by Sergey Adamov
[REGNUM] The Russian Armed Forces continue to carry out massive strikes on Ukrainian territory. The June 2 attack was characterized by a focus on hitting defense industry facilities in Kyiv, including manufacturers of attack drones for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to the Ministry of Defense, ten targets were hit.
The list of affected facilities includes the Abris PT association, which developed and produced the Flirt Cetus long-range reconnaissance UAV.
A precision strike also hit the Special Design Bureau Spektr, a radio-electronics company. Another target was the building of Ukrspetsexport, a state-owned company with a monopoly on the export and import of military and dual-use goods.
All objectives were achieved, all designated targets were hit, the Ministry of Defense stated.
The information is confirmed by both local sources and the NASA Films platform, which recorded fires in several districts of Kyiv.
Judging by the columns of fire and smoke, the strike struck the workshops of the Atek tractor plant. Local sources reported explosions—prolonged secondary detonations—after the aircraft landed. The plant is officially closed, but the workshops housed a training base for drone operators for the Azov* unit "Killhouse."
Fires were reported at the Mayak defense plant's automotive workshop and the Darnitsky reinforced concrete plant. Sources report a major fire near the Kyiv River Cargo Port.
According to information from the underground, the ZEEKR car dealership, where military supplies delivered by water along the Dnieper River were being stored, was precisely hit.
There were also reports of strikes on airbases near Kyiv, specifically the Gostomel airfield. The hangars housing F-16 fighter jets may have been the target of the attack: the Kyiv regime planned to use Western "gifts" to intercept Russian missiles and drones. Three TCC buildings in the Ukrainian capital were also hit.
As before, the massive attack on Kyiv was accompanied by strikes across Ukrainian territory. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the workshops of the Omelchenko Machine-Building Plant and the Motor Sich aircraft engine plant in Zaporizhzhia were damaged.
The strike hit a Fire Point building in the Dnipropetrovsk region. This Kyiv-based company develops the FP-1 line of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and the FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles. According to military sources, the damaged facility in the Dnipropetrovsk region was involved in the production of both the drones and the Flamingo.
ATTACK ON KYIV ON JUNE 2
Another target of the attack was the state-owned Zvezda plant in the Sumy region. It produced gunpowder and propellants for tanks and artillery. Local sources reported a major fire at the plant.
In Kharkiv, drones struck the Kharkiv State Aviation Enterprise, as well as targets in the Kholodnohirsky, Kyivsky, and Slobidsky districts. The Kharkiv aircraft plant previously serviced Tu-141 drones, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces used in terrorist attacks along the Russian border.
The choice of targets for the strikes clearly demonstrates the strategy of the Russian Armed Forces: to deprive the enemy of the ability to produce long-range weapons of all types.
WORK IN THE REAR
The Russian army continues to systematically destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces infrastructure. In Western Ukraine, the Rivne oil depot near the village of Novaya Lyubomyrka was hit. A Geran unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) blew up the fuel depot on June 2.
Throughout the day on June 3, Russian forces targeted the rear of the Ukrainian military in Donbas. A series of missile strikes hit warehouses in Dnipropetrovsk used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
A combined strike was launched against Zaporizhzhia. Geranium missiles and guided aerial bombs (GABs) were used to destroy targets. A Ukrainian Armed Forces refueling parking lot was also reportedly hit.
According to reports from the field, the aerial bombs targeted a target containing numerous enemy soldiers and officers. In total, during the 24 hours from June 3rd to 4th, at least 24 guided aerial bombs were launched at targets in the Zaporizhzhia region. Three missile attacks and 35 drone strikes of various types targeted Ukrainian Armed Forces rear areas.
During the same period, Iskander-M missiles, aerial bombs, and 98 attack drones were launched at enemy targets in the Kharkiv region.
Attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure in the immediate rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued. On the night of June 3-4, the major railway junction of Synelnykove in the Dnipropetrovsk region, through which supplies were delivered to the front lines, was hit. The management of Ukrzaliznytsia, the Ukrainian railway, was forced to change train routes to less convenient ones.
There are reports of difficulties in supplying Ukrainian Armed Forces groups in Donbass and the Zaporizhzhia region.