Ukraine-Russia struggle newest: Kyiv denies Putin’s forces have breached central area for first time | EUROtoday

Pictures taken in Kostyantynivka present youngsters and the aged being evacuated.

The settlement is a crucial logistical hub for the Ukrainian military, situated north of the town of Donetsk.

According to the Russian defence ministry, items of the ninetieth Tank Division of the Central Grouping of Russian forces have reached the western frontier of Ukraine’s Donetsk area and are attacking the adjoining Dnipropetrovsk area.

“The enemy does not abandon its intentions to enter the Dnipropetrovsk region,” Ukraine’s Southern Defence Forces mentioned on Telegram. “Our soldiers are courageously and professionally holding their section of the front, disrupting the occupier’s plans. This work does not stop for a minute.”

Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, mentioned the Dnipropetrovsk offensive confirmed that if Ukraine didn’t wish to settle for the fact of Russia’s territorial features in peace talks then Moscow’s forces would advance additional.

The pro-Ukrainian Deep State map confirmed Russian forces very near the Dnipropetrovsk area, which had a inhabitants of greater than 3 million earlier than the struggle, and advancing on the town of Kostyantynivka within the Donetsk area from a number of instructions.

A Ukrainian army spokesman, Dmytro Zaporozhets, mentioned that Russian forces have been attempting to “build a bridgehead for an attack” on Kostyantynivka, an vital logistical hub for the Ukrainian military.

The trade of the our bodies of deceased troopers might now happen subsequent week, after unique plan to swap them this weekend was delayed.

Russia on Saturday accused Ukraine of delaying the swap of prisoners of struggle and return of the our bodies of 12,000 lifeless troopers, although Ukraine denied these claims.

It is scheduled for subsequent week, Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s army intelligence chief (HUR), mentioned, based on Kyiv Independent.

“The start of repatriation measures following the negotiations in Istanbul is scheduled for next week, as authorised persons were informed on Tuesday (June 3),” Budanov posted on Telegram.

Ukraine has rejected Russian claims to have entered the central-eastern area of Dnipropetrovsk for the primary time.

With Vladimir Putin intensifying his push to grab additional Ukrainian territory whereas paying lip service to peace talks brokered by the United States, Russia’s defence ministry claimed on Sunday that its forces had reached the western frontier of Ukraine’s Donetsk area and have been now attacking the adjoining Dnipropetrovsk area.

But Ukraine strongly refuted these claims, with the nation’s Southern Defence Forces saying: “The enemy has not abandoned its plans to enter Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Our soldiers are bravely and professionally holding their section of the front, thwarting the occupier’s plans.”

This was echoed by Major Andrii Kovalev, a spokesperson for the overall workers of Ukraine’s armed forces, who informed Ukrainska pravda: “The information is not true. Fighting is ongoing in Donetsk Oblast. The enemy did not enter Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.”

And a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Khortytsia group of forces informed CNN that “the Russians are constantly spreading false information that they have entered the Dnipropetrovsk region from the Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka directions, but [in neither place] is this information true”.

A drone assault compelled the closure of two airports serving Moscow, Russian authorities mentioned.

Air defence items destroyed 9 Ukrainian drones heading in direction of Moscow by 3am (UK time), Mayor Sergei Sobyanin mentioned.

One drone assault brought about injured two individuals and brought about a fireplace on the Azot chemical plant within the Tula area.

In one other assault seven drones have been destroyed over the Kaluga area, regional governors mentioned.

At least 12 civilians have been killed and 65 injured by Russian assaults throughout Ukraine within the final 24 hours, based on native stories.

Russia launched almost 50 drones in a single day focusing on civilians and infrastructure throughout Ukraine, based on Ukraine’s air power.

Six civilians have been killed and 44 injured in Kharkiv Oblast alone, Ukraine’s nationwide police mentioned.

Ukrainian docs deal with a soldier injured by shrapnel from Russian explosive drones at a medical stabilisation centre in an undisclosed location close to Pokrovsk, jap Ukraine.

Donald Trump has been proven to be incorrect, incorrect and incorrect once more about Vladimir Putin. He was incorrect once more when he was requested if Ukraine’s “Spiderweb” drone strikes in opposition to Russian bombers had modified his view of the playing cards the Ukrainians have: “They gave Putin a reason to go and bomb the hell out of them,” he mentioned.

The US ought to present extra army support if desires Vladimir Putin on the negotiating desk, a assume tank has mentioned.

The Institute for the Study of War mentioned: “The United States must continue equipping Ukrainian soldiers as Russia’s battlefield losses remain the key driver of Russia’s current materiel, manpower, and economic problems.

“Western support, significantly of weapons programs that solely the United States can present at scale and shortly, would enable Ukrainian forces to higher defend their positions, sluggish Russian advances, and inflict much more critical losses on the Russian army.”