This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Monday, June 5.
This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Monday, June 5.
- Ukrainian 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.