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Ukrainian officials admit offensive operations underway. Russia claims to have stopped one.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/6/5/russia-ukraine-live-kyivs-forces-moving-forward-near-bakhmutUkrainian Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar says Bakhmut remains the “epicentre of hostilities” and that Ukrainian troops were conducting “offensive actions” on the front line.
The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, says Ukrainian forces are “moving forward” near Bakhmut, which Russia claims to have captured last month.
Russia says its forces thwarted a major offensive in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, killing 250 soldiers and destroying tanks and armoured vehicles.
Two drones fell on a highway in Russia’s Kaluga region, which lies south of Moscow, with the governor saying on Monday that no explosives detonated.
The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, says Ukrainian forces are “moving forward” near Bakhmut, which Russia claims to have captured last month.
Russia says its forces thwarted a major offensive in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, killing 250 soldiers and destroying tanks and armoured vehicles.
Two drones fell on a highway in Russia’s Kaluga region, which lies south of Moscow, with the governor saying on Monday that no explosives detonated.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/5/russia-claims-to-have-thwarted-major-ukraine-attack
Russia has said its forces thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, killing 250 Ukrainian troops and destroying tanks and armoured vehicles.
“On the morning of June 4, the enemy launched a large-scale offensive in five sectors of the front in the South Donetsk direction,” the Russian defence ministry said on its Telegram channel early on Monday.
There was no update from Ukraine on the alleged offensive. In its evening update on June 4, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said Moscow was focusing its military efforts on the full occupation of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
“On the morning of June 4, the enemy launched a large-scale offensive in five sectors of the front in the South Donetsk direction,” the Russian defence ministry said on its Telegram channel early on Monday.
There was no update from Ukraine on the alleged offensive. In its evening update on June 4, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said Moscow was focusing its military efforts on the full occupation of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
