Vatican peace envoy to visit Kiev June 5-6
On the 467th day of Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops are still trying to keep the neighboring country’s captured settlements in check. Ukraine’s armed forces and territorial defense units resist aggression. It is impossible to verify the statements of representatives of both sides from independent sources. According to the UN, more than 16 million Ukrainians have already left their homes. DW is following developments on Monday, June 5 (Moscow time).
Vatican peace envoy to visit Kiev June 5-6
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Minister of Strategic Industry Alexander Kamyshin announced the critical situation with air raid shelters in Kiev. Half of the shelters tested are not ready to receive people, he wrote in Telegram after the results of two days of work by the commission to review the capital’s air raid shelters and inspect a third of them. The check is being carried out after two women and a child were killed in Kiev on the night of June 1 as a result of a Russian missile strike, which tried to enter a shelter in the Desnyansky district, but was unable to because of closed doors. .
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Kyiv from June 5th to 6th will visit Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, who was instructed by the Pope to start a peacekeeping mission to end the war in Ukraine. This was officially announced by the Vatican.
London: Intense drone strikes fail
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In May, Russia launched more than 300 Iranian drones during unilateral strikes against Ukraine, noted british ministry of defense. Thus, this month has seen the most intense Russian drone strikes yet, according to a new situation overview in Russia’s war against Ukraine. In London, Russian forces are believed to be launching so many drones in an attempt to force Kiev to use valuable air defense missiles. Russia has made almost no notable progress: Ukraine has neutralized at least 90% of incoming UAVs, mostly with its older, less expensive air defenses and electronic jamming. twitter. Furthermore, the Russian Federation has, in all likelihood, tried to detect and attack Ukrainian forces far behind the front lines, however, it is still very ineffective in hitting such dynamic targets at long ranges due to an imperfect targeting process, he said. the UK Ministry of Defence. .
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IN Nizhny Novgorod the fastener factory “Krasnaya Etna” caught fire, according to the Telegram ASTRA channel with reference to local residents and local media. According to Newsnn.ru, a big fire broke out inside the plastic recycling workshop, its area is 200 square meters. m. Open burning managed to be eliminated.
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Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov proposed to send Chechen units to the Belgorod region to protect the region. He pointed to the presence of anti-terrorist and military experience among Chechens. “In total, the number of Chechen fighters in battalions and regiments of power and military structures exceeds 70 thousand people. That’s three armies! All units were trained at the Russian University of Special Forces. Equipped with the latest technology, trained, equipped with weapons without any problems and ready to carry out any order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief to protect our state and our citizens,” wrote Kadyrov in Telegram..
The Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the breakthrough near Bakhmut
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Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky Reported progress near Bakhmut. Tanks of the 3rd separate assault brigade destroyed the position of the Russians during the attack in the direction of Bakhmut, he said in Telegram. “The defense forces are working. We continue to advance,” she added.
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Last night, Russian troops carried out two attacks against Nikopol from heavy artillery, as a result of the shelling, a church and a private business were damaged, 9 residential buildings, an outbuilding and power lines were destroyed, said the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Serhiy Lysak. In addition, a Shahed attack drone was shot down over the Dnepropetrovsk region.
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According to General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the day before, Russian forces launched 14 missiles and 40 air strikes, carried out 51 bombings from various rocket launch systems on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements of a neighboring country. Among other things, they used Kh-101/X-555 air-launched cruise missiles and Iranian Shahed UAVs, destroying 4 out of 6 missiles and 6 out of 8 attack drones. “The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to completely occupy the Lugansk and Donetsk regions. On the last day, 29 military clashes took place,” says the morning operational report on Facebook.. In turn, Ukrainian aviation inflicted 15 attacks on areas of concentration of enemy personnel per day, units of missile forces and artillery hit 3 command posts, 2 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, 4 ammunition depots, 2 systems of anti-aircraft missiles and 4 enemy electronic warfare stations.
Two drones crashed in the Kaluga region
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Governor of the Kaluga region, Vladislav Shapsha reported the crash of two drones in the region. “This morning, 2 UAVs crashed on the M3 Ukraine highway at km 299 (Zhizdra) and km 283 (Duminichi). Telegram.
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Founder of PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin published on the Telegram channel of its press office a video with the interrogation of a man who calls himself the commander of the 72nd brigade of the Armed Forces RF Roman Venevitin. Venevitin admits that, in a state of alcoholic intoxication, out of “personal dislike for Wagner’s PMC”, he fired at a PMC car, and also disarmed a group of Prigozhin’s militants.
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Russian authorities have not yet made a decision how to respond to attacks from formations fighting alongside Ukraine, for Russian regions bordering Ukraine. This is stated in the daily report of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). In particular, the actions of the governor of the Belgorod region indicate that he does not coordinate his actions with the Ministry of Defense. The situation is aggravated by criticism of the Ministry of Defense by the founder of the PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin.
The Hungarian government replaced the “about the world” video
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government of hungary after the diligence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, it replaced the video “about the world”, in which Crimea was portrayed as part of Russia. The original was deleted without explanation, replacing it with the same video but with Ukrainian Crimea. Officially, the Hungarian authorities have not commented on the situation.
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After attempts to break up the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Vremevsky salient, the situation in the region is alarming, but controlled, said Vladimir Rogov, a member of the “administration” of the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region.
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In the Belgorod region a fire broke out at a power plant in the Belgorod region, said Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. He didn’t specify what object he was talking about. Previously, the cause was the launch of an explosive device from a drone. According to the governor, no one was injured and the power supply to consumers was not interrupted.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the start of the Ukrainian offensive
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Ukraine since the morning of the 4th of June launched a massive offensive at five locations in the direction of Yuzhnodonetsk, the RF Ministry of Defense reported on the night of June 5. It is alleged that Valery Gerasimov, Chief of General Staff, was at one of the forward checkpoints. The Ministry of Defense stated that the Ukrainian army failed to achieve its objectives.
According to the Russian military department, the Armed Forces of Ukraine brought into battle the 23rd and 31st mechanized brigades from strategic reserves, supported by other military units and subunits. Six mechanized and two tank battalions were involved in the offensive.
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Latvia handed over to Ukraine 66 cars confiscated from drunk drivers, according to Delfi. This is not the first transfer of cars, which became possible thanks to the law “On the support of the civilian population in Ukraine”. It provides that vehicles belonging to Latvia can be transferred to Ukraine free of charge.
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in his evening speech, he said that he held a special meeting on sanctions imposed on Russia with the participation of government and intelligence representatives. “We analyzed in detail how Russia circumvents sanctions and who helps it. Different countries, different companies, without which Russia would not be able to produce means of terror, in particular missiles,” Zelensky said.
According to him, the Ukrainian authorities see “all directions for circumventing existing sanctions” and will make efforts to “close these directions.” “The necessary measures will be taken”, he emphasized.
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