Dawn of fear in Kiev, where several explosions were recorded in the districts of Darnytsky and Dniprovsky, as confirmed on Telegram by the mayor Vitali Klitschko who also speaks of a series of fires. It was a long time since the Russian raids had not aimed at the Ukrainian capital, Moscow makes it known that the bombings were used to hit the armored vehicles supplied by European countries to Ukraine .
"If the West continues to send weapons, it does nothing but extend the conflict", warns Vladimir Putin. "If the West supplies long-range missiles - he continues - Russia will take note and hit structures that will end up spared from the war ".
But Kiev does not give up and appeals to the West: "They must understand that military aid is not a one-off aid, but must continue until victory ," said Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar. The weapons that have already arrived "are not enough to give a very strong response to the Russian army. We will always need help, since we have already entered a protracted war".
Yesterday evening the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, provided a balance sheet of the attacks by Russia which also bombed churches : 113 damaged or destroyed: "Among them - he explained - there are buildings that survived the Second World War that however they did not resist the occupation of Moscow ”.
The fighting in the Donbass is still raging, where the Ukrainian counter-offensive has made it possible to regain part of Severodonetsk - Kiev claims - . The Russians controlled 70% of the city, but within two days they were pushed back and now the city is split in half, with 50% in Russian hands and the remaining 50% in Ukrainian hands.
Kiev does not hide it now, it is aiming for the reconquest of the Donbass. And to do so, Ukrainian Interior Minister Viktor Andrusiv said, Ukrainian forces " should enter the territory of Russia ".
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Bombing in Kharkiv
The Russians are bombing the residential areas of Kharkiv again. This was stated by the head of the regional state administration of Kharkiv Oleh Synegubov on Telegram, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda. "The Russian occupiers are bombing the residential areas of the city again. Stay in the shelters! Don't ignore the alarms!" Says the head of the administration.
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Zelensky: "We will free all occupied cities"
"We have no doubts that we will liberate all temporarily occupied cities. It will certainly happen." This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky who met with displaced people from Mariupol on a visit to Zaporizhzhia.
"The Russians want to raze Lugansk in 5 days"
Over the next five days, the Russians will try to raze the Lugansk region to the ground. "They have no other tactics, they cannot fight otherwise". So the governor Sergey Gaidai, as reported UNIAN. According to him, evacuation from Severodonetsk is currently impossible. "About 15,000 people remain in the city. 98 people were rescued from Lysychansk today," explained Gaidai. "We expect in the near future that all reserves to which the Russians have access, all equipment, all personnel will be in charge" of taking the Lugansk.
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Kiev: "Military aid until victory"
Ukraine's Western allies "must understand" that military aid "is not one-off", but must continue until "victory". This was stated by Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar, quoted by CNN.
"The weapons have already started to arrive, but they are not enough to give a very strong response to the Russian army. We will always need help, as we have already entered a protracted war," he explained.
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Ukraine: "Kiev remains the main target of the Russians"
Kiev remains the main target of the Russians. This was stated by Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda, after several explosions this morning in the Ukrainian capital. "We have always said openly that Kiev is constantly under threat. People are returning (to the capital - ed) for various reasons, but we still have to understand that the war is in a hot phase and Kiev, as the main target of the Russian Federation, remains so. ", he added.
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Lysychansk humanitarian aid headquarters destroyed
The Ukrainian police shared a video showing the consequences of the Russian bombing in the city of Lysychansk, in the Lugansk region: the headquarters for the distribution of humanitarian aid was razed to the ground, more than 40 people lived permanently in the building, but they are not information on possible victims was provided. The Guardian reports it. The images show damaged administrative and residential buildings and roads.
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Erdogan: "Europe in panic over the Ukrainian crisis"
"Our country has successfully dealt with illegal migration from Syria for years, right now we are seeing panic in Europe over the Ukrainian-Russian crisis. We pray that the world will quickly emerge from this critical period," said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a congress of the ruling Justice and Development party, quoted by TASS.
