The Russia-Ukraine War on June 6: The situation changed unexpectedly in Severodonetsk; Kursk region under attack

Luhansk Governor Serhiy Hayday in a televised interview on June 6 said that Ukrainian soldiers had counter-attacked fiercely before the Russian attacks, they had liberated nearly half of the city, but the situation was unsatisfactory. change is not favorable for Kiev.

Speaking about the military situation in Severodonetsk, Governor Hayday said: “The situation has turned bad for us again.”

According to CNN, Hayday said the Russians were using “burning tactics” and that the evacuation of the remaining 15,000 civilians in Severodonetsk was impossible because of the intense fighting.

He said Russia was targeting most of its shelling on the neighboring city of Lysychansk, located on strategic high ground across the River Siverskyi Donets from Severodonetsk.

“It’s become much easier from there to defend and maintain the defense line. They’re still destroying homes and humanitarian aid centres,” Mr. Hayday said.

Mr. Hayday added that 15,000 civilians are still in Lysychansk and police are trying to evacuate little by little.

Russia’s attack on Kiev could be an attempt to disrupt Western arms supplies

A Russian missile attack on Kiev on June 5 could be an attempt to disrupt the supply of Western military equipment to Ukraine’s frontline units, the British Ministry of Defense said. said in the latest intelligence assessment on 6/6.

One of the missiles was intercepted by the Ukrainian air defense unit, but the rest hit “infrastructures north of the Ukrainian capital”, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.

UK will provide MLRS to Ukraine despite Putin’s warnings

Britain does not intend to stop supplying Ukraine with the M270 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) despite warnings from Russia, the British Telegraph newspaper wrote, citing a statement by Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.

According to the British minister, the MLRS will allow “our Ukrainian friends to defend themselves against the brutal use of long-range artillery, which Russian forces use indiscriminately to destroy cities”.

According to the Telegraph, the British Ministry of Defense has coordinated the supply of the M270 system with US authorities.

A day earlier, in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian Federation would draw appropriate conclusions if the United States supplied Ukraine with long-range MLRS missiles. He explained that if the West provides such systems to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia will “use its own means of destruction, which we have enough to attack objects that we are not currently operating on.” arrive”.

Russia attacks along the entire front in Donetsk

The Ukrainian military said that Russian forces were attacking along the entire front line in Ukraine’s southeastern Donetsk region as well as conducting offensive operations in the vicinity of Luhansk.

Oleksandr Shtupun, a spokesman for the armed forces of Ukraine, said that the Russian army is continuing to exert pressure to gain full control of the city of Severodonetsk, in Luhansk, and is also attacking in Slovyansk and Lysychansk.

According to CNN, Shtupun also accused Russian forces of targeting civilian infrastructure in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions of Ukraine.

Russia’s Kursk region was attacked, people prayed for Putin’s help

The governor of Russia’s Kursk region, which borders Ukraine, said the village of Tetkino was attacked on the morning of June 6.

Governor Roman Starovoit said a bridge in the area was the target of the attack and fortunately there were no casualties. Tetkino residents have launched a petition to President Vladimir Putin to protect them from a growing number of cross-border attacks.

Attacks on Russian territory increased after Moscow’s forces withdrew from Kiev. The governors of several Russian border regions have repeatedly accused Ukraine of opening fire on their settlements.