June 2, 2023 2:29 p.m
Wsj: “Biden ready for dialogue with Moscow on nuclear borders”
The Biden administration is poised to begin an unconditional dialogue with Moscow on steps to limit nuclear weapons after the New Start treaty expires in 2026. The Wall Street Journal reports, citing the content of a speech by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, a White House representative, will be detained in the coming hours. According to the newspaper, it is still too early to tell what restrictions the United States might accept on its nuclear forces after New Start expires, as Washington wants to discourage both Russia and China, which is stepping up its buildup.
June 2, 2023 2:28 p.m
Peskov: “Dialogue? There are no conditions”
“There are still no prerequisites for negotiations between Moscow and Kiev,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov during a press conference. “As for dialogue, we’ve said it several times: now there’s no such option,” he said.
June 2, 2023 2:26 p.m
Putin: “Prevent destabilization of Russia”
The Russian authorities must do “everything to prevent the country from being destabilized” by nationalist groups active in the Belgorod region near the border. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the opening of a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council. Ria Novosti reports about it. Putin spoke of the “efforts” that the “evil” is making to “shake up the situation within the Russian Federation”: “It must be ensured that they are not allowed to do this under any circumstances,” he said.
June 2, 2023 2:22 p.m
Kiev: “Russian positions hit in Berdyansk”
Ukrainian forces this morning attacked Russian army positions in the occupied city of Berdyansk in the Zaporizhia region. This was announced by the city’s military administration: “Attack on the positions of the invaders.” Many thanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who brought the liberation of the city closer.” A video published on Telegram shows a high column of smoke in the port area.
June 2, 2023 12:18
Chinese envoy: “Neither Kyiv nor Moscow are closing the door on negotiations”
Neither Kiev nor Moscow have “tightly” closed the door to talks on an end to the conflict. This was assured by Chinese Envoy for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui, who has been on a mission to Russia, Ukraine and other European countries in recent days and held a briefing at home today to report on the findings. However, Li added that he “heard there was a gap between the positions of the parties.”
June 2, 2023 12:14
Kyiv: “More than thirty missiles and drones shot down”
Ukraine’s air defenses shot down more than 30 missiles and drones aimed at Kiev last night, the sixth wave of Russian attacks on the capital in six days. This was announced by Serhiy Popko, head of the military administration in Kiev, via telegram. Specifically, Ukrainian forces shot down 15 cruise missiles and 21 Iranian-made Shahed drones.
June 2, 2023 12:12 p.m
“Ukrainian bombing of Belgorod, two women killed”
Ukrainian forces shelled several settlements in Russia’s Belgorod region this morning, killing at least two women and wounding two other men. Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said: “The armed forces of Ukraine fired on a section of the highway in the Shebekinsky district in the village of Maslova Pristan. Shrapnel hit passing cars. In one of them were two women who died immediately from their injuries. Of the two wounded, “one man had shrapnel wounds in his chest, the second in his lower limbs.” They were taken to City Hospital No. 2. The necessary medical care was guaranteed. Authorities reported eleven wounded in yesterday’s shelling, while Moscow’s Defense Ministry said fifty Ukrainian soldiers were killed trying to cross the border into the Belgorod region.
Jun 2, 2023 10:57 am
Intelligence UK: ‘Russian dilemma over where to deploy troops’
Faced with constant attacks by nationalist Russian “partisans”, Moscow must decide whether to step up its defenses in its regions or on the front lines in Ukraine, writes the British MoD in its daily intelligence update published on Twitter. The report reminds that groups of Russian partisans yesterday attacked Russia’s Belgorod region for the second time in ten days. London experts note that in a complex combat situation, alleged drones also hit the city of Belgorod (located 35 kilometers from the border with Ukraine), while the authorities were evacuating civilians from the border town of Shebikino after the Ukrainian bombing. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Moscow has deployed the full range of military firepower on its territory, including attack helicopters and the TOS-1A heavy thermobaric rocket launcher. For this reason, the report concludes: “Russian commanders now face a serious dilemma, whether to reinforce defenses in Russia’s border regions or the lines in occupied Ukraine.”
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Jun 2, 2023 10:54 am
New bomb attacks on Russian border regions
According to the respective governors, there have been new bomb attacks by Ukrainian artillery and drones on the Russian border regions of Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod in the last few hours, but no casualties have been reported.
In the Kursk region, the entrance of a multi-storey residential building and other nearby houses were damaged by a drone attack. “The most important thing is that there are no casualties!” said Governor Roman Starovoit. A house was set on fire in the village of Novaya Pogoshch, Bryansk region. Shelling of the village of Lomakovka was also previously reported. Finally, in the Belgorod region, where 2,500 people have already been evacuated from their homes, the night passed fairly calmly, with the exception of a bomb attack at 2 a.m. in the Shebekinsky district, in which no casualties were reported.