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🔹 Reports that Zelensky administration considers removing Klitschko from post of Kyiv mayor; 🔹 Stoltenberg ruled out accession of Ukraine to NATO in the midst of the conflict; 🔹 South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa visits Kyiv to bring African peace plan for Ukraine; 🔹 Rogov: ZSU intensified offensive attempts in Zaporizha front; 🔹 Russians with Ukraine citizenship can renounce it via Russian Interior Ministry; 🔹 Zelensky says he doesn't believe that Trump would be able to stop conflict in Ukraine; 🔹 Russian Kherson governor Saldo says on June 9 he evaded attempt on his life, organized by Kyiv.
🔹 On coming "Ramstein format" meeting Kyiv will try to build "air force coalition"; 🔹 Explosions in Kharkiv, air raid sirens were activated; 🔹 ZSU attempted an unsuccessful attack on Artemovsk front; 🔹 DPR official: Kyiv amassed forces near Vuhledar and Avdiivka for a offensive towards Donetsk; 🔹 Last evening ZSU rocket attack came on center of Tokmak (Zaporizha Oblast); 🔹 US journalist Seymour Hirsch: Over a half of world's population supports Russian special military operation.
🔹 Russian forces repelled 2 attacks by ZSU storm troops in Artemovsk front; 🔹 US State Dept puts procurement of video equipment for Ukrainian police out to tender; 🔹 "Ukrhydroenergo" says water level in Kakhovka reservoir dropped by 7 meters after destruction of dam; 🔹 UAV fell in Russian Kaluga Oblast, without casualties; 🔹 Artillery of Russian "South" group of forces landed strikes on ZSU field camps in Donetsk front; 🔹 Zelensky office says Ukraine membership to NATO was "officially supported" by 20 countries of Alliance.
🔹 Reports about explosions in Kharkiv and Kharkiv Oblast; 🔹 Zelensky pledges to fight countries that help Russia avoid sanctions; 🔹 Zelensky says Kyiv can't get Patriot SAM systems and missiles as they are not first in line; 🔹 UK MOD Ben Wallace says Kyiv won't get invitation to NATO during summit in Vilnius; 🔹 On June 1, ZSU targeted town of Shebekino in Russian Belgorod Oblast, firing over 850 artillery rounds and wounding 16; 🔹 Russian forces capture 4 ZSU servicemen on Maryinka axis; 🔹 Nine wounded after ZSU missile strike on Berdyansk seaport; 🔹 DPR's Prosecutors Office take to the court the case of Ukrainian who killed three civilians in Mariupol; 🔹 Several houses in Kursk damaged after UAV attack.
🔹 Zelensky says many countries pledged to give F-16 fighter jets for ZSU; 🔹 Kyiv regime to punish those responsible for operation of bomb shelters; 🔹 RuMOD reports elimination of more than 50 enemy troops who attempted to attack Russian Belgorod Oblast; 🔹 Poland will train Ukraine Air Force pilots to use F-16; 🔹 NATO FMs discuss forming of NATO — Ukraine Council; 🔹 State Secretary Anthony Blinken says NATO to step up support of Ukraine; 🔹 Kyiv to evacuate children from 7 settlements southwest of Artemovsk; 🔹 Kharkiv authorities reports that Russian forces are closing on Kupyansk; 🔹 Moldova president Maya Sandu assures Zelensky she will support Kyiv.
🔹 Putin congratulates troops of Wagner Group with liberation of Artemovsk, says everyone who distinguished themselves will be commended; 🔹 Zelensky acknowledged that Kyiv no more controls Artemovsk; 🔹 Scholz: Germany watches so that conflict in Ukraine would not lead to escalation between Russia and NATO; 🔹 Russian storm troops of Western military districts were awarded medals for operations in Ukraine; 🔹 Within a day, ZSU fired some 150 munitions on DPR territory; 🔹 Kyiv MOD says that Commander in Chief Valery Zaluzhny continues his duties despite rumors of him being dead or badly wounded; 🔹 RuAF eliminated some 20 ZSU fighters on Cherkessky Island near Kherson.
