General Staff bulletin: Russian troops stationed on the Belarusian border with Iskanders and Pantsyrs
MONDAY, 6 JUNE 2022, 07:00
The Russian Armed Forces are stationed in Belarus along the border with Ukraine armed with Iskander-M missile defence systems, Pantsyr-S1 surface-to-air missile systems, S-400 air defence systems and operational and tactical aircraft.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Details: There are no significant changes in the situation on the Volyn and Polissia fronts.
On the Sivershchyna front, Russian forces are intensively guarding the section of the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Bryansk and Kursk regions (of Russia - ed.). In order to demonstrate its presence in the border areas, separate Russian units are operating and firing on the infrastructure of Chernihiv and Sumy Oblasts.
On the Slobozhanshchyna front, the Russians continue to bombard our forces with artillery, multiple rocket launchers, mortars and tanks. They are intensively restoring transport infrastructure and installing pontoon-railroad crossings on the temporarily occupied territories in support of the offensive.
On the Kharkiv front, occupying forces are actively defending and focusing their main efforts on holding the lines. The Russians are taking additional measures to engineer and fortify their positions. They are also conducting intensive artillery and mortar shelling of our positions and shelling civilian infrastructure near the settlements of Bazylivka, Kutuzivka and Petrivske.
On the Sloviansk front, the Russian forces' main efforts are focused on the offensive towards Sloviansk.
Using artillery, the invaders fired on civilian infrastructure in the areas of Velyka Komyshuvakha, Virnopillia, Dibrivne, Nova Dmytrivka and Kurulka.
On the Donetsk front, the aggressor's units fired at our troops' positions along the entire line of contact. The Russians launched missile and aviation strikes against Sloviansk, Lysychansk and Orikhove.
On the Lyman front, supported by artillery, Russian forces are conducting an offensive near Sviatohirsk. The invaders are also conducting an assault towards the settlements of Shchurove and Staryi Karavan. Fighting continues in both places.
On the Sievierodonetsk front, the Russians shelled our troops with mortars and artillery systems of various types. Civilian infrastructure around the settlements of Metolkino, Borivske, Ustynivka, Toshkivka and others has also been damaged. The occupiers continue to storm Sievierodonetsk.
On the Bakhmut front, the Russians fired on our units using mortars, artillery and rocket-propelled grenades near the settlements of Zolote, Orikhove, Hirske, Vrubivka, Klynove, Bilohorivka, Pokrovske and Roty. They used assault and army aviation to conduct air strikes near Bakhmut and Berestove. They conducted an assault near the settlements of Komyshuvakha, Berestove and Mykolaivka. The invaders sustained significant losses, while having no success, and fighting continues.
Russian forces were not active on the Avdiivka, Kurakhivka, Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia fronts. They fired on civilian infrastructure in the areas of Novobakhmutivka, Kamianka, Avdiivka, Mykilske, Zolota Nyva and Poltavka.
On the Pivdennyi Buh front, the occupiers fired artillery near the settlements of Tavriiske, Nova Zoria, Stepova Dolyna, Novomykolaivka and Kobzartsi.
Russian forces continue to construc positions near Shevchenivka, Olhyno and other settlements.
Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled 7 Russian attacks on the Donetsk and Luhansk fronts, destroying 4 tanks, 3 artillery systems, 8 armoured fighting vehicles and 3 vehicles. Air defence units shot down a Ka-52 attack helicopter and a UAV.
