The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has released the new operational update on the state of warfare as of 06:00 on June 5.
Here are some key points of the report:
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- The threat of missile and air strikes from the territory of belarus persists in the Volyn and Polissya areas. Until June 11, 2022, the terms of the combat readiness check of the armed forces of the republic of belarus have been extended.
- In the Siversky direction, the aggressor fired artillery shells at infrastructure facilities in the areas of the settlements of Starykove and Katerynivka, Sumy oblast, as well as the settlement of Kamyanska Sloboda, Chernihiv region.
- To clarify the location of the positions of our troops, the enemy conducted air reconnaissance of UAVs in certain areas of Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts.
- In the Kharkiv direction, enemy units continue to focus their efforts on maintaining their positions and preventing the further advance of our troops to the State Border. The enemy does not stop firing on the positions of our troops near the city of Kharkiv.
- russian occupiers used phosphate munitions in the Cherkasy Tyshky settlement.
- In the Slovyansk direction, the enemy groups completed the regrouping of troops. Certain units are advancing in the directions Dovhenke - Dolyna and Brazhkivka - Vernopillya.
- In the Donetsk direction, the aggressor's units are focusing on offensive operations to surround our troops in the areas of Siverodonetsk and Lysychansk and to block the main logistics routes.
- In the Lyman direction, the enemy is advancing in the direction of Svyatohirsk, trying to push our troops to the right bank of the Siversky Donets River.
- In the Siverodonetsk direction, the occupiers, with the support of artillery, are conducting assault operations in the city of Siverodonetsk, controlling the eastern part of the city. In addition, in order to capture the dominant heights, the enemy is trying to launch an offensive in the direction of Nyrkove - Mykolayivka.
- In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy transferred more than 20 units of weapons and military equipment to replenish the units that suffered casualties.
- In the Avdiivka, Kurakhiv, Novopavliv and Zaporizhzhia directions, the occupiers are firing on the front line of defense and the rear areas of our troops, in order to restrain our units and prevent their regrouping.
- In the direction of the South Bug, in anticipation of the offensive of our troops, in a certain area, the enemy mined the coast of the river Inhulets.
- The enemy deployed in the Mykolaiv direction to two jet and two batteries of barrel artillery. It also tried to regain his lost positions in the direction of Sukhyi Stavok and Lozove. It suffered heavy losses and left.
- Five Caliber naval-based cruise missiles are ready to be used in missiles in the Black Sea.
- In the previous day, units of the Defense Forces destroyed nine enemy air targets.
- In addition, fighter aircraft of the Air Force continue to patrol the airspace of our State, strike aircraft are not unsuccessful in providing fire support to units of our troops in the Eastern direction and in other designated operational areas.
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