Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:13 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have finally stopped the Russian offensive in the Kharkov region. The West is already calling on Ukrainian troops to counterattack, but it is far from certain that this is possible in the current situation. More details can be found in the article Fortified near Kharkov.
22:07 Everyone who was in Russian captivity was subjected to cruel treatment or torture, said Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin. According to him, to date, 2,200 victims have been identified who were subjected to torture and inhumane treatment in Russian captivity. More than 500 of them testified to the use of physical violence against them during interrogations, in particular electric shock torture. There are also cases when Ukrainians who returned from captivity say that they witnessed the murders of other prisoners. At least 25 facilities for holding Ukrainian prisoners have been established in 15 regions of Russia.
In addition, 27 criminal proceedings are being investigated regarding the execution of 61 Ukrainian prisoners of war, Kostin said.
21:58 Washington has never established restrictions on Ukrainians shooting down planes on Russian territory, White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby said: “I just want to point out that there has been confusion about this. There have never been restrictions on Ukrainians shooting down enemy planes, even if these planes are not necessarily in Ukrainian airspace."
21:16 Today was the most difficult situation with energy supply in the last few days, and tomorrow the restrictions will be in effect all day, said YASNO CEO Sergei Kovalenko. He warned that emergency shutdowns would be applied if limits were exceeded and urged people to “think about that the next time you turn on your air conditioning.”
Meanwhile, the Odessa City Council announced that from June 5 the production of trams and trolleybuses on city routes will be significantly reduced. Reducing the number of rolling stock will lead to an increase in the interval of public electric transport.
20:54 The Russians fired at the Khotyn community of the Sumy region - according to preliminary information, two people were wounded, including a 17-year-old teenager, the OVA reported. As a result of the shelling, two private houses were destroyed, one of which caught fire. In addition, the enemy launched a missile attack on the infrastructure facilities of the Konotop community, no people were injured.
20:51 Putin appointed Shoigu as coordinator of work on the development of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation.
20:42 On June 6, Macron will receive Zelensky, who will arrive in Paris on a visit to celebrate the day of the Allied landing in Normandy, the Elysee Palace reported. They clarified that the parties will discuss the current needs of Ukraine.
20:38 The Russians are increasing the intensity of shelling in the Zaporozhye region, said the head of the OBA Ivan Fedorov: “We see an increase in intensity - it is increasing daily. If a month ago there were 200-250 shellings per day, now it is 400+ shellings per day, and there were 500-550 shellings. The enemy usually attacks settlements such as Rabotino, Gulyaypole, Orekhov - these are front-line settlements that are most often under enemy shelling."
20:17 FPV drones protected the front while Ukraine was waiting for artillery supplies from partners, Zelensky said in an evening video message. According to him, it has already been proven that drones are capable of giving an advantage and regaining the initiative. “This is something in which we should constantly feel an increase in volumes... Our long-range drones have proven that Ukraine is capable of limiting the internal strength of a terrorist state. We must continue this,” the president emphasized.
Zelensky also said that now most of the fighting and the heaviest attacks are taking place in the Donetsk region - in fact, this is the main direction of Russian attacks.
19:29 In Kiev and the region, from June 5 to June 13, command and staff exercises will be held with military units of the group of forces and means of defense of the capital, said the commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Pavlyuk. During the exercises, “practical actions will take place with the involvement of personnel, military equipment and weapons of all ground, river, anti-aircraft and anti-sabotage units.” There will be movement of personnel and movement of heavy equipment, local residents are asked to remain calm and not film the movement of troops and equipment.
19:15 Zelensky said that he returned to Kiev and held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. I heard a report from Commander-in-Chief Alexander Syrsky on the situation at the front, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and Minister for Strategic Industries Alexander Kamyshin on the fight against Russian drones and the development of our own UAV and electronic warfare technologies. We identified priority areas for the deployment of expected air defense systems.
Chief of the General Staff Anatoly Bargilevich reported on the state of preparation, acquisition of weapons and personnel of brigades and reserves. The heads of the Kharkov, Sumy and Chernigov military administrations reported on the construction of fortifications and the protection of important facilities, in particular generation.
