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[Regnum] Due to frosts that were observed in 21 regions of the country, more than 1% of the harvest in Russia was lost, President Vladimir Putin said on June 4 at a meeting with the government.
At the beginning of the meeting, the head of state asked the new head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Oksana Lut, how the situation was in the agricultural sector.
“There are several current issues, and one of them is the progress of the sowing campaign. In 21 regions of Russia, unfortunately, there were frosts and somewhere a little more than 1% of the crop died - approximately 1.2%,” the president said.
The President held a meeting with the government via video link. He arrived in St. Petersburg, where he will take part in the international economic forum.
The main topic of the meeting between the president and the government is the development of automobile tourism in Russia. In addition, the head of state and ministers will discuss a number of issues in the sphere of agriculture and education.
As Regnum reported, on May 16, at a meeting of the operational headquarters, Lut said that frosts led to the death of crops on an area of about 830 thousand hectares. On a general scale, this is about 1% of the entire area.
On the same day, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev called on the regions to quickly organize the replanting of frost-damaged crops. On May 27, Lut announced that the Ministry of Agriculture plans to declare a federal emergency due to crop damage amid the May frosts.
The weather in a number of regions of Russia in the first ten days of May was typical for early April. Frosts down to 0...-3 °C hit on the night of May 4-5. In the center of the European part of Russia, in the Volga region, in the Urals, and in the Primorsky Federal District, the air temperature was 4-6 degrees below normal values.
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Wait. I thought that due to global warming, there will be FEWER frosts.
Ah. I see. Global warming has been replaced by climate change. That explains it, I guess.
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How long before it is revealed how bad the crop damage really was -- more than 2% and less than 5%? Bad news in dictatorships tends to be ...Orwellian.
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[LB] In addition, it is still advancing in another part of the Kharkiv region - in the Kupyansk direction.
by Iryna Lysohor
In the Kharkiv direction, the Russians continue offensive actions. In total, there were 11 combat clashes yesterday. Fighting took place in the area of the settlements of Liptsi and Vovchansk.
There were 16 combat clashes in the Kupian direction . The defenders repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkivka and Berestovo areas of the Kharkiv region and Stelmakhivka of the Luhansk region. The spokesman of the General Staff, Andriy Kovalev, announced this on the air of the telethon.
In the Siverskyi direction, the Defense Forces repelled 27 attacks in the area of the settlements of Bilogorivka, Luhansk region, Verkhnokamianske, Ivanodarivka, Vyimka, Rozdolivka, Luhansk region.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the defenders stopped seven attempts by the enemy to break through the defenses of the troops in the Kalynyvka, Novy, Ivanivsky and Klishchiivka districts of the Donetsk region.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the defenders repelled 52 attacks by the occupiers in the areas of Zelene Pole, Novooleksandrivka, Sokil, Novoselivka Persha, Novopokrovske, Ptyche, Nevelske settlements of the Donetsk region. There, the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to knock out Ukrainian units.
"In the Kurakhivsk direction, the Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Paraskoviivka, Vodyane settlements, where the Russian invaders, with the support of aviation, tried 11 times to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian troops. In the Vremivsk direction, the Russian invaders made one unsuccessful attempt to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian troops in the direction of the populated In the Prechistivka area of the Donetsk region, seven skirmishes took place yesterday in the area of the Little Tokmachka region. In the Dnieper region, the Russian invaders did not give up their intention to knock out the Ukrainian units on the left bank of the Dnieper attacks on the positions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in this direction," said the spokesman of the General Staff.
A total of 137 combat clashes took place during the day. Russia carried out three missile strikes using eight missiles, 62 airstrikes, including 56 anti-aircraft missiles, and 2,200 attacks, including 128 using rocket salvo systems.
Russia is currently focusing its efforts on attempts to prepare and continue the offensive in eight main directions (in particular, there is a threat to the Sumy region). In this area, the enemy intensified sabotage actions, sources in the Defense Forces told LB.ua. There is still a risk of damage to ground objects throughout the territory, in particular for Kyiv and the regional centers of the northern and western regions. According to the interlocutors of the editorial office, Russia will continue to try to exhaust air defense resources in order to be able to hit key objects. For now, the emphasis will be on the maximum destruction of the energy system of Ukraine.
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.
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[Korrespondent] The battle for Vovchansk continues.
