Concerns about the safety of civilians have risen in Ukraine after an inspection by some officials found nearly a quarter of the country’s bomb shelters were closed or inoperable, just days after Russian missiles allegedly killed a woman in Kiev. as she waited in front of a building closed shelter.
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11:57 a.m
Kyiv: “We will not announce a counteroffensive, plans love silence”
“Plans love silence. There will be no announcement of the start,” Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar wrote in Telegram today, referring to the expected counter-offensive in Kyiv. The message is accompanied by a video in which several soldiers call for silence with their index fingers on their lips. The news follows Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s interview with the Wall Street Journal yesterday, in which the Ukrainian president said the country was ready to launch a counteroffensive.
11:33
Pro-Russians invade Schebekino
Pro-Ukrainian Russian partisans today entered the Zhebekino district of Russia’s Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine, the Freedom Legion of Russia reported on Telegram. “Comes! The advance group of the Legion and the RDK enters the suburb of Schebekino. For Russia! For freedom!” the message reads. Fighting is taking place near the village of Novaya Tavolshanka, the group adds, underlining that “Putin’s troops continue to bombard civilian homes with heavy artillery.”
(afp) 11:29
The governor of Belgorod: “Leave your homes, your life is more important”
Listen to the authorities and temporarily leave your homes to preserve the most important thing, which is your life and that of your loved ones.” This is the appeal of Belgorod Governor Gladkov after days of raids by Ukraine on Russia’s border region. Speaking on his Telegram channel, the official explained that the appeal applies not only to the Shebekino district, which has been hit hardest by the attacks over the past few days, but to all areas Gladkov said were hit by attacks during the night Ukrainian artillery fired against Shebekino – where two women died yesterday – and Volokonovski, where there was extensive damage but no casualties. According to the governor, more than 4,000 people are currently in reception centers, mostly schools and college dormitories. The bombings on the Across the border, added to incursions by Russian paramilitary groups, have forced the army and national guard to step up security in the region as criticism of the border’s vulnerability mounts. Gladkov yesterday announced the urgent evacuation of 600 children from border towns, with another thousand being sent to the annexed Crimean Peninsula.
11:05
Bombs on Sumy, 54 explosions in the night
Last night and this morning, the Russians bombarded the Sumy region with mortars, grenade launchers and “Shakhed” drones: 54 explosions were recorded. This was reported by Ukrinform, citing the regional administration’s Facebook profile
10:34
At least nine Ukrainian drones have been downed or stranded in Crimea
Air defense forces in the Republic of Crimea shot down or blocked nine Ukrainian drones. This was stated by the head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksenov, according to reports from the Russian news agency “Tass”. “Last night, the air defense forces shot down five enemy UAVs, four others were blocked by electronic warfare equipment,” he says. There would be no injuries.
(Portal) 10:23
Attacks on Kharkiv with tanks
Russian troops attacked several settlements in Kharkiv Oblast today, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said, according to the Kyiv Independent. The city of Vovchansk was heavily bombed, an administrative building was damaged, two houses partially collapsed. Russian tanks shelled the village of Huriev and severely damaged a building used for cultural purposes. No casualties were reported. Meanwhile, Russian helicopters attacked the village of Ivashki in the region, with no serious damage or casualties.
09:53
The Kiev Air Force: Attack on an airfield in the Kirovohrad region
Russian forces last night attacked an airport near Kropyvnytskyi, a town in the Kirovohrad region of central Ukraine, Kyiv Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said, according to national media. He specified that the Russian armed forces fired six rockets: “Four were destroyed by anti-aircraft defenses and two, unfortunately, hit the operational airport near Kropyvnytskyi,” said Ignat.
09:49
Defense of Kiev: “All missiles and drones launched against the capital fired”
Ukraine’s air defenses have destroyed all missiles and drones fired by Russia against Kiev last night, Serhii Popko, head of the Ukrainian capital’s military administration, told Telegram on Telegram, the Kyiv Independent reported.
