that will simply freeze the existing lines in place and allow Putin to consolidate control over the territory he seized, rest, rearm and attack again is not a just and lasting peace." He added that the US will support the talks "if and when Russia is ready to work for real peace."
In addition, the Secretary of State stressed that the United States will help Ukraine build an "army of the future" - we are talking about modern air forces, weapons, etc. According to Blinken, the prerequisite for negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow is a strong Ukraine that is able to deter and defend itself against any aggression. He also added that investments in the strength of Ukraine do not harm diplomacy, but, on the contrary, pave the way to it.
18:17 The Russians launched a missile attack on the forest area of the Zmievskaya community of the Chuguevsky district of the Kharkiv region. The strike of two missiles, previously S-300, was recorded, without large-scale destruction and casualties, said the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov.
17:42 Reznikov announced that he is visiting Singapore to participate in the Shangri-La Dialogue international conference and has already held a number of meetings. In particular, he met with his colleagues from Singapore, Australia and New Zealand and declared their support for Ukraine. "The main point of agreement at all meetings is that the rule of law must prevail over the rule of force. Ukraine must win this war that Russia started. So be it," the Ukrainian minister stressed.
17:33 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that his country does not support Russia's war against Ukraine. He lamented that the war has a very strong influence on all international relations of Armenia. According to Pashinyan, the West believes that Armenia is an ally of Russia, but Yerevan does not support the war. Peskov, in turn, noted that Moscow "took this into account."
16:49 Ukraine is discussing the creation of a Patriot coalition with Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands. Also, those countries that do not have these air defense systems, but can still help, can join the initiative, Zelensky said. According to him, some countries have the Patriot systems themselves, while others have different possibilities - "political, personal relations with states that have the appropriate air defense systems, finances or this or that influence."
“We already see how many Patriots it will be difficult for us to do without. Our task is not 70-75% of hitting targets, but 100%,” the president stressed.
16:24 Ukrainians will understand that the counteroffensive is already underway when the Armed Forces of Ukraine begin to liberate territories, Zelensky said: “This is not a movie, it’s hard for me to say how you will see the counteroffensive. The main thing is that Russia should see it, and not only see it, but also feel it. ... We are especially talking about those troops that occupied our territory. The de-occupation of our territories is the result of the counter-offensive."
16:07 Ukraine will receive modernized German TPz 1 Fuchs armored personnel carriers, ESUT reports. The modernization will take place at a joint venture created by the German concern Rheinmetall together with Ukroboronprom. The start of work is scheduled for mid-July.
15:56 Ukraine does not intend to involve any NATO member country in the war with Russia and understands that there can be no full-fledged membership in the Alliance yet, Zelensky said: "We are adequate people, we understand that we will not involve a single NATO country into the war. Therefore, we understand that we will not be members of NATO while this war is going on. Not because we do not want to, but because it is impossible."
At the same time, the president stressed that Ukraine is not looking for alternatives to NATO membership, but requires security guarantees until the end of the current war: "Today, when we talk about security guarantees for Ukraine, these are sanctions, financial guarantees, and weapons, something that If we want to have them on paper, it must be clearly stated there, or accompanied by something specific, that these security guarantees are valid until Ukraine receives the main security guarantees, namely membership in NATO.
15:31 In the Kharkiv region, near the villages of Morozova Dolina and Lemishchino, Bogodukhovsky district, a car was blown up by an unknown explosive device, in which a family with three children was traveling. The woman died on the spot, three children aged 12-15 were seriously injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
15:27 Tanks will play a decisive role in Ukraine's counteroffensive, Mark Milley, head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, is sure: "Tanks are very important for both defense and offensive. Upgraded modern tanks, appropriate training on them, and the ability to use them will be a fundamental component of success Ukraine".
15:09 Peskov said that Russia "will seek to ensure its security - this excludes Ukraine's membership in NATO." According to him, Ukraine's intentions to join the Alliance "speak of Kyiv's inability to solve problems at the negotiating table." At the same time, the Kremlin speaker said that "there are no prerequisites" for negotiations with Kiev now.
14:52 The Russians fired at a multi-storey building in Kamyshevakh, Zaporozhye region - two people were killed, four were injured, said the head of the OVA Yuriy Malashko.
14:15 Estonian President Alar Karis is visiting Ukraine, Zelensky said.
14:11 The United States does not seek to overthrow the government in Russia, said Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. According to him, it is in Washington's interests that Russia be a safe and prosperous country: "For 30 years, we have maintained a stable relationship of cooperation with Moscow, because we believe that a safe and prosperous Russia is in America's interests." Blinken also noted that the United States welcomes any peace initiative on Ukraine that will bring Russia to the negotiating table.
