Ukraine war until noon on June 3: Ukraine takes a new step on the battlefield

Foreign volunteer soldiers fight for the Ukrainian army in Severodonetsk on June 2 reuters

Ukraine’s new step

Reuters reported Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on June 2 that Ukrainian forces had made some progress against Russian forces in the city Severodonetsk province Luhansk. However, the overall military situation in the region Donbass Still not much has changed during the day.

Ukrainian officials say Russian forces are backed by heavy artillery and now control much of the city of Severodonetsk, but fighting is still ongoing.

“The situation in the Donbass has not changed significantly in the last 24 hours. We have achieved some success in the battles in Severodonetsk,” Zelensky said.

The Ukrainian president also criticized “completely senseless shelling” from Russian territory on the northern border.

In the same speech, Mr. Zelensky also thanked US President Joe Biden promised to send missiles and said he expected good news about weapons supplies from other partners.

In a province Kherson Under Russian control, Ukrainian forces claim they have made significant progress in their assault on Russian targets.

“In Kherson, the armed forces liberated 8 km of occupied territory,” the AZOV Dnipro Territorial Defense unit posted on Telegram late on June 2.

At the end of last week, Ukrainian forces launched an assault on Kherson from several vantage points in the north. Since then, little is known about the operation, but Ukrainian forces may have gained control of several villages north of Kherson and fortified a bridgehead over the Inhulets River.

Russia has not commented on the above information.

Russian Navy is ready to fight in the Black Sea

TASS news agency on June 3 quoted a security source Crimea reported that the Russian navy’s fleet consists of six amphibious assault ships of the Northern and Baltic of Russia, as well as six amphibious assault ships of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, are ready for combat missions in black Sea.

“For the first time, a fleet of Russian navy ships of this size is operating in the Black Sea. This force includes 12 large amphibious ships of the Northern, Baltic and Black Sea fleets. Those amphibious ships. is ready to carry out assigned tasks as part of a special military operation,” the source said.

Earlier, Russian news agencies quoted the notice of the Russian Defense Ministry on June 2 as saying: Pacific Fleet Russia launched a week-long series of exercises involving more than 40 ships and 20 aircraft.

The drills, which will take place from June 3 to 3, will involve “groups of ships and aircraft in search of (enemy) submarines”.

“Russia is running out of time”

According to Reuters, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on June 2 that Germany must make more efforts to reduce its energy dependence on Russia. The leader also pointed out that Western sanctions are still taking a heavy toll on Russia.

“The Russian economy is collapsing,” Habeck told MPs, adding that Germany had played its part by reducing exports to Russia by 60% in March and this figure expected to continue to decline next month.

“President Vladimir Putin still receiving money but time is not in Russia’s favor,” Habeck said.

As a result of the sanctions, according to Habeck, Moscow has lost access to critical components of its combat capability, such as “aircraft security updates, which will soon bring the aircraft to a halt. work”.

Mr. Medvedev warned Ukraine about negotiations

In an interview with Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV channel, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev let me know Kyiv refusing to negotiate with Moscow would lead to many casualties, Ukraine loss of territory and can eventually cause total loss of sovereignty.

The former Russian president said that some time ago, Ukraine “seemed ready to negotiate on key issues” and approached the negotiations from a rather pragmatic point of view. At some point, however, Kyiv called off the negotiations. According to Mr. Medvedev, the turn of events was “obviously carried out under the influence of calls to Kyiv from Washington and Brussels”.

Kyiv has not commented on Mr. Medvedev’s statements.