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Russia launches missile strikes on Kyiv. President Putin threatens retaliatory attacks on arms deliveries: the news ticker on the Ukraine war on Monday, June 6th.
- losses of Russia: General tot
- Bombing of Kyiv: Railway company releases new details
- Troop Movements: Russia stationed soldiers near Donetsk
- Legionnaires Killed: A volunteer fighter from Germany has died in Ukraine.
- Fighting in Eastern Ukraine: Russian and Ukrainian forces fight fiercely in Sievjerodonetsk.
- Editor’s note: This news ticker on the Ukraine war is continuously updated by our editors. The parties to the conflict are partly the source of the information. Information on the number of casualties or the course of the war cannot be directly verified independently.
+++ 6.45 a.m.: Great Britain wants to support Ukraine in the fight against Russia by supplying it with long-range missile systems. It plans to deliver the US-made M270 Multiple Rocket Launcher Artillery System (MLRS).
The British Ministry of Defense emphasized that this means “a significant boost to the capabilities of the Ukrainian army.” The weapon system can hit targets up to 80 kilometers away with precision-guided missiles.
Ukraine War: Major General Roman Kutuzov killed
+++ Monday, June 6th, 6:06 a.m: According to Russian journalists, Ukraine has now also confirmed that a high-ranking Russian officer with the rank of general has been killed. The commander of the 1st army corps of the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic, Major General Roman Kutuzov, had been “officially denazified and demilitarized”, the administration for strategic communications of the Ukrainian armed forces said on Monday night, according to the online portal “Ukrainskaya Pravda”.
Kutuzov is said to have fallen while leading a Russian attack on a town near Popasna in the Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian side had previously reported that the Russian attack had been repelled and that the enemy had been forced to withdraw with “significant casualties”.
Ukraine War: Heavy fighting in Donetsk region
+++ 11.25 p.m.: In a situation report, the Ukrainian military reported heavy fighting in the Donetsk region. The northern approaches to the city of Sloviansk, which is considered strategically important, are particularly hotly contested. There was no loss of territory. Instead, the Russian military would have suffered more heavy casualties, the report said. The Russian Air Force attacked Sloviansk with airstrikes, among other things. The information cannot be independently verified.
+++ 11 p.m.: According to his office, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visited the troops at the front in the Zaporizhia region on Sunday. He thanked the armed forces for their service and protection of the population and the state and thought of the fallen soldiers, it said.
+++ 10.30 p.m.: A quarantine has been imposed in the port city of Mariupol, which is occupied by Russian troops and has long been the scene of heavy fighting. The background is the risk of cholera. Petro Andryushchenko, Mariupol city council deputy and adviser to the mayor, told Unian news agency that there are already numerous cases in the city. That is why the occupiers have now imposed the quarantine. His statements cannot be independently verified. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) had already warned of the spread of cholera in Mariupol in May. The danger lurks above all in the drinking water, which could be contaminated by corpses and garbage.
+++ 9 p.m.: As previously reported, Russian General Roman Kutuzov was apparently killed in the Ukraine War. In addition to the Nexta medium, this is also reported by the journalist of the Russian state television, Alexander Sladkov, on Telegram. There is still no comment from the Russian Defense Ministry. The information cannot be independently verified.
+++ 8.30 p.m.: A streaming service was hacked during the World Cup qualifier between Wales and Ukraine. Propaganda videos from the Kremlin were shown.
+++ 7.30 p.m.: According to Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar, the capital Kyiv is and remains the main target of the Russian army. The goal of Russia is still the capture of the city. This is reported by the news portal Kyiv Independent.
Ukraine War: Russian General Allegedly Dead
+++ 7 p.m.: Russian General Roman Kutuzov was killed in action in Ukraine. This is reported by the Nexta medium with reference to numerous pro-Russian Telegram channels. In these, therefore, the condolences are already expressed. So far there has been no official statement from the Kremlin. Nexta’s information cannot be independently verified.
+++ 5 p.m.: The National Police of Ukraine has released a video intended to show the extent of war damage in the Donetsk region. The recordings probably show numerous destroyed houses in the town of Druzhkovka and a crying woman. The exile medium Nexta recently shared the video Twitter.
