In the Kharkiv region, the Russians are defending themselves, in the Donetsk region they are trying to attack - General Staff
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — SUNDAY, 5 JUNE 2022, 18:37
On the Kharkiv front, the Russians are actively defending themselves and shelling civilian infrastructure, and on the Sloviansk, Lyman and Bakhmut fronts they are trying to advance.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 6 pm on 5 June
Details: On the Kharkiv front, the Russian occupying forces have been actively defending themselves, focusing on maintaining the positions they have occupied and border areas north of the city of Kharkiv. In order to increase the stability of their defence, Russian troops are conducting engineering tasks and fortifying the equipment in their positions and the mined areas close to these.
To restrain the actions of the Ukrainian Defence Forces, the Russian army is conducting intensive artillery and mortar shelling of the positions of Ukrainian units. In addition, the invaders fired on civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Tsyrkuny, Ruski and Cherkaski Tyshky and Staryi Saltiv. The aggressors fired missiles at the settlement of Korotych.
On the Sloviansk front, the invaders’ efforts are focused on continuing the offensive in the area of the settlement of Sloviansk. Russian occupying forces fired on civilian infrastructure in the areas of Chepil, Dibrivne, Virnopillia, Dovhenke and Bohorodychne.
The occupiers tried unsuccessfully to conduct offensive and assault operations in the areas of the settlements of Bohorodychne and Dovhenke.
On the Donetsk front, the invaders launched air strikes on civilian infrastructure in the areas of Sloviansk and Lysychansk.
On the Lyman front, Russian troops resumed their offensive near the village of Sviatohirsk, using artillery; they suffered significant losses in manpower, weapons and equipment. The invaders are also carrying out assault operations in the area of the settlement of Staryi Karavan. Fighting continues.
On the Sievierodonetsk front, the Russian occupying forces fired at Ukrainian troops and civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk, Toshkivka, and Ustynivka, using mortars, artillery and rocket-propelled grenades.
On the Bakhmut front, units of the Russian army shelled the settlements of Komyshuvakha, Mykolaivka, Bilohorivka, Pokrovske and Dolomitne. The invaders used assault and army aircraft near Bakhmut and Berestove.
The occupiers carried out assault operations in the areas of Bilohorivka and Mykolaivka. The Russian army suffered significant losses in manpower and equipment. They had no success; the fighting continues.
On the Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Novopavlivske, Zaporizhzhia fronts, the Russian occupying forces did not conduct active hostilities. They fired on civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Zaitseve, New-York, Toretsk, Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Uspenivka, Orikhiv and Kamianske. Aggressors struck near Novoselivka, New-York and Marinka and Kamianske from operational-tactical and army aviation.
On the Slobozhanshchyna front, the Russian army continues to fire on units of the Defence Forces using artillery, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, mortars and tanks. In order to support the offensive, it is rapidly rebuilding transport and railway infrastructure in the temporarily occupied territories. The invaders continue to use electronic warfare to create conditions that make it impossible for UAV units to use drones.
On the Pivdennyi Buh front, the occupiers fired on the positions of Ukrainian troops and tried to carry out counter-battery fighting. Russian troops conducted air reconnaissance using UAVs. They used artillery in the areas of the settlements of Mykolaiv, Prybuzke, Luch, Blahodatne, Shyroke and Tokareve.
The Russian occupiers carried out assaults in the area of the settlement of Bila Krynytsia in order to restore positions they had previously lost. After the Defence Forces of Ukraine opened fire, the Russian army retreated to their former positions.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, the aggressors did not take any action.
On the Sivershchyna front, Russian troops are intensively guarding areas of the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. They carried out mortar shelling of civilian infrastructure near the village of Hremiach, Chernihiv Oblast.