13:57 Zelensky said that during a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, he instructed the Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin to conduct a complete audit of all protective structures in Kiev within ten days, and Interior Minister Igor Klymenko - the same for Ukraine.
The second issue of the meeting was a comprehensive review of the state of Ukrainian air defense, its need to repel threats from land, sea and air, ways of improvement. The meeting participants also heard a "comprehensive" intelligence report on countries that help the Russian Federation not only to circumvent sanctions, but also to increase the production of missiles and drones in a war. "We are preparing appropriate decisions," the president added.
13:38 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace admits that Ukraine will be able to de-occupy Crimea this year, as the Russian troops are running out of the necessary equipment.
13:29 In May, Ukraine experienced 24 missile and drone attacks, most of them in Kiev. During this month, air defense forces shot down more than 130 cruise missiles, seven Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles, more than ten Iskander ballistic and cruise missiles and 371 Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones, the Air Force Command said.
13:02 The "authorities" of Berdyansk said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck at the territory of the seaport, "there are no casualties and destructions," preliminary. Meanwhile, a video with a column of smoke that rose after the explosion is published in local publics. The head of the Berdyansk GVA, Victoria Galitsyna, said that Ukrainian defenders hit the positions of the Russians in the port.
12:46 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki believes that the war in Ukraine gives a chance to expand the EU to the geographical borders of Europe: in this case, Ukraine will receive sovereignty, Poland - security on the borders, and Europe as a whole - "centuries of peace without the threat of Russian imperialism." According to Morawiecki, this is "a one in hundreds of years chance" to draw a new map of Europe, free from the threat from Russia.
12:23 The court placed under round-the-clock house arrest two bloggers Daria Semenchenko and Inna Chernetskaya, who filmed air defense on May 16 during the Russian strike on Kiev. They are suspected of disseminating information about the movement or location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under martial law, for which they face five to eight years in prison.
12:21 Explosions were heard in occupied Berdyansk. The occupying "authorities" announced "an attempted rocket attack and the work of air defense."
12:10 British intelligence believes that after the second raid of saboteurs in the Belgorod region, Russia faced a dilemma: to strengthen the defense in its border areas or positions in the occupied territory of Ukraine. At the same time, according to analysts, the Russian Federation was able to more successfully contain the June 1 raid compared to the previous one. For this, according to the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense itself, the entire complex of combat means was deployed, including attack helicopters and the Solntsepek heavy thermobaric rocket launcher.
12:04 Kyiv city authorities have decided on round-the-clock access to shelters for the population. Mayor Vitali Klitschko stressed that this decision is mandatory for all institutions and institutions, and also mandatory for control by all responsible services.
11:57 The governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that allegedly the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on the road in the Shebekinsky urban district, two people were killed, two more were injured.
11:34 The Legion of Freedom of Russia reports that it is actively fighting on the outskirts of the village. New Tavolzhanka, there are wounded soldiers. At the same time, Russian troops cover from artillery any points where they detect the movement of legionnaires and RDK. Near Tavolzhanka, they destroyed a car with civilians, mistaking it for a car with a DRG, at least two people died, according to the Legion.
11:10 In the process of mobilization in Russia, more than 280 military units and divisions were formed, said Yevgeny Burdinsky, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces. According to him, there has not been a mobilization of this magnitude since the Second World War.
11:06 NATO countries have exhausted their stocks of ammunition, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with Bloomberg and called on members of the Alliance to increase their arms spending to at least 2% of GDP as soon as possible and sign more contracts with defense companies.
“What we really need is the signing of contracts, because then the industry will be ready to invest and increase production. At the moment, the allies have depleted reserves in order to be able to support Ukraine, this is not a sustainable path, so we need to increase production in order to fulfill these new and more ambitious goals," the Secretary General explained.
10:53 In Russia, the conflict between Kadyrov's associates and the leadership of PMC Wagner is gaining momentum. The Chechens even hinted at Prigozhin's physical elimination. More details - in the material Purely in a boyish way .
10:35 The "coalition of fighters" for Ukraine currently includes eight countries - Great Britain, the Netherlands, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Portugal and France. Subsequently, their number may increase, said Igor Zhovkva, deputy head of the Presidential Office.