+++ 4 p.m.: Pope Francis has called for “real negotiations” in the Ukraine war. “Please do not plunge humanity into ruin,” he warned in Rome on Sunday. He appealed to “the leaders of nations” to start “genuine negotiations for a ceasefire and a sustainable solution” in the conflict.
Ukraine War News: Confusion Over Bombing of Kyiv
+++ 3 p.m.: Ukraine’s railway company Ukrzaliznytsia has dismissed Russia’s claim that four missiles targeted Ukrainian army tanks and military vehicles at a repair shop in Kyiv on Sunday (June 5). That was not the case, it said on Sunday afternoon, as reported by the Kyiv Independent news portal.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Telegram that it used long-range air-to-surface missiles to destroy “T-72” tanks delivered to Ukraine.
War in Ukraine: Russia apparently moves troops
+++ 1 p.m.: Russia has apparently moved more than 20 weapons and equipment units to the Donetsk region. This was reported by the Ukrainian general staff in a briefing on Sunday – and referred to Bakhmut as the new location. According to the General Staff, the background to the transfer is an attempt to compensate for the heavy losses in the Ukraine war. The information cannot be independently verified.
+++ 11.00 a.m.: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned against supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine during the Ukraine war. In this case, the Russian armed forces would target new targets, Putin said on Sunday, according to Russian news agencies. The Kremlin chief warned that in general, western arms deliveries are currently only prolonging the conflict.
If long-range missiles are delivered to Ukraine, “then we will draw the appropriate conclusions and use our weapons (…) to hit objects that we have not hit so far,” the agencies quoted the Russian head of state as saying. He did not specify what potential targets he means by that.
Heavy fighting in Sievjerodonetsk: Ukraine reports recaptures
+++ 10.30 a.m.: Ukraine has reported territorial gains from the embattled city of Sieverodonetsk. “The Russians controlled about 70 percent of the city, but in the past two days they have been pushed back,” Luhansk region governor Serhiy Gaiday told Telegram on Sunday (June 5). “The city is divided in two, they are afraid to move freely there.” Russian soldiers were arrested.
As the British Ministry of Defense suspects, Russian morale may have suffered from the Ukrainian counterattacks of the past 24 hours. “Ukrainian forces have launched a counterattack in the embattled city of Sievarodonetsk in eastern Ukraine that is likely to weaken the operational momentum of Russian forces, previously gained through concentration of combat units and firepower,” the ministry wrote.
According to the ministry, these are personnel mobilized from the reserve of the Russian-led separatist forces of the self-proclaimed “Luhansk People’s Republic”. “These troops are poorly equipped and trained and do not have heavy equipment compared to regular Russian units,” it said.
Ukraine War: German volunteer fighter killed in battle
First report from Sunday, June 5th, 7.30 a.m.: Kyiv – Ukraine has for the first time reported the death of a German volunteer fighter in the fighting in the Ukraine war. The International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine announced on Saturday evening (June 4) in Kyiv that three volunteers from France, Australia and the Netherlands were among the “fallen brothers in arms”. The names of the four men were also included in the statement, but not the time or place of their deaths.
The Federal Foreign Office in Berlin said the embassy in Kyiv was trying to find out more and was “in contact with the Ukrainian authorities who have spread the relevant news”.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on volunteers from all over the world to join the fight against the Russian army. For this purpose, the Legion was founded, which is now actively recruiting. The Russian military repeatedly reports the “annihilation” of mercenaries, and according to the Kremlin, the number of foreign legionnaires killed is in the thousands.
Ukraine war: Ukrainian will “never forget” foreign legionnaires
“You have chosen to defend the sovereignty of Ukraine,” said Legion spokesman Damien Magrou. “They decided to fight and show the enemy that the values of freedom and democracy shared by the civilized world cannot – and will not – be destroyed by missiles or artillery.” The courage of the men is an inspiration. The Ukrainian people and armed forces are grateful that the “foreign heroes” wanted to protect them from Russia’s “barbaric invasion” and from tyranny. They would have sacrificed themselves. Ukraine is indebted to them, it said. “You will never forget!”
The spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, had repeatedly warned that Moscow would target the mercenaries in the Ukraine war. “A number of Western countries are encouraging, at the state level, their citizens to participate in hostilities against Russian troops as mercenaries of Ukraine,” he said in March. However, Russia had also announced that it would take foreigners into its ranks, including experienced men from Syria. (nak/tu with AFP/dpa)