18:42 Russia has not launched strikes on Kharkov with S-300 missiles for two days now - this is due to the fact that Ukraine’s partners have allowed them to use weapons on the territory of the Russian Federation, says Deputy of the Kharkov Regional Council Alexander Skorik. According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces recently destroyed several S-300 installations, and the alarm is being declared due to the threat of KABs.
18:38 Iceland will contribute an additional 667 thousand euros to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, which will increase its contribution to 2.72 million euros, the country's government reported.
18:33 The SBU reported that it had identified anti-Ukrainian literature in the network of church shops of the UOC-MP. Among those seized were pro-Russian publications that promoted religious intolerance and justified the Russian war against Ukraine. Consignments of enemy copies were found in Uzhgorod, Zhitomir, Nikolaev and Kyiv on the territory of one of the networks of church shops. Shop owners ordered propaganda literature in bulk from a printing house in the Ternopil region.
18:20 On Wednesday, June 5, electricity consumption limits will be in effect throughout the entire territory of Ukraine, Ukrenergo reported. To comply with the limits, hourly shutdown schedules will be used for industrial and household consumers, and if the limits are exceeded, emergency shutdowns are possible.
17:57 Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets said that he officially appealed to the Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova about opening criminal proceedings against soldiers who abused Ukrainian prisoners of war. However, he added that he does not hope for a positive response from the Russian side. “But then the Russians will once again confirm that the refusal to open criminal proceedings against their soldiers is a violation of international humanitarian law by Russian law enforcement officers,” Lubinets explained.
16:14 The Russians fired artillery at the civilian infrastructure of the town of Seredina-Buda, Shostkinsky district, Sumy region, one person was killed, the prosecutor’s office reported.
16:46 Kiev is returning to the blackout schedule, said YASNO General Director Sergei Kovalenko.
16:29 Biden said in an interview with Time that if Ukraine is allowed to fall, then Poland, the Balkans and other countries of Eastern Europe will fall next. However, he does not believe that Kyiv should be accepted into NATO: “Ukraine should never be occupied by Russia. And this does not mean that they become part of NATO. This means that we have the same relations with them as with other countries, when we supply them with weapons so that they can defend themselves in the future. But I was the one who said that I was not ready to support the NATOization of Ukraine." Biden also added that he was in Ukraine as a senator and vice president and saw “significant corruption” and “difficult circumstances.”
15:55 Ukrenergo reported that electricity consumption limits were significantly exceeded in Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Nikolaev, Kiev and Kiev, Kirovograd, Kharkiv, Khmelnytsky regions. From 14:25, emergency shutdowns were applied in these regions, and from 14:50, special emergency shutdown schedules were applied for domestic and industrial consumers. There may be interruptions in the power supply to critical infrastructure facilities.
15:16 The Cabinet of Ministers approved the Reform Matrix - a plan of changes that systematizes reforms and contains officially approved recommendations and documents of the European Commission, structural beacons of the IMF, the Plan for the Ukraine Facility program and the conditions of the World Bank.
15:07 The Russians launched a missile attack on the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnepropetrovsk region - one person was wounded, a private house was damaged, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. He also said that as a result of the morning attack in the Dnieper, more than 30 private houses and 11 high-rise buildings were damaged.
15:03 In Kiev, the limits on electricity consumption have been exceeded. Emergency power outages have been introduced and schedules are not in effect, said YASNO CEO Sergei Kovalenko.
14:28 The UK and Latvia have announced a tender for the purchase of FPV drones for Ukraine, the British Ministry of Defense reported.
13:59 Due to Russian attacks on the energy sector, saving electricity will be part of the daily life of Ukrainians over the next years, Shmygal said. “Our goal is to save at all levels: from large enterprises to individual houses and apartments,” the prime minister added. According to him, the situation is very difficult - more than 9 GW of generation capacity have been lost, and the enemy continues to attack energy facilities.
Shmygal also said that the government strategy includes: strengthening air defense, repairs of damaged equipment and further development of protection against drones, decentralization of the energy system, international support and cooperation, as well as energy efficiency and responsible electricity consumption.