All missiles and drones aimed at Kiev were intercepted in the city’s “outskirts,” Popko explained, adding that the Russians launched the attack from Tu-95MS strategic bombers in the Caspian region. “According to preliminary information, no air targets reached the capital. Everything heading for the city was destroyed by anti-aircraft defenses in the distant suburbs. For the second night in a row, Kievans did not hear the explosions,” Popko said.
One of the craters created by the Russian attacks on Kiev on June 1 (ansa) 09:41
British defences: Russia increasingly totalitarian, now widespread phobia of yellow and blue, considered ‘Ukrainian’ colours
Russia is becoming an “increasingly totalitarian” state, writes the British Ministry of Defense in its daily intelligence update. In a daily report on the conflict, published on Twitter, the ministry derided the “draconian laws” that have been imposed in the country since the conflict began, which have likely led some local security officials to deem it even banned Colors blue and yellow to show publicly, ie those of the Ukrainian flag. In fact, London experts recall that on May 9 a care home worker was arrested for wearing a blue and yellow jacket to work. Russian National Guard troops arrested a 22-year-old man in Volkhov near St Petersburg for displaying a blue and yellow flag of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
“The move underscores the uncertainty within a paranoid Russian bureaucracy about what is permissible and what is considered permissible in an increasingly totalitarian system,” the report said. “Criticism of the arrests came from an unexpected source: the Liberal Democratic Party, ultra-nationalist and pro-war. The party logo is yellow on a blue background,” he concludes.
A Ukrainian flag during a soldier’s funeral in Lviv (afp) 09:38
The head of the Kharkiv administration: The villages of Guryiv, Ivashky and Vovchansk are being bombed
Russian forces bombed the village of Guryiv with tanks and Ivashky with helicopters. Vovchansk was also heavily shelled. This was stated by the head of the Kharkiv regional administration, Oleh Syniehubov, according to reports in Ukrainska Pravda. At the moment there are no casualties, but two houses were partially destroyed. In the village of Gur’iv Kozachok, Bohodukhiv district, the House of Culture was badly damaged.
08:30
Kiev: 4 of 6 Russian rockets shot down in the night
According to the Kiev Air Force, the Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed four out of six cruise missiles and three out of five kamikaze drones fired by the Russians against Ukraine overnight. Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 drones were fired from Russia’s Bryansk region, while Kh-10/Kh-555 cruise missiles were fired from six TU-95MS over the Caspian region.
08:11
Russian bombs on Donetsk, killing 4 civilians
Four civilians were killed and eight others injured in Russian shelling in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. This is what the head of the regional administration, Pavel Kirilenko, said in Telegram. Two of the victims were reported in Niu-York, one in Hirnyk and one in Siwersk, the governor said.
07:20
Kiev: 2-year-old girl died in attack in Dnipro
The body of a two-year-old girl has been recovered from the rubble of a building on the outskirts of the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, which was hit by a Russian attack last night, the region’s governor Sergiy Lysak announced, as reported by the national media. The number of people injured in the attack has now risen to 22
05:51
Ukraine: China’s defense minister, dialogue for peace is our priority
Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu said during a security forum in Singapore that his country’s priority is to “promote dialogue for peace in Ukraine” after meeting his Ukrainian counterpart Oleksii Reznikov on Saturday. “We are doing our best to mediate and encourage all parties to resolve the crisis in a political and diplomatic manner as soon as possible,” Li said, stressing that China has an “objective and impartial view” of the war in the U.S Ukraine and recalled that he had appointed a special envoy “to speak to all parties”.
02:41
Kiev prepares for the “growing threat” and activates the air defense system over the capital
The Kiev military administration announced on Telegram that it had activated air defense systems due to the “growing threat” of a Russian attack
01:10
Russian attack on Dnipro, 20 injured including five children
The number of people injured after the Russian attack on a residential building in the Dnipro suburb of the village of Pidhorodne has risen to 20, of whom 17 were hospitalized.
This was reported by local authorities, as reported by Ukrinform. Among the wounded five children
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