The Russian offensive finally stopped after breaking through the border in the Kharkov region.
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.
SITUATION AT THE FRONT
The Russian offensive in two directions - directly on the northern outskirts of Kharkov and on the city of Volchansk 50 kilometers to the northeast - has finally stopped. The occupiers still cannot capture even the northern half of Volchansk. They also failed to cross the Volchya River, which divides the city into two equal halves. There is no significant progress in the area of the northern outskirts of Kharkov - the village of Liptsy.
Foreign Policy writes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces need to “urgently counterattack” in the Kharkov region. “This approach itself—an urgent need for a counteroffensive—is, in my opinion, a priori unacceptable. These are not things that happen at the behest of a pike. The point here is not what is needed, but what is possible. If a counter-offensive is possible, then it does not require any articles that stimulate it, and in general it is not subject to discussion. If a counteroffensive is prepared and feasible, then it will naturally be carried out here and now, because, obviously, Ukraine wants to liberate its own territories and win the war. There can be no discussion here,” says military observer David Sharp.
ARE COUNTERATTACKS ALREADY UNDERWAY?
Some Russian “military correspondents” admitted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to counterattack in the center of Volchansk and in general in the north of the Kharkov region, writes the American Institute for the Study of War. Ukrainian military observer Konstantin Mashovets responded to complaints from Russian “military correspondents” about the intensification of Ukrainian counterattacks in the Kharkov direction, and sarcastically predicted that Russian sources in the coming days may declare that the occupiers allegedly repulsed a “serious” Ukrainian counterattack in this direction. Representative of the Northern Defense Forces Yuriy Povkh noted that Russian troops have somewhat reduced the intensity of shelling in the north of the Kharkov region and are storming Ukrainian positions with small groups of troops numbering “no more than a few motorized rifle units.”
NAVAL INFANTRY REINFORCEMENT
Separate Ukrainian naval infantry units appeared on the Khar'kov front, having previously fought for several months on the bridgehead in Krynki on the left bank of the Dnieper and on the islands in the river delta. However, there is no talk yet of a full-fledged counteroffensive. The Russian group in this direction has not yet deployed its main forces (in total, two army corps and units of the 6th Combined Arms Army of the Leningrad Military District are participating in the offensive; additional units from the Moscow Military District are also possible). And Ukraine needs reserves in order to prepare for the second phase of the enemy’s offensive.
Ukrainian Armed Forces hold back Russian attacks in southern Ukraine.
The Russians have completed the preparation of the “hodgepodge”, where they rounded up the mobs, prisoners, and residents from the temporarily occupied territories, noted Dmitry Pletenchuk.
The Russian invaders have accumulated certain forces, but they are not enough to break through the defense line. This was stated by the head of the Center for Strategic Communications of the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine, Dmitry Pletenchuk, during a telethon on Tuesday, June 4.
According to him, over the past two days the Russians have slightly reduced the number of assaults, but “this does not mean that the general trend towards escalation is somehow decreasing.”
“At some point, the directly participating units run out of steam until fresher resources are brought in. The enemy, in principle, has accumulated a certain amount of forces, but this is still not the amount that is capable of breaking through the defense line. This is a small trajectory where the enemy’s resource has run out ", he said.
Pletenchuk clarified that the Russians have finished preparing a “hodgepodge”, where they have gathered “mobs”, prisoners, and residents from the temporarily occupied territories.
The speaker noted that the situation at the front is tense, but controlled, “the enemy has not received any achievements.”
Let us remind you that during the day on June 3, the ZSU destroyed about 1,300 Russian invaders. The total losses of Russia since the beginning of the war exceeded 512 thousand people.
It was also reported that since the beginning of the day on June 4, most of the clashes occurred near Pokrovsk.
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[EngMilRu] Units of the Sever Group of Forces continue advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences.
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of the AFU 42nd Mechanised Brigade, 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 82nd Air Assault Brigade, 36th Naal Infantry Brigade, and 125th Territorial Defence Brigade near Zhovtnevoye, Liptsy, Stariy Saltov, Visokaya Yaruga (Kharkov region).
Three counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade, 71st Jaeger Brigade, and 13rd National Guard Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 105 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one Osa SAM combat vehicle, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 28th Mechanised Brigade and 4th Tank Brigade near Stepovaya Novosyolovka and Boguslavka (Kharkov region).