13:24 NATO is creating a plan for the transfer of US troops to Europe in case of war with Russia, writes The Telegraph. According to the publication, several land corridors are being created, which, if necessary, will replace the main one, which involves the landing of American troops in the port of Rotterdam and their transfer to Poland through the territory of the Netherlands and Germany by rail.
13:02 The Russians shelled Veletenskoye, Kherson region, one person was killed, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. Two more people were wounded as a result of shelling in the central part of the village of Belozerka.
12:48 Peskov said that any instructors who train the Ukrainian military “have no immunity.”
11:43 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Defense Forces have regained lost positions in Volchansk, northeast of Kharkov. In particular, we are talking about a location along Dukhovnaya Street in the city center.
11:01 Today, power outages can last up to seven hours instead of the usual four, said YASNO CEO Sergei Kovalenko. This is due to the planned repair of two nuclear power units and the repair of the electricity import line from Slovakia.
10:49 Almost 1.4 million Ukrainians updated their data through the Reserve+ application, said Dmitry Lazutkin, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense. Among them, 190 thousand are women, more than 18 thousand live abroad, 164 thousand are reserved, more than 153 thousand are conscripts, 90 thousand have a deferment. Lazutkin also said that if those living abroad have a “wanted” status in the application, then they must personally come to Ukraine and contact the TCC.
10:25 Scholz said that strikes on Russian territory with German weapons will not lead to escalation. According to the chancellor, the decision to lift restrictions on Ukraine was carefully thought out in cooperation with “friends and allies” of Berlin. At the same time, Scholz clarified that, “as the US President said, we are only talking about the ability to protect a big city, for example Kharkov.”
09:54 The US and EU have imposed sanctions against Iran for transferring drones to Russia, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said. Restrictions were applied against four organizations associated with the company Rayan Roshd Afzar (which the United States had included in the sanctions list earlier), and against the head of the Iran Aviation Industries Organization (a subsidiary of the Ministry of Defense and Logistics of the Iranian Armed Forces).
09:37 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, four people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling, said the head of the OBA, Alexander Prokudin. 15 private houses, an educational institution, a kindergarten, a pharmacy, an office building, gas pipelines, and the territory of an agricultural enterprise were damaged.
09:12 In the morning, the Russians shelled Kupyansk, Kharkov region - according to preliminary information, one person was wounded, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. In addition, the night before, one person was injured as a result of enemy shelling. White Well of the Volchansk community. Another person was wounded in Kharkov - in the evening, as a result of a Russian strike on Lyubov Malaya Avenue, 30, the building of a state educational institution was damaged.
08:56 In Dnieper, the number of victims as a result of the morning rocket attack has increased to seven, among them two children, said the head of the OBA Sergei Lysak.
08:49 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 4:
- personnel - about 512,420 (+1290) people,
- tanks - 7794 (+15),
- armored combat vehicles - 15,020 (+18),
- artillery systems - 13 345 (+65),
- MLRS - 1092 (+2),
- air defense systems - 827 (+3),
- aircraft - 357 (+0),
- helicopters - 326 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAV - 10,766 (+27),
- cruise missiles - 2268 (+0),
- ships/boats - 27 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 18,228 (+69),
- special equipment - 2211 (+12).
08:32 The Air Force clarified that at night the Russian Federation attacked the Dnepropetrovsk region with two Iskander-K cruise missiles fired from the territory of Crimea. Both missiles were shot down. In addition, at night the enemy used four UAVs (type to be determined) in the northern direction. Two of them were destroyed in the Chernigov region, two more “ceased to exist independently.”
07:26 The Russians launched a missile strike on the Dnieper in the morning, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. Air defense forces shot down two missiles, but as a result of falling debris, civilian infrastructure was damaged and a fire started. Six people were injured, including a baby and a 17-year-old teenager.
01:21 Swiss authorities sent about 4,000 military personnel to the city of Bürgenstock, where the Global Peace Summit will take place on June 15-16, Swissinfo writes. The military, in particular, will help the police guard critical facilities and monitor airspace. From June 13 to 17, airspace restrictions will be in effect in the summit area regarding non-commercial flights and flights of unmanned objects. The area will be constantly patrolled by F/A 18 fighters. Switzerland has allocated about $11 million to ensure security during the Peace Summit.