Since the morning of June 4, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been carrying out attempts to advance in the Zaporozhye sector. According to reports, the largest attack started in the area of Vremievsky ledge and involved a notable number of infantry supported by battle tanks and other heavy military equipment. Clashes broke out in the sectors of Neskuchnoye-Makarovka and Novopol-Priyutnoye.
Kyiv’s forces have reportedly lost at least 4 battle tanks in these clashes.
Later unconfirmed reports appeared that pro-Kyiv units were able to enter the villages of Neskuchnoye and Novodarovka and were trying to advance towards Storojevoe. Pro-Russian sources claim that the Kyiv regime employed up to 20 battle tanks and armoured vehicles in this attack.
Russian artillery pound pro-Kyiv units that try to advance in the area.
At the same time, fighting between a sabotage and reconnaissance force of the Kyiv regime and the Russian military in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka.
The governor of Belgorod Region, Viacheslav Gladkov, confirmed that a sabotage group from Ukraine has entered a local settlement and is currently engaged in fighting with the Russian forces.
In a video address, Gladkov responded to the formations of the Kyiv regime involved in this another terrorist raid against civilians.
“I saw the appeal of scoundrels, bastards, murderers and fascists who allegedly want to meet with me, offering a conversation in exchange for prisoners. In fact, a group of sabouteurs went in, there is a battle in Novaya Tavolzhanka. I hope that they will all be destroyed, it cannot be otherwise. Every day civilians die at the hands of these fascists, we bury them every day. Crippled children and dead old people – that’s their handiwork,” he said.
It should be noted that last night Russia conducted another round of strikes targeting Ukrainian military airfields and military targets. The recent intensifications of the Russian strikes may have been linked to the observed attempt of the Kyiv regime to increase the level of escalations across the entire contact line, including apparent terrorist actions aiming civilian targets inside Russia.
The Russian Defense Ministry released a new statement on the ongoing military operation:
The Russian Armed Forces launched a long-range air-based high-precision weaponry strike against the enemy targets at the military airfields.
The goal of the attack has been reached. The command posts, radar stations, Ukrainian aviation equipment, as well as ammunition depots, have been hit.
In Kupyansk direction, the attacks, launched by aviation and the artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces, have resulted in the neutralisation of the enemy manpower and hardware near Novomlynsk, Sinkovka, Olshana and Timkovka (Kharkov region).
In addition, the actions of 4 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups have been prevented close to Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Rozovka, Novosyolovskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic) and Liman (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 motor vehicles, 2 pickup trucks and 1 D-20 howitzer.
In Krasny Liman direction, the attacks, launched by Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, as well as artillery of the Tsentr Group of Forces, have resulted in the neutralisation of AFU units near Yampolovka, Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), Makeevka, Poschanka, Nevskoye and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic), as well as Serebryansky forestry.
1 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group has been neutralised close to Grigorovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 3 pickup trucks, D-20 and D-30 howitzers, as well as 2 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems.
1 ammunition depot of the AFU 63th Mechanised Brigade has been destroyed near Serebryanka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
In Donetsk direction, the active combat operations continue with the Akhmat special units in Maryinka tactical area and the units of the 1st Army Corps of the Yug Group of Forces close to Avdeevka.
The enemy losses were up to 200 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 2 pickup trucks, 1 Grad MLRS, 2 U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery systems, as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers.
In addition, the ammunition depots of the Liman operational-tactical group and the AFU 128th Mountain Assault Brigade have been eliminated close to Slovyansk and Minkovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the attacks, launched by aviation and artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces have resulted in the neutralisation of the enemy units near Pavlovka, Shevchenko (Donetsk People’s Republic), Chervonoye, Poltavka, Preobrazhenka and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 240 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 9 motor vehicles, 1 Msta-B howitzer, 1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system and 1 Grad multiple-launch rocket system.
The ammunition depots of the 11th Artillery Brigade and the 65th Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been destroyed close to Temirovka and Preobrazhenka (Zaporozhye region).
In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 motor vehicles and 1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised 96 artillery units of the AFU at their firing positions, manpower and military hardware at 73 areas.
1 Ukrainian UAV assembly facility near Dnepropetrovsk has been hit by high-precision ground-based weapons.
The command and observation posts of the 102nd Territorial Defence Brigade and the 24th Mechanised Brigade battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been hit close to Poltavka (Zaporozhye region) and Dzerzhinsk (Donetsk people’s republic).
In addition, the AFU control posts have been hit close to Slovyansk (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Sumy.
Air defence facilities have intercepted 2 Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 2 Tochka-U tactical missiles and 14 HIMARS and Uragan multiple-launch rocket system ballistic missiles.
In addition, 21 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down close to Vrubovka, Lozovsky, Kremennaya (Lugansk People’s Republic), Orlinskoye, Maly Kremenchik, Volodino (Donetsk People’s Republic), Zhovtnyovoye (Kharkov region), Novaya Kakhovka, Lyubimovka, Andreevka (Kherson region), Rabotino (Zaporozhye region), and also over the Black Sea waters.
In total, 432 airplanes, 236 helicopters, 4,473 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 air defence missile systems, 9,382 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,112 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 4,996 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 10,656 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
The developments of the first days of June demonstrate seeds of the new round of escalation in the conflict. The aggressive actions of the Kyiv regime has all chances to intensify in the coming days. If Kyiv is able to achieve any tactical successes in these attempts, it will likely throw even more forces in an attempt to turn these tactical gains into the operational one.