One counter-attack launched by the enemy's assault detachment was repelled near Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 400 Ukrainian troops, three armoured personnel carriers, eight motor vehicles, three 152mm D-20 howitzers, one 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 28th, 54th mechanised brigades, 5th Assault Brigade, and 46th Airmobile Brigade near Seversk, Dyleyevka, Konstantinovka, and Ostroye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 470 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 47th Mechanised Brigade, 71st Infantry Brigade, 109th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 2nd National Guard Brigade near Sokol, Yevgenovka, Karlovka, and Rozovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Five counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 23rd, 24th, 47th, and 110th Mechanised brigades were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 370 Ukrainian troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzer.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines, as well as inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade and 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Urozhaynoye and Storozhevoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 130 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and seven motor vehicles.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade and 128th Mountain Assault Brigade near Rabotino and Lobkovoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 75 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, and one Su-25 ground-attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 112 areas during the day.
Air defence units shot down 18 U.S.-made HIMARS and Olkha MLRS projectiles, two French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, and 41 unmanned aerial vehicles over the past 24 hours.
In total, 610 airplanes and 274 helicopters, 25,122 unmanned aerial vehicles, 527 air defence missile systems, 16,247 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,328 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 10,074 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 22,263 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 22:39 A Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacked a service bus carrying employees of an agricultural enterprise in Belgorod Shebekino. According to the regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, the explosion injured three people. 21:45 Telegram channel «Fisherman":
Ugledar direction: battles in the Paraskovievka area and successes in the Ikryana gully area, the situation by the end of the day on June 4, 2024
– A few days after consolidating on the eastern outskirts of Paraskovievka, Russian troops are successfully moving forward simultaneously on several sectors of the front.
– To the northeast of Paraskovievka, assault groups occupied a forest belt, advancing up to 900 meters in depth and 350 meters along the front. This was confirmed by footage published by the enemy of ammunition being dropped from a UAV on Russian infantrymen near a Ukrainian tank destroyed a year ago, which made it possible to establish the exact area of ??the attack.
– In Paraskovievka itself, fierce fighting continues in the central and western parts of the village. Despite the video footage of a Russian tank traveling to the western outskirts that appeared on the Internet (which, by the way, got stuck in a crater left by an aerial bomb or shell), it is not yet possible to unequivocally state the complete control of the Russian Armed Forces over the populated area.
– To the south of Konstantinovka, Russian troops partially occupied the forest belt adjacent to the village, going up to one and a half kilometers in depth and about a kilometer along the front. A few hundred meters to the north, near the same forest plantation, one of the Ukrainian tanks was recently destroyed by an FPV drone strike.
– Considering that the northern end of the forest belt is adjacent to the private sector, we can assume that fighting will begin in the near future directly in the populated area.
– At the Sladkoe-Vodyanoe line, Russian troops carried out several attacks with armored vehicles north of the Ikryannaya gully in the direction of the T-05-24 highway leading to Ugledar, coming under fire from the enemy. The result of the battle is unclear, however, based on the available data, the Russian Armed Forces managed to advance at least a kilometer in a westerly direction.
20:25 Telegram channel «Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation
for June 3, 2024
– During the day and last night, the Russian Armed Forces carried out several targeted strikes on Khar'kov and the region. Explosions also occurred in Odessa and Ilyichevsk.
– In the Slobozhansky direction there are heavy battles in Volchansk and north of Liptsy: the enemy does not stop counterattacking, but has not achieved success. Near Volchansk, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed another aimed crossing of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
– In the Avdeevsky direction, there is a significant advance of the Russian Armed Forces in several areas from Ocheretino to Umansky, and fighting is taking place on the eastern outskirts of Sokol.
– In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops have advanced towards Karlovka from Netailovo and are fighting heavily in Krasnogorovka. In the latter, the enemy holds the northern outskirts.
– In the Vrem'yevsky direction, another part of Staromayorsky and also the plantings east of Urozhayny came under the control of the RF Armed Forces. Heavy fighting is taking place in Urozhaynaya itself.
19:57 Coastal missile system "Bastion" of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed ground targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces -video.
18:58 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk with cluster rounds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces -video.
18:57 From the Khar'kov direction from the Volchansk region, the Paratrooper’s Diary reports:
“The enemy is launching numerous counterattacks in an effort to recapture city blocks.
