Ukraine said its forces were managing to retreat against Moscow’s troops in the fierce fighting at Severodnetsk, despite “throwing all their might” to capture Russia’s strategic eastern city. At least 11 civilian casualties were reported in the Lugansk region, where Severodonetsk is located, the nearby Donetsk region and the southern city of Mykolaiv.
During this, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 3 that its country’s military would stop a Russian offensive in a video marking 100 days of Moscow’s all-out attack on its pro-democracy neighbour.
Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said that India is not a channel of sale of Russian oil to other countriesClearly refutes international media reports that suggest Indian private refiners are “profiteering” by buying Russian crude at discounted rates and then selling it to other buyers at exorbitant prices.
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Russia
Putin warns the West: Russia will take strong action if it supplies long-range missiles
President Vladimir Putin warned the West that Russia would strike new targets if the United States began supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles. TASS The news agency reported on June 5. If such missiles are supplied, “we will strike targets we haven’t hit yet,” Mr Putin was quoted as saying in an interview with the Rossiya-1 state television channel. , Reuters
Ukraine
Russians have lost ground in Severodnetsk: regional governor
A regional governor said on June 5, “Russian forces have lost ground in Severodnetsk, a major city in eastern Ukraine that has been the scene of brutal fighting, as Moscow seeks to regain control of the Donbass. The Russians control about 70 percent. of the city, but in the last two days have been forced to return, ”Lugansk regional governor Sergei Gede wrote on Telegram. “The city is divided into two parts. They are afraid to move freely around the city. , AFP
Ukraine
Ukraine’s counterattack fought the election of the city of Svyarodonetsk, says Britain
Ukraine’s defense ministry said on June 5 that Ukrainian forces had retaliated in the disputed city of Svyarodonetsk in eastern Ukraine. The move will likely blunt the operational momentum the Russian military has gained through focusing on combat units and firepower, the ministry said in a tweet.
“The use of proxy infantry forces for urban evacuation operations is a Russian tactic previously seen in Syria, where Russia employed V Corps of the Syrian Army to attack urban areas,” it said, adding that the approach could potentially cause casualties. Indicates a desire to limit the number of by the regular Russian army. , Reuters
Kyiv
Multiple explosions in Kyiv
Several explosions hit Kyiv early on Sunday, Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said, the first attack in weeks on Ukraine’s capital as life slowly began to return to normal in the city and its suburbs. “There were several explosions in the capital’s Darnitsky and Dniprovsky districts,” Mr Klitschko wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “Services are already working on the site.”
Reuters Witnesses saw smoke in Kyiv that continued after the explosions. Mr Klitschko said at least one person had been hospitalized but no deaths were reported as of early Sunday. , Reuters
Ukraine
Ukraine says Russia is using ‘all its power’ to capture eastern city
Ukraine said on 4 June that its forces were managing to retreat against Moscow’s troops in the fierce fighting at Severodnetsk, despite Russia “throwing all its might” to capture the strategic eastern city. At least 11 civilian casualties were reported in the Lugansk region, where Severodonetsk is located, the nearby Donetsk region and the southern city of Mykolaiv.
Lugansk regional governor Sergei Gede said in an interview posted online that the invading forces had occupied most of Severodonetsk, but Ukrainian forces were pushing them back. “The Russian army, as we understand it, is throwing all its strength, all its reserves, in this direction,” said Mr. Gede.
“The situation in Severodonetsk, where street fighting continues, remains extremely difficult,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as in other cities in the Donbass region. , AFP
Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine is losing 60 to 100 soldiers in the war every day
Aerial explosions of incendiary ammunition are seen during a firefight, during the continuation of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the city of Marinka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, June 3, 2022. photo credit: Reuters
As they finished burying a veteran colonel killed by Russian shelling, the cemetery workers read the next hole. Inevitably, given how quickly death is piling up Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines, the empty tomb won’t stay that way for long. Colonel Oleksandr Makhchek leaves behind a widow, Elena, and their daughters Olena and Myroslava-Alexandra. In the first 100 days of the war, his grave was the 40th grave excavated at the military cemetery in Zhytomyr, 90 miles (140 km) west of the capital Kyiv.
He was killed on May 30 in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine where fighting is raging. Nearby, even a burial notice on the freshly dug grave of Viacheslav Dvornitsky states that he died on 27 May. Other tombs also show soldiers killed within days of each other – May 10, 9, 7 and 5. And this is just a cemetery, in one of the cities, towns and villages of Ukraine to rest soldiers.
Russia
Hopper of a Problem | Legal confusion preventing Burger King from exiting Russia
For at least a decade, Burger King’s formula for European expansion has relied on a joint venture partnership, including a master franchise, to open and operate new locations.
But now there is a problem in Russia for the fast-food chain. It has not been able to pull out of its partnership or close around 800 franchise locations following Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine.
Russia
Russia put more power behind the advance of Ukraine
Ukrainian officials said Russian troops backed by airstrikes blew up a section of eastern Ukraine on June 4, blowing up bridges and blowing up apartment buildings as they fought to capture two cities, one That would put the disputed province under Moscow’s control, Ukrainian officials said.
Regional governor Serhi Haidai said Russian and Ukrainian forces fought street-to-streets in Svyarodonetsk and neighboring Lisichansk. Mr Haidai said the Russian attacks killed four people, including a mother and child, in the nearby village of Hirske.
The city is the last major territory of Luhansk province still occupied by Ukraine. The Russian attacks are at the center of the Kremlin’s less wartime goal of capturing the entire Donbass region, where Moscow-backed separatists have fought Ukrainian forces for eight years and established self-declared republics. , AP
Ukraine
100 speeches in 100 days of war: Zelensky rallies in Ukraine
As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky puts it, when Russia invaded 100 days ago, no one expected his country to survive. World leaders advised him to flee.
“But they didn’t know us,” he said in a late-night video address in April as the war reached its 50th day. “And they did not know how brave the Ukrainians are, how much we value freedom.” Maybe he’s talking about himself. No one knew how a 44-year-old man, who had catapulted himself from the entertainment world to the presidency, would respond to the invasion of Russia’s vast army.
Ukraine
In eastern Ukraine, lighting the lights is a dangerous job
As fighting progresses in eastern Ukraine, Russian attacks are crippling power, water and gas across towns and cities – and utility teams sent in to repair broken transmission lines and pipes find themselves under fire. Getting in the middle.
Officials say that personnel sometimes reach a location to be forced to retreat due to fighting. Some villages are impossible to reach.