🔹 Chief of Kyiv Intelligence confirms complicity in terrorist acts on Russian soil; 🔹 Kyiv Energy Ministry reports critically low fuel reserves; 🔹 Olena Zelenskaya asks president of South Korea to give Kyiv SAM systems and non-lethal equipment; 🔹 Kyiv joins operations of NATO cyber warfare center; 🔹 RuMOD and US confirm strike on Patriot SAM system in Kyiv; 🔹 Russian Zeporizha authorities repot that more and more people are getting Russian citizenship; 🔹 South Africa president Cyril Rafaphosa negoriated with Putin and Zelensky about planned African mission on Ukraine peace plan.
🔹 Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced against Russian plan for settlement of conflict in Ukraine; 🔹 Vladimir Zelensky urges to lift all restrictions on shipments of weapons for ZSU; 🔹 Wall Street Journal: NATO poised to propose "immediate help" to Kyiv on Vilnius summit; 🔹 Ukrainian parliamentary elections scheduled for October 2023 can be cancelled; 🔹 People in Ukraine may face blackouts next winder due to deficit of imported energy resources; 🔹 German authorities awarded Zelensky with Charlemagne Prize, awarded for "unification of Europe"; 🔹 Kyiv Intelligence reports that reconnaissance teams received 105 German-supplied "Vector" UAVs.
🔹 Explosions were heard in Kyiv in the morning; 🔹 Kyiv delegation in PABSEC attacked a member of Russian delegation; 🔹 Zelensky demands a "clear signal" that Ukraine shall join NATO after the end of conflict; 🔹 Zelensky's wife came to London for coronation of king Charles III; 🔹 Mayor of Odesa under arrest for corruption; 🔹 Russian Zaporizha Oblast bans alcohol trade until August; 🔹 EU to give Greece about 80 mln euro for production of munitions for ZSU; 🔹 US: Kyiv has all it needs to start counteroffensive; 🔹 Netherlands say that discuss giving F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv with partners.
🔹 Russian forces downed an UAV loaded with US-produced explosives; 🔹 ZSU Commander in Chief briefed US Joint Group of Forces Commander on front line status; 🔹 Zelensky says briefed Macron on front line status; 🔹 Kyiv declares a contract with Turkish UAV manufacturer Baykar signed in action; 🔹 Kremlin Administration deputy director and former CEO of Rosatom corporation visited Zaporizha NPP; 🔹 ZSU command argues Ukrainian Air Forces pilots would be able to fly F-16 "in 3 months"; 🔹 Kherson authorities warn that Kyiv plans to disrupt elections in new Russian regions.
🔹 Pushilin: Russian forces established fire control over ZSU positions in Maryinka; 🔹 IED exploded near residential building in Melitopol, killing a police officer, authorities describe this as a terrorist act; 🔹 ZSU step up movement of forces to Zaporizha front; 🔹 Kyiv does not confirm statements of NATO that Alliance delivered "nearly all" pledged weapons and military equipment; 🔹 Russian forces destroyed ZSU S-300 SAM and Gepard SPAAG in Kherson front; 🔹 DPR reports ZSU making attempts to counterattack on Vuhledar axis; 🔹 LPR reports ZSU foreign mercenaries are stationed near Russian border in Kharkiv Oblast.
🔹 Zelensky and Xi Jinping had a phone call about events in Ukraine and bilateral relations; 🔹 Kyiv to send an envoy to China; 🔹 Kyiv FM assured that spring offensive will proceed; 🔹 Head of Wagner Group Evgeny Prigozhin warned that ZSU will start counteroffensive after May 2; 🔹 NATO commander in Europe: Kyiv shall get weapons from West to start counteroffensive; 🔹 Reports that EU countries did not agree on procurement of munitions for ZSU; 🔹 40 captured servicemen return to Russia; 🔹 Zelensky's aide says politics of US and NATO who forced Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons, led to conflict in Ukraine; 🔹 Russian Zaporizha reports ZSU brings reserves to front line.