In the Volchansk area, our UAV operators, together with artillery, destroyed an enemy crossing in order to complicate the enemy’s logistics.
Now there are heavy battles along Sobornaya Street in the center of Volchansk.
Clashes continue in the Staritsa area (southwest of Volchansk).”
18:49 According to local authorities, in Konotop, Sumy region, a missile strike was carried out on “production infrastructure”.
18:10 The Russian Armed Forces have almost come close to Konstantinovka from the south, having advanced almost 1.5 km, reports Whisper Front
Konstantinovka is an important logistics hub of the Ukrainian Armed Forces; after it is occupied by our troops, the entire South Donetsk Front will crumble, until the liberation of Ugledar.
17:48 Destruction of embankment bridge of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the Kupyansk-Uzlovoy station.
17:10 Ugledar direction defeat of BMP-2 Ukrainian Armed Forces with landing forces -video.
16:55 The Divan General Staff reports from the South Donetsk direction:
“The Russian army has improved its positions south of Pobeda, and another landing has come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.”
16:48 Russian flag in the center of Paraskoveevka, cleanup on the western outskirts of the village is still ongoing -video.
15:48 There is progress in Staromayorsky and in the plantings east of Urozhayny, the Paratrooper’s Diary reports.
15:21 Consequences of dropping an explosive object from a Ukrainian UAV in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, as a result of which two men were injured -photo.
15:05 The Russian Armed Forces repelled counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Volchansk.
According to “Come and See,” the Ukrainian army brought up reserves and tried to counterattack in Volchansk, Khar'kov region, and Russian aviation and artillery are attacking enemy positions.
“All enemy counterattacks in the center of Volchansk have been repulsed. The fighting for the city continues,” notes “Come and See.”
14:55 In addition to reaching the northwestern outskirts in Paraskovievka, the Russian Armed Forces are successfully moving south from the village of Pobeda, the Z committee reports.
14:40 Information is received about the loss of control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over Paraskoveevka. Now they are being finished off near the eastern outskirts. With the help of aviation, the control zone south of Novomikhailovka has also been expanded.
14:05 Around 12:00 a terrorist attack was recorded in the Kamenka-Dneprovskaya Zaporozhye region - the Ukrainian Armed Forces hit the substation. As a result of the attack, a transformer was damaged and 11 thousand subscribers were left without power supply, said the governor of the region, Evgeniy Balitsky.
Emergency services are working on the spot to eliminate the consequences of the shelling. There were no casualties.
13:32 Cemetery destroyed in Ukraine, American MRAP International MaxxPro.
13:30 The Russian army threw back the Ukrainian militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the northern outskirts of Staromayorsky, said the chairman of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on issues of sovereignty, Rogov.
13:15 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The Russian Armed Forces hit the personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 112 regions;
The “West” group occupied more advantageous positions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces in its area of responsibility lost up to 400 military personnel;
The central group of the Russian Armed Forces improved the tactical situation and hit the formations of four brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
Russian air defense shot down 18 HIMARS and Alder MLRS rounds and 41 Ukrainian drones in one day;
Units of the Russian Armed Forces group “Vostok” occupied more advantageous positions within 24 hours and destroyed up to 130 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers;
The North group of troops defeated 5 enemy brigades, repelled three counterattacks, and the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to 105 military personnel;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 370 military personnel in the area of responsibility of the Central Group of the Russian Armed Forces;
Units of the Central Group of the Russian Armed Forces repelled five counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces per day;
The southern group improved the situation along the front line; the Ukrainian Armed Forces in its area of responsibility lost more than 470 military personnel.
13:10 Crew of the Tor-M2 air defense system of the Northern group of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed Ukrainian Warmate-type drone over the Khar'kov region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
13:05 Consequences of the AFU attack in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk -video.
11:40 Russian units continue to advance in the Donetsk direction
Recently, in the course of coordinated actions of assault troops, unmanned aircraft and artillery, the settlement of Netaylovo, Donetsk People's Republic, was liberated. The commander of the assault company, whose fighters raised the flag over the administration of the liberated settlement, spoke about the battles for Netailovo.
11:36 Information is received about the complete liberation of Paraskovievka in the South Donetsk direction. Ukrainian channels confirm the loss of positions in the western part of the village.