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Kiev: "To regain the Donbass you have to enter Russian territory"
In an attempt to recapture Russian-held Donbass territories, Ukrainian Interior Minister Advisor Viktor Andrusiv believes Kiev's forces should enter Russian territory. "The essence of a successful counterattack is taking strategic points. For example, taking Kherson with heavy fighting, from a strategic point of view, does not make sense. We would simply regain our city, the enemy would move a little further away from Kherson, but it would still create many problems for us, "explained Andrusiv, quoted by UNIAN. "It is much more difficult to win back Donbass: to do this - he added - we need to enter the territory of Russia".
Kiev: "Half of Severodonetsk recovered"
"The Russians controlled 70% of Severodonetsk, but within two days they were pushed back, now the city is divided in half. The occupiers have lost a huge number of personnel, eight Russians have been taken prisoner." This was stated by the governor of Lugansk Serhiy Gaidai, quoted by Ukrinform.
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Conte: "Enough rearmament, Draghi is the protagonist of peace"
"We have shown, during the first months of the pandemic, that Italy has what it takes to guide and direct Europe. Thanks to that work we have the Recovery, instead of the Mes and the troika". This was stated by the president of the M5s, Giuseppe Conte, in his electoral tour for the administrative elections. "Now we can be protagonists in the war: enough rearmament and military escalation. We want Draghi to be the protagonist in Europe: not to propose peace, but to impose it".
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"Madrid will supply missiles and tanks"
Spain will supply Ukraine with Shorad Aspide anti-aircraft missiles and Leopard A4 tanks, in addition to the indispensable training of the Kiev army: the Spanish newspaper El Pais writes today, citing government sources. This is a qualitative leap on the part of Madrid, which until now had limited itself to sending ammunition, personal protective equipment and small arms such as grenade launchers and machine guns to Ukraine.
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Moscow, in a raid on Kiev destroyed armored vehicles supplied by Europe
The Russian armed forces destroyed armored vehicles supplied by Eastern European countries to Ukraine in the course of air strikes that hit the outskirts of Kiev today. This was announced by Moscow. "Long-range high-precision missiles launched by the Russian aerospace forces against the outskirts of Kiev destroyed the T-72 tanks supplied by Eastern European countries and other armored vehicles that were in the hangars," said the spokesman for the ministry of Russian defense Igor Konashenkov, according to reports from Tass.
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Putin, "we will hit new sites if Kiev has long-range rockets"
"If the West supplies long-range missiles to Kiev, Russia will take note and hit structures hitherto spared from the war." This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to reports from TASS, adding: "Delivering other weapons to Kiev by Westerners has the sole objective of extending the conflict as much as possible".
In Severodonetsk, 8 Russian soldiers were captured
Ukrainian troops have taken eight Russian soldiers prisoner in Severodonetsk: the governor of the Lugansk region, Sergiy Gaidai, has announced on Telegram. According to the governor, General Aleksandr Dvornikov aims to take "full control of Severodonetsk by June 10, or to control the road between Lysychansk and Bakhmut", which would open the way to Kramatorsk, the capital of the Donetsk region. "All forces, all reserves are focusing on these two tasks," said Gaidai.
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Ukraine: 262 children killed since the beginning of the war
The toll of children killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion has risen to 262: this is what emerges from the data of the country's parliament. At least 467 minors were injured. The Guardian reports this.
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Kiev, Russian missile at low altitude over nuclear power plant
Russia today launched a cruise missile that flew "critically low" over the southern Ukrainian nuclear power plant in the Mykolayiv region. The national operator of the plants, Energoatom denounced this. Russian forces "still do not understand that even the smallest fragment of a missile that can hit a functioning power supply can cause a nuclear catastrophe and a loss of radiation," the agency said in a statement.
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Kiev, 31,150 Russian soldiers killed since the beginning of the war
About 31,150 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since the invasion began, according to the Kiev army. In its update on Moscow's losses so far, the Ukrainian army indicates that 210 fighters, 175 helicopters and 548 drones have also been shot down after 102 days of conflict. In addition, the Kiev forces claim to have destroyed 1,381 Russian tanks, 686 pieces of artillery, 3,392 armored personnel carriers, 122 cruise missiles and 13 ships.
(Unioneonline)