General Staff: 4 Donbas cities hit by Russian Tochka-U missiles

DENYS KARLOVSKYI – SATURDAY, 4 JUNE 2022, 18:49

Over the course of 4 June, Russian occupation forces launched Tochka-U missiles on Kramatorsk, Bakhmut, Lysychansk, and Kostiantynivka. [Tochka-U is a surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile; in Ukrainian, the term Tochka-U refers also to the operational-tactical missile system used to launch the missiles - ed.]

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 4 June

Quote from the General Staff report: "The enemy has carried out four missile attacks from Tochka-U operational-tactical [missile - ed.] systems on the areas around the cities of Bakhmut, Kramatorsk, Kostiantynivka, and Lysychansk. In addition, the Russian occupiers have used their aircraft to carry out missile strikes on the cities of Sloviansk and Soledar.

In the area around the city of Donetsk, the enemy has shelled the villages and towns of Mykilske, Krasnohorivka, Vesele, and Novoselivka. The enemy has deployed Su-25 planes to attack Novomykhailivka and Mariinka. Russian aircraft also carried out a missile strike on the city of Kurakhove.

On the Sievierodonetsk front, the enemy has shelled Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk, Ustynivka, and Toshkivka from artillery and multiple launch rocket systems [MLRS - ed.]. Russian Ka-52 helicopters carried out an attack on the area around Hirske, Yakovlivka, and Myrna Dolyna; Su-25 planes attacked the town of Ustynivka.

On the Lyman front, the enemy has used artillery to fire on the area around Sviatohirsk, Starodubivka, and Mykolaivka.

On the Donetsk front, the occupiers are trying to hold back the servicemen and women defending Ukraine by disrupting the logistics of their supplies. Battles to establish full control over the city of Sievierodonetsk continue."

Details: On the Bakhmut front, Russian troops fired relentlessly on the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They deployed mortars, artillery, and MLRS to fire on Toretsk, New-York, Vrubivka, and Pokrovske. Russian Ka-52 helicopters conducted airstrikes on Berestove and Klynove.

On the Novopavlivkse and Zaporizhzhia fronts, Russian forces fired from MLRS on Huliaipole, Zelenyi Hai, and Orikhove. Russian Su-25 planes attacked Kamianske.

There were no significant changes on the Pivdennyi Buh, Volyn, Polissia, Sivershchyna, Slobozhanshchyna, and Kharkiv fronts from the previous day.

Russian occupation forces used artillery to shell villages of Kamianska Sloboda in Chernihiv Oblast and Katerynivka and Starikove in Sumy Oblast – all three near the Ukrainian-Russian border.

The General Staff has said that Russian propaganda continues to spread false information that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are allegedly opening fire on schools, hospitals, and churches in order to frame the destruction of civilian infrastructure in Ukraine on Russian troops.

Earlier:

• The International Legion of Territorial Defence, in which volunteers from other countries are fighting for Ukraine, has reported new fatalities in its unit, including fighters from the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Australia.
• On the morning of 4 June, the General Staff reported that Russian occupation forces had suffered losses on the Sloviansk front and were forced to retreat.
• Russia has lost over 31,000 military personnel, 1,300 tanks, 680 artillery systems, and over 3,300 armoured combat vehicles in its war against Ukraine.