11:12 Defeat by loitering ammunition "Lancet" of the German tank bridge-layer "Biber" ("Beaver"), used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to establish a crossing across the river. Volchya and supply transfers to the northern part of Volchansk.
10:37 The situation in Netaylovo-Karlovka is reported by Military Chronicle:
Where previously there was a deep rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the front line now passes. A former logistics hub with a convenient transport interchange, through which Avdievka was supplied several months ago, is now under the fire control of Russian troops.
Here, according to the Military Chronicle, the “mosquito logistics” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is working at full speed, but its current volumes are clearly not enough to help the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hold the front.
The Russian army will probably not rush to capture Karlovka - the village lies in a lowland, and the neighboring reservoir allows the Ukrainian Armed Forces to defend themselves for now.
The most active battles will begin at the moment when Karlovka is taken and cleared. The M-30 highway to Pokrovsk begins immediately behind it. This road goes “uphill” and you will have to get to it the same way as you once did to Kislovka and Kotlyarovka near Kupyansk.
10:17 As a result of active actions of the unit of the “Southern” group of forcesimprovedposition along the front line, they defeated the manpower and equipment of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade and the 67th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Novy and Konstantinovka areas.
The enemy lost more than 310 soldiers wounded and killed. Eight vehicles and two field ammunition depots were hit by artillery and loitering ammunition.
During the counterbattery fight, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, a 155mm AS-90 Braveheart self-propelled artillery mount, a 155mm FH-70 howitzer, a 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed and two 105mm M119 guns.
09:35 In the morning the enemy acknowledges loss of most of the positions in the western part of Paraskoveevka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces retreated to the outskirts of the village.
09:00 “Brave”, 3rd Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade found and destroyed an enemy self-propelled artillery installation -video.
08:17 Su-34 fighter-bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forcesstrucka stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the Central Group of the Russian Armed Forces, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
08:12 Frontline summary on the morning of 06/03/2024:
Zaporozhye Front. No major changes. Positional battles in the Rabotino area and north-west of Verbovoy.
Donetsk front. The cleanup of the western outskirts of Paraskovievka continues. Urban battles continue in Krasnogorovka, and there are advances of Russian troops. In the Karlovka area, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting offensive operations on the approaches to the populated area. Fighting continues in the area of Sokol and Novoaleksandrovka.
Chasovoyarsk direction. Russian troops continue their assault on the eastern outskirts of Chasov Yar. Long-range weapons and aviation of the Russian Armed Forces are actively working.
Khar'kov front. Heavy fighting continues in the central part of Volchansk. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively counterattacking, but cannot completely seize the initiative. The situation is similar in the Liptsov region.
08:02 The Ministry of Defense showed the first use of the Frog robot in combat conditions, with its help they destroyed a machine-gun crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdievka direction -video.
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[REGNUM] Three main hot spots remain on the line of contact in the Northwestern Military District zone. In the Kharkov region - near the settlements of Liptsy and Volchansk, in the Zaporozhye region - near the village of Rabotino, and the heaviest fighting continues in the Donbass.
Here, Russian troops are developing an offensive in several directions: west of Donetsk - from Avdeevka and south - from Marinka, as well as in the area of the city of Chasov Yar.
The situation in Chasovoy Yar is complicated by the fact that the city is divided into two halves by the Seversky Donets - Donbass canal. Heavy urban fighting has continued for several weeks in the Canal neighborhood in the eastern part of the city, separated by a water barrier.
Ukrainian troops were able to create several defense centers, but the Russian military is bypassing the enemy’s lines to the north, a source located directly in the combat zone told IA Regnum. According to him, separate assault units have advanced in the area of the settlement of Kalinovka and continue to move forward.
“There are successes, but the situation is constantly changing. Some groups were able to advance, others retreated. Now the priority task is to cross the canal to the right bank, try to cut off the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ formations on the left bank and force them to retreat,” the agency’s interlocutor noted.
The advance of the Russian army on the right bank of the canal will seriously complicate the situation for Ukrainian troops, since the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations operating in the Canal area will have to cross to the left. New defensive lines are already being prepared in this area.
The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has turned the workshops of the Chasovoyarsky refractory plant into strongholds and is supplying the railway station area and urban areas with equipment and manpower. Special forces units and neo-Nazi formations “Kraken” (an extremist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) were deployed to reinforce the garrison.
