[Korrespondent] 22:53 The Russians hit the Podgorodnenskaya community of the Dniprovsky district, a two-story residential building was damaged. According to preliminary information, 13 people were injured, including three children, people remain under the rubble, said the head of the IVA, Sergei Lysak. Zelensky specified that the shells hit between two two-story residential buildings.
20:47 Borrell said that Ukraine will become a "new Belarus" in case of stopping the supply of Western weapons. According to him, if the supply of weapons to Ukraine stops, the conflict with Russia will end for her in a conditional "peace of capitulation." In this case, according to Borrell, Ukraine will become like Belarus - a state that has lost an important part of its sovereignty. The diplomat stressed that the point is not to end the war, but how it will be ended.
20:16 The city of Shebekino, Belgorod region, is in an abandoned state - official Russian forces no longer control it, the Russian Volunteer Corps said. The chief of staff of the RDK Alexander with the call sign "Fortuna" said that at first there was no resistance at all, "but it is growing, and this is a plus, because our goal is to pull troops from the border regions and the front to ourselves."
19:22 Reznikov met with Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu in Singapore. Ukrainian Deputy Minister Volodymyr Gavrilov said China had offered to use "all means" to end the war. He also noted that Beijing is ready to expand contacts between the Ukrainian and Chinese military leadership.
18:40 Kuleba said that without Ukraine it is impossible to protect the Euro-Atlantic space, so the country's membership in NATO is inevitable. He also believes that Kyiv should join the Alliance without a Membership Action Plan, since "this is a mechanism that has become obsolete and should not be applied to Ukraine."
17:58 In the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region, Russians from June will not give out free medicines to children with diabetes and other chronic diseases if the parents do not have a Russian passport, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. In addition, according to him, imported Russian doctors in ambulances refuse hospitalization for children whose parents do not support the Russian Federation.
Also, the occupiers conducted mass "medical examinations" in schools, found many "diseases" in children and offer "treatment". The condition is the presence of a Russian passport for children who are 14 years old, or statements from parents about recognizing younger children as citizens of the Russian Federation.
17:13 Peskov said that Putin "was, is and will be open to any contacts in order to achieve the goals of the Russian Federation and other means than a special operation, but the West still leaves no other way out."
16:29 The situation at the front is "not significant, but changing a little," said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. According to her, for several months in a row, the Russians were advancing in the east in four directions - Avdievsky, Maryinsky, Limansky and Bakhmutsky. Later, they periodically became more active in two more directions - Shakhtyorsky and Kupyansky. At the same time, the enemy did not manage to reach the borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions during this time - he was exhausted and is now replacing troops and regrouping.
During the day, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Avdeevsky and Miners directions. At the same time, on Bakhmutsky, he tried to regain lost positions, but could not. In the other three directions - Kupyansky, Limansky, Maryinsky - it is conducting quite intensive offensive operations, but to no avail.
In Bakhmut, the situation is "conditionally stable." According to Malyar, Ukrainian forces control the southwestern outskirts of the city. At the same time, the Wagnerites have not completely left the city yet - they are carrying out instructor work with the arrived detachments of the regular army.
15:24 Prigozhin said that the Russian Defense Ministry is doing nothing to protect the Belgorod region from shelling, and if this continues, the Wagnerites will protect it. He threatened that the PMC mercenaries would do it on their own initiative, "without asking permission" from the Russian authorities, from whom they only need ammunition.
14:47 Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Hungary, on behalf of the Foreign Ministry, made an official demarche to the Hungarian side because of the video in which Crimea is not designated as Ukrainian territory. "Hungary must stop provocations and comply with its international obligations within the framework of its membership in the UN, the EU and NATO. Playing along with Russia's aggressive policy does not contribute to a faster restoration of peace in Europe, which the Hungarian government advocates in public," the statement said. MFA.
13:55 The court sent under round-the-clock house arrest for two months the head of a polyclinic in the Desnyansky district of Kiev, near which three people died on the night of June 1. Also, the deputy director of the polyclinic for the technical part and the deputy chairman of the Desnyanskaya Regional State Administration were sent under round-the-clock house arrest, and the security guard of the polyclinic was arrested for two months.
13:01 Foreign Ministry Speaker Oleg Nikolenko said in response to the "peace initiatives" of the head of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense that "there are no disputed territories between Ukraine and the Russian Federation to hold referendums there. Having committed an act of aggression, the Russian Federation occupied Crimea, parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson areas. The fact is recorded in the official documents of the UN".
Nikolenko stressed that a ceasefire, the disengagement of forces over a 15-kilometer distance and the creation of a demilitarized zone will not work: “Russia is now trying in every possible way to disrupt the Ukrainian counteroffensive. and accumulate strength for a new wave of aggression. Long-term peace in Ukraine means the liberation of Ukrainian territories from Russian occupation."
11:26 More than 4,800 shelters have already been checked in Ukraine: 252 of them were closed, another 893 were unusable, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said.