🔹 Over a 1000 ZSU troops trained by Spain; 🔹 EU wants to help rebuild Ukraine using seized Russian assets; 🔹 Washington Post: ZSU servicemen learned to use US-supplied equipment from video lessons on YouTube; 🔹 Former CIA analyst Fleiz: attempt to change Ukraine borders by US may lead to escalation; 🔹 Kyiv MOD Reznikov says no NATO servicemen are present in Ukraine; 🔹 Slovakia Minister of Agriculture says high levels of pesticides were detected in Ukrainian grain; 🔹 Two parishes in Zhitomir Oblast switched from canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church to Kyiv-sponsored Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
🔹 Denmark to give Kyiv 19 Caesar self-propelled howitzers; 🔹 Greece PM pledges further support of Kyiv regime; 🔹 ZSU received new batch of tank munitions; 🔹 Head of DPR Pushilin commended troops of Wagner Group who distinguished themselves in Bakhmut; 🔹 Rada called NATO countries to expedite accession of Ukraine to NATO; 🔹 Ukraine withdraws from border transit agreement with Russia; 🔹 Secretary of Kyiv National Defense and Security Council dispels rumors of "magical" timing of ZSU counteroffensive; 🔹 Authorities in Rovno Oblast of Ukraine ban canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
🔹 ZSU attack UAV fell in close vicinity of Zaporizha NPP; 🔹 Pro-Russian leaflets found on buildings in Kherson; 🔹 4 ZSU infiltration and sabotage groups eliminated in Kupyansk front; 🔹 Protests against military aid for Kyiv took place before NATO headquarters in Brussels; 🔹 Flooding underway in Kramatorsk after destruction of flood gates of water reservoir; 🔹 Married couple arrested in Russian Nizhni Tagil for espionage for Kyiv.
🔹 White House: NATO is going to provide Kyiv with everything necessary for counter-offensive; 🔹 RuMOD: 4 enemy infiltration and sabotage groups eliminated in Kupyansk front; 🔹 Fixed-wing UAV shot down in the night above Belgorod Oblast; 🔹 Orban: EU countries closing for discussion on sending peacemaker corps to Ukraine; 🔹 Head of Crimea Parliament Konstantinov: ZSU shall face serious problems if they try to break to Azov Sea; 🔹 Russian servicemen in zone of special military operation had a teleconference with relatives and friends in Leningrad Oblast.
🔹 Pushilin: Russian forces repel Ukrainian reconnaissance at Vuhledar; 🔹 IAEA Director Grossi will return back to Russia for further negotiations on Zaporizha NPP; 🔹 Kyiv Foreign Minister says EU during conflict was more of worth than NATO; 🔹 Rogov: ZSU gather forces at the line of contact in Zaporizha Oblast; 🔹 DPR first vice premier Solntsev becomes head of government; 🔹 Kyiv declares possession of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra by canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church void; 🔹 LPR ombudsman: Russian prisoners tortured if they refuse to sing national anthem of Ukraine; 🔹 SBU creates team for implementation of NATO standards; 🔹 Kyiv receives a billion dollar grant from US.
🔹 Stoltenberg: ZSU fire 4000-7000 artillery shells daily, NATO is yet unable to produce that amount of munitions; 🔹 Blast in Russian Melitopol, police officer wounded; 🔹 RuMOD reports 5 enemy sabotage groups were eliminated in Kupyansk front; 🔹 Reports that Kyiv plots a new provocation planning to cut Zaporizha NPP from power; 🔹 IAEA scraps plans for demilitarized area around Zaporizha NPP; 🔹 Czechia president Petr Pavel: We exhausted our capacities for military aid.
🔹 Russian Zaporizha authorities: "Dozens" of foreign mercenaries eliminated after precision strike on a base in Kyiv-controlled part of Zaporizha; 🔹 Japan and Germany agreed to step up sanctions against Russia; 🔹 Pope says he will continue to seek peace in Ukraine; 🔹 ZSU fired over 5600 artillery shells on left bank of Dnieper in 2023; 🔹 Germany's Scholtz says that Beijing shall continue direct contact with Kyiv; 🔹 Newsweek: US are not concerned with territorial integrity of Ukraine; 🔹 Politico: problems with munitions for Ukraine can lead to breakup of NATO; 🔹 Congressman Gosar: UAV Reaper incident over Black Sea can lead to new escalation in Ukraine; 🔹 Zelensky issues personal sanctions against Syria president Bashar al-Asad; 🔹 Head of Crimea says a powerful group of forces is present in the region.
🔹 Republican candidate for US presidency Vivek Ramaswami voices against military aid to Kyiv; 🔹 DPR head says Ukraine turned to NATO testing ground for "bloody scenarios"; 🔹 DPR says West extends terms of Russian special operation by sending Kyiv long-range missile systems; 🔹 ZSU has insufficient medical equipment to evacuate wounded; 🔹 CNN reports Zelensky to send US list of demands for weapons, including F-16 fighter jets; 🔹 Russian forces storm ZSU fortifications on Maryinka front; 🔹 Former State Dept employee James Soriano says US are ready for direct confrontation with Russia.