This proves that Ukrainian troops will strive in every possible way to hold Chasov Yar. Its capture will allow Russian forces to enter operational space and advance on Druzhkovka and, in general, on the Slavyansko-Kramatorsk agglomeration - the last serious redoubt of the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the north of the DPR.
BREAKTHROUGH TO THE RESERVOIR
In the Marinka area, the Russian Armed Forces were able to break through to the outskirts of the village of Karlovka. Ukrainian sources report that the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have literally been crushed, and the retreating units are firing at their own.
“The enemy’s defense is being methodically pushed through, and in their negotiations one can hear whining about our artillery and especially aviation. We try to prevent them from gaining a foothold in positions, especially when they retreat and try to gain a foothold in new positions. This is how we manage to move forward,” a source tells IA Regnum.
The successes of the Center group in this direction were also reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
“Units of the “Center” group of troops improved the tactical situation and defeated the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements Sokol, Evgenovka, Karlovka and Rozovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the department noted.
Taking control of Karlovka will be the most serious success of the Russian army in this direction after the liberation of Marinka.
The village is located on the banks of the Karlovskoye Reservoir, part of the new defensive line of the Ukrainian army in the Donbass. The reservoir, the Volchya River and other water barriers create a natural boundary that the Ukrainian Armed Forces command plans to use in an attempt to stabilize the front. But the organization of defense is not going as quickly as we would like in Kyiv.
“We can guess that reserves are being transferred to Donbass on a residual basis. A lot of forces are now being directed to Volchansk, in the border area. In general, it is a well-known story: when a new “media” trend arises, all efforts are thrown into it. And we can move forward - in particular, in Karlovka,” explains the interlocutor of IA Regnum.
Another direction of the Russian offensive is the settlement of Praskovievka south of Marinka. Here, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been forced to withdraw from some positions in recent days. The liberation of Praskovievka will make it possible to reach the rear of the Ukrainian group in Ugledar, the center of defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a vast area of flat terrain.
DEFEAT AT THE CROSSING
Fighting continues in the Kharkov region, primarily in the development of Volchansk. The city is divided into two approximately equal parts, individual buildings change hands several times a day.
At the same time, the greatest losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are not suffered in the building itself, but on the approaches - when crossing the Volchya River, which flows through the city. Russian artillery and drones hit several engineering vehicles constructing river crossings. The armored vehicles that the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to transfer to the border were also destroyed.
In general, Volchansk turns into a trap for the enemy. Fresh formations, equipped with NATO equipment newly arriving at the front, are thrown into urban areas, where they suffer heavy losses. Experienced drone operators and the remaining aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, which are trying to carry out attacks on the border zone, were also transferred here.
At the same time, the Ukrainian leadership continues to complain that the weapons promised by the United States are arriving at the front too slowly, artillery shells are running out, and the start of air deliveries is constantly being delayed. The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have the resources to turn the situation around at the front.
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[Regnum] Journalists from the American newspaper The New York Times (NYT), while investigating the alleged abduction of Kherson children, unexpectedly showed the price of democracy and turned rotten Western propaganda inside out, said Senator from the Kherson region Igor Kastyukevich.
The member of the Federation Council recalled the publication in which American journalists talked about the fate of 46 children taken from a Kherson orphanage, accusing Russia of abducting them.
Kastyukevich noted that back in Ukraine, parents abandoned these children, so they were removed due to a threat to life and health.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces hastily left Kherson, but neither the military nor the administration thought about these children, because all the children with severe developmental pathologies required increased attention and care, as well as medical care.
“It was with the arrival of Russia that they received all this. The poverty that we saw on our first visits to the child’s home was shocking. Therefore, during the first month, literally everything from the humanitarian mission was delivered to the institution, from food and diapers to household appliances. And then we received a request from educators to bring medications, including immunosuppressants,” the senator clarified.
Later, security forces reported that these children were being prepared for transportation as donors to Eastern and Western Europe.
The children who were nevertheless returned to Ukraine were immediately deprived of the necessary care and protection. It was Russia that saved the kids in Kherson, gave them attention and hope for a better future; they are trying to return them to Ukraine with the goal of killing them or throwing them away as unnecessary, the senator concluded.