11:22 Zelensky said that Ukraine needs 50 Patriot batteries to protect its citizens from Russian shelling. According to him, today this is the only complex that is capable of counteracting certain types of Russian missiles. Ukraine also needs air defense for a counteroffensive, the president added.
11:15 In the occupied territories of Ukraine, the Russians began to conduct a medical examination of adults, "the technology is being developed," said the head of the Russian Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murashko. Earlier, Putin announced the need to conduct a medical examination of the adult population, noting that the medical examination of children "gives good results."
11:11 Zelensky said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that Ukraine is ready for a counteroffensive. At the same time, he added that the Ukrainian army received "not all the weapons that it had hoped for, but we can't wait any longer." Zelenskiy warned that "the operation could take a long time and be costly."
11:06 Shahed drones were found with spare parts manufactured in countries that are partners of Ukraine, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said. At the same time, he added that Russia could have bought them back in 2019-2021, during preparations for a full-scale war. Ukraine is now studying this issue.
10:42 Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin and Kyiv Mayor Volodymyr Klitschko held a joint meeting on the state of shelters in the capital and agreed that they would personally selectively check shelters. "There are ten districts in the city, so we will visit each in ten days," Kamyshin wrote. The final report will be presented at a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander on June 12.
10:14 Commander of the Ground Forces Alexander Syrsky said that he visited the Bakhmut direction and held a meeting with unit commanders, planned further actions. "The main focus, as usual, is on people," he stressed. Syrsky also added that the enemy continues to suffer significant losses in the Bakhmut direction.
09:37 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, four people were injured. We also managed to clarify information about the two dead in Toretsk. In the Kherson region, five people were injured, including two children. In the Zaporozhye region, two dead and five injured, according to the IVA.
09:30 Russians fired from mortars in the morning with. Ivashki, Bogodukhovsky district, Kharkiv region, one person died, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed, six were injured, including a three-year-old child. Also during the day, five people were blown up by mines, two of them were killed, three were injured (all the wounded were children).
09:26 Washington opposes Ukraine giving up its lands for the sake of "peace", said White House National Security Council coordinator John Kirby: "We will support the efforts of any country if they help find a path to a strong peace that meets the principles of the UN Charter. But we cannot and will not support calls for a ceasefire that would simply freeze existing lines of demarcation, legitimize Russia's takeover of territories, and allow Putin to tighten control over the regions he has already taken."
09:15 The Legion of Freedom of Russia reports that Russian troops, trying to strike at the positions of saboteurs, are conducting a chaotic shelling of the Belgorod region. So, already today there were artillery strikes on the settlements of Shebekino, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Murom and others. Akhmat special unit was deployed to the combat area to conduct information operations.
"Given the threat to the civilian population, we agreed with the Ukrainian command to open humanitarian corridors for Belgorod residents who suffer from shelling by the regime army. Therefore, everyone who needs help can be evacuated deep into Ukraine with their voluntary consent to provide shelter and all the necessary basic needs," - stated in the message of the Legion of Freedom of Russia.
08:56 Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto announced at an international forum in Singapore that his country is ready to provide observers for the UN peacekeeping forces, which he proposes to place in the demilitarized zone between Russia and Ukraine according to the "Korean option".
In particular, his proposal involves a complete ceasefire and hostilities by all parties to the conflict and fixing the positions they are currently in, as well as the withdrawal of troops 15 km in each direction from the forward positions and the formation of a demilitarized zone. Also, according to Subianto, it is necessary to immediately create a UN observation contingent and deploy it throughout the demilitarized zone, after which referendums should be held on the issue of being part of Russia or Ukraine.
08:31 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 3.
- personnel - about 209,470 (+560) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3829 (+10),
- armored combat vehicles - 7502 (+12),
- artillery systems - 3533 (+32),
- MLRS - 582 (+7),
- air defense systems - 342 (+7),
- aircraft - 313 (+0),
- helicopters - 298 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 3165 (+28),
- cruise missiles - 1132 (+15),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 6289 (+22),
- special equipment - 475 (+10).
07:45 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to completely occupy the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Over the past day, there have been 29 clashes, the General Staff said in the morning summary . In particular, in the Maryinsky direction, the enemy tried to advance in the area of ​​​​the city of Maryinka, but the Defense Forces repelled all 14 enemy attacks, the enemy suffered significant losses in manpower and equipment.
Meanwhile, in Russia, agitation of the population for military service in various ways continues. Thus, in Zorinsk, Altai Territory, representatives of the penitentiary service carry out explanatory work among persons on parole. Agitate to sign contracts for 3-5 months.
05:18 Ukrainian sappers have been actively demining territories for several weeks before a possible counteroffensive, writes The Washington Post with reference to the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The publication notes that thousands of mines have been installed along the front line, which greatly complicates the liberation of the occupied territory.
01:00 A video called "It's time for peace" appeared on the Hungarian government YouTube channel, which deals with the war in Ukraine. At the same time, Crimea on the map used in the video is not marked as part of Ukraine .