10:32 Orban urged to prevent the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, because it will only lead to new victims, primarily from Ukraine. The Hungarian prime minister called the offensive a "bloody massacre", since the attacking side suffers greater losses than the defending side. "Before the Ukrainians launch a counterattack, we must do everything in our power to achieve a ceasefire and start peace talks," he said.
10:28 The Russians attacked Toretsk in the Donetsk region at night - they hit the school where the Invincibility Point is located, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. According to him, this is not the first hit in this school - the enemy is deliberately shelling a facility that provides humanitarian aid and support to civilians. Also, 15 high-rise buildings, five private houses and seven administrative buildings were damaged in the city, two people were injured.
10:01 The lower house of the Swiss parliament voted against an amendment that would allow third countries to re-export Swiss-made weapons, in particular to Ukraine.
09:57 Russians may be preparing provocations at a chemical plant in Armyansk in the occupied Crimea, said Alexander Prokudin, head of the Kherson OVA. He confirmed that the invaders had brought explosives to the Crimean Titan plant and were mining the territory. According to Prokudin, residents of Crimea, seven regions of Ukraine, Turkey and the Russian Federation itself may suffer because of the explosion.
09:25 The Russians attacked Kiev at night with 15 cruise missiles and 21 attack drones - they were all destroyed , the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. First, the enemy attacked with Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones from the south, using the terrain and the bed of the Dnieper. Then Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles were fired from Tu-95ms strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea. They entered from the northern direction, maneuvered, trying to mislead the air defense.
08:51 In the Kiev region, as a result of a night attack by drones and missiles, private houses, outbuildings and cars were damaged, two people were injured, including an 11-year-old child, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
08:47 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Avdiivka and Chasovoy Yar), it was also possible to establish information about one who died in Vugledar. Another 12 people in the area were injured.
In the Kherson region, 16 people were injured as a result of shelling, in the Kharkiv region - five, and another person was blown up by a mine. In the Zaporozhye region, one person was killed as a result of the shelling of Huliaipole, two more were injured, according to the IVA.
08:39 According to the World Bank, as of June 1, 2023, direct losses to the Ukrainian housing sector as a result of the Russian invasion reached $39.2 billion. Recovery needs are $69 billion.
08:34 The authorities of the Smolensk region of the Russian Federation announced the attack of two drones on the objects of the fuel and energy complex - there were no critical damages, fires and no casualties.
08:29 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that what the Russian authorities call an attempted invasion of the Belgorod region, in fact, according to military doctrine, is a raid. Analysts pay attention to the number of "intruders" - figures in Russian sources vary from ten people to about a company.
From the point of view of military doctrine, these actions are defined as raids - in the charter of the US Army, a raid is a small-scale offensive operation that includes the rapid penetration of enemy territory to obtain information, disrupt enemy forces, or destroy objects. The raids end with a planned withdrawal from a narrowly defined area and do not pursue the goal of long-term retention of the territory. The actions of the fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Legion of Freedom of Russia, contrary to their statements, are fully invested in this definition, ISW notes.
08:11 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 2.
- personnel - about 208,910 (+540) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3819 (+15),
- armored combat vehicles - 7490 (+12),
- artillery systems - 3501 (+27),
- MLRS - 575 (+0),
- air defense systems - 335 (+2),
- aircraft - 313 (+0),
- helicopters - 298 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 3137 (+6),
- cruise missiles - 1117 (+10),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 6267 (+28),
- special equipment - 465 (+7).
08:04 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to completely occupy the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled 25 enemy attacks, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
In the occupied territories of the Kherson region, the Russian authorities set September 1 as the deadline for obtaining a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation with a mandatory written waiver of a Ukrainian passport. Also, local energy companies report the mandatory re-signing of new contracts for the supply of electricity only with a Russian passport. All Ukrainians who refuse to receive Russian documents are threatened with power cuts, deportation, confiscation of property and forced eviction.
07:21 Deputy Head of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Yevgeny Burdinsky said that the Russian armed forces this year will form a combined arms and air army, an army corps, the Azov naval region, five divisions, 26 brigades and two military districts - Moscow and Leningrad.
04:58 The Russians again terrorized Kiev, this time the attack was combined - drones and cruise missiles at the same time, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko. The missiles were launched from Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Caspian region, probably by Kh-101/555 type cruise missiles. Simultaneously, from different directions, Kyiv was attacked by UAVs, probably Shahed. According to preliminary information, more than 30 air targets of various types were detected and destroyed in the airspace over Kiev and around Kyiv. No damage or casualties.
01:35 Residents of Russian Kursk report explosions. Governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit said that the air defense system allegedly shot down several Ukrainian drones near the city.