As Regnum reported, the United States and other Western countries forgive Ukraine all crimes, including those based on national and racial hatred, since it uses it against Russia. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview for the project “Without a Statute of Limitations.” He noted that Moscow constantly demanded that the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination conduct investigations into the situation in Ukraine, but there were no results. At the same time, these structures begin investigations for any minor issue, if it concerns accusations against Russia. Lavrov called this the duplicity of the West and connivance for the “wards”.
The Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, noted that Kiev has created a mythological system regarding children who were allegedly deported to Russia. According to the Ombudsman, some minors have been at home with their parents or in other states for a long time. The Ombudsman expressed confidence that one day the truth will prevail and this global disinformation will stop.
Ukrainian police, in collaboration with German colleagues, found dozens of children in Germany who were believed to have been taken from Ukraine to Russia. The head of the National Police of Ukraine, Ivan Vygovsky, reported in April that we are talking about 161 children. He did not specify how these children got to Germany.
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[Regnum] On June 4, the Moscow Garrison Military Court acquitted four members of the ENO PMC (United People's Communal Partnerships), as well as ex-FSB officer Alexander Mrishchuk, who were accused of robbery and theft.
All defendants in the case were ordered to be released in the courtroom, and the right to rehabilitation and compensation for harm and restoration of labor rights was recognized.
In addition, the court rejected all civil claims filed against the defendants in the case by the victims.
Depending on their role, the defendants in the case were charged under Articles 210 (creation and participation in an organized criminal community), 158 (theft), 162 (robbery), 286 (abuse of official powers) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
As reported by IA Regnum, according to investigators, Mrishchuk, together with FSB Major Anton Baryakshev, who was sentenced in a special order to six years in prison, used RACCOIN to commit thefts and robberies against entrepreneurs. Businessmen were suspected of fraud when supplying goods from abroad. PMC members were involved as witnesses and assistant operatives. In fact, they stole valuables that were the subject of investigations, the investigation stated.
The defense, for its part, insisted on acquitting the defendants, arguing that the investigation did not prove the charges. According to lawyers, victims suspected of fraud slandered Mrishchuk and ENOT members Ivan Kovalenko, Alexey Konovalov, Mikhail Maksimov and Oleg Ocheretny in order to evade responsibility themselves. Having denounced the security forces, they received a lesser punishment - they were convicted of customs violations, and not of smuggling.
Earlier, the 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced the person involved in the case, Vasily Minchik, to 6 years in prison for robbery, theft and banditry, and the Kuntsevsky Court of Moscow sentenced one of the founders of ENOT, Roman Telenkevich, to 13 years in prison for creating an organized criminal community.
In July 2022, the same court sentenced Baryakshev to 6 years in prison for robbery and theft. He admitted guilt and testified against other defendants in the case.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Convoy carrying 100 conscripts is obliterated by Ukrainian drones when blundering commander orders trucks to drive in a line through open fields, leaving them sitting ducks.
Russians have erupted furiously at viral footage of a devastating Ukrainian drone strike on a convoy of trucks, deemed the latest example of incompetence at the higher levels of Moscow's bloody offensive.
Video circulating Telegram shows the moment Ukrainian drones smashed into the convoy carrying 100 conscripts in Russia's Kursk region, leaving one truck in flames as smoke billowed high into the sky.
Aerial drone footage shows how the military column tried to disperse as Ukrainian kamikaze drones continued to pelt them with strikes, hunting them down one by one along the road through open fields.
Notes from a Veteran, a Russian milblogger writing to an audience of more than 300,000, lamented: 'Just last week I wrote about the movement of military columns eight kilometres from the border. Since then, nothing has changed except that the columns have become longer... It is the third year of the war.'
A convoy of 15 trucks was reportedly taken out by FPV drones two miles from the Ukrainian border with Russia's Sumy region. It was unclear how many casualties were created in the strike.
Roman Alekhin, a self-described social analyst and military volunteer, wrote to some 130,000 subscribers that Russia 'must look for different logistics routes and split up groups... even if the distance is greater,' Newsweek reported.
The attack appeared to be carried out by Ukrainian drones.
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Until now, Ukraine's Western allies have supplied weapons to Ukraine on condition that they are not used to fire into Russia.
But tensions have escalated with new footage also showing what is believed to be the first major use of Western-made weapons to destroy targets in Russia.
It is believed the Ukrainian military struck a S-300 or S-400 air defence system using US-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and completely destroyed it in a devastating attack earlier this week.
Russia responded via Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov threatening the US with 'fatal consequences' for 'miscalculations'.
The Kremlin today warned that Western army instructors training Ukrainian soldiers in the country would have no 'immunity' from Russian strikes, the latest development in the spat since the US gave permission for Ukraine to use some of its donated weapons in Russia.
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[Regnum] Closing the Baltic Sea to Russian ships by the North Atlantic Alliance would be tantamount to a declaration of war, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics said in an interview with the Financial Times.
Thus, he commented on the incidents with submarine cables in the Baltic Sea, which, according to him, allegedly “were sabotage by Russia.” A countermeasure could be to increase the alliance's maritime patrols, he added.
At the same time, Rinkevichs called closing the Baltic to Russian ships a last resort.
“It would be tantamount to a declaration of war,” he concluded.
As Regnum reported, former NATO commander in Europe James Stavridis previously said that NATO would try to put pressure on Kaliningrad through the Baltic Sea - a “geographical wedge” between the Baltic countries and the rest of the military bloc. He noted that Russia's Baltic Fleet is based primarily in the port of Baltiysk, while Kaliningrad hosts significant air and missile forces and may also host tactical nuclear weapons.
Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on threats against the Kaliningrad region, said that the rhetoric associated with the advancement of NATO military infrastructure to Russian borders always causes concern. Kaliningrad is part of Russia, and will always be so, he emphasized.
On 7 March 2024, Sweden became the 32nd member of NATO. The country submitted an application to the alliance together with Finland in May 2022. Helsinki was admitted to the military bloc in April 2023.
The British newspaper Financial Times on March 7, citing sources, wrote that Sweden is likely to become an important logistics hub for NATO, through which the alliance will be able to quickly transfer troops to Finland and the Baltic countries if a conflict with Russia breaks out.
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[Regnum] Germany, which is conducting exercises on the territory of Lithuania, is preparing for war with Russia.reported this.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
It is noted that against the backdrop of German tank and artillery exercises at a training ground in the Lithuanian city of Pabrade, a large-scale 90-minute combat clash with the use of firearms was staged for legislators, diplomats and local military leaders.
“The message to important people was clear: “We are preparing for a meeting with Russia,” the publication said.
German General Carsten Breuer, quoted by the publication, said that Russia will need five to eight years to restore its Armed Forces after the conflict in Ukraine.
As Regnum reported, at the end of April large-scale exercises of the German army Grand Quadriga 2024 began in Lithuania. More than 3 thousand Bundeswehr troops and 200 units of military equipment, including Leopard tanks, Puma and Boxer infantry fighting vehicles, were involved in the maneuvers. Soldiers and combat vehicles will be transferred to the Pabrade training ground in the Shvenchensky district and the training ground in Kazlu-Ruda. The exercises will end at the end of May. At the same time, Lithuania is hosting the US-organized “Strike of the Sword” maneuvers, the joint field tactical exercise Brave Griffin 24/II with Poland, and the major national exercise “Perkūnas’ Storm.”
Earlier, Deputy Press Secretary of the US Department of Defense Sabrina Singh, during a briefing, announced the start of the air defense and missile defense exercises Astral Knight - 2024, which will involve about 5 thousand military personnel from the United States, Great Britain, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and more than 50 aircraft and others aircraft. The exercises themselves started on May 6.
Former Pentagon adviser Douglas McGregor said that the North Atlantic Alliance is now weak and after the conflict in Ukraine, the fate of NATO may be unenviable. Russia understands this very well, he concluded.
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What's the point of an army that doesn't prepare itself for war? The "meeting" would be in Lithuania, and if the Russians don't invade it, nobody will get hurt.
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[Independent] Nato is bolstering its command structures in Europe for the first time since the end of the Cold War amid signs of increasing tensions with Russia.
At a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday defence ministers agreed to create two new command centres, both aimed at upgrading the alliance’s ability to respond to a conflict in Europe.
One of the two command centres will coordinate troop movements in Europe, while the other will focus on maritime security in the Atlantic, with the aim of ensuring that US forces can cross the ocean so they can get to where they are needed.
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As Regnum reported, on May 16, at a meeting of the operational headquarters, Lut said that frosts led to the death of crops on an area of about 830 thousand hectares. On a general scale, this is about 1% of the entire area.
