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Last night situation was tense in the east of Ukraine | Міністерство оборони України
Friday, June 5. DONBAS – The press centre of the ‘anti-terror’ operation reports overnight there were over forty attacks. Terrorists shelled with mortars and artillery forbidden by the Minsk agreements.

The tensest situation is in Donetsk direction.

Illegal armed formations shelled Pisky, Berezove, Pervomaysk, Opytne, Bohdanivka, Butovka mine, Novobakhmutovka with artillery and mortars.

Militants shelled Berezove and Vodyane with tank armament. They used multiple rocket launchers against Starohnativka.

Mariynka is still the flashpoint. The enemy shelled the govt positions with grenade launchers and small arms.

Russian-backed terrorists attacked Hranitne with 122 mm artillery.

Militants shelled Novotoshkivske with 120 mm mortars.

The enemy still conducts aerial reconnaissance by UAVs.

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OSCE reports 249 explosions near Donetsk airport in last day| Ukrinform
KYIV, June 5 /Ukrinform/. The OSCE observers have heard about 250 explosions near the Donetsk airport.

This is stated in the OSCE SMMU's latest report on the situation in the Donbas conflict zone.

"The SMM noticed a sharp increase in the number of ceasefire violations at and around the Donetsk airport. From the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC) observation point, over a nine hour period during the day, the SMM heard 249 explosions of both incoming and outgoing fire consistent with artillery, mortar and multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) outgoing from south, west, north-west, north and north-east of the SMM position," the report reads.

The report also informs about intense shelling of Donetsk.

"From the Park Inn Hotel the SMM heard several salvos of outgoing MLRS and close to one hundred artillery rounds impacting in the city," observers say.

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At least 2,154 soldiers killed in Russia’s war against Ukraine

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A bloody battle in Donetsk Oblast's Maryinka claimed the lives of at least four Ukrainian soldiers on June 3, and one more elsewhere on the front line. They are among the 27 soldiers killed since mid-May.

Ukraine’s army repelled the June 3 assault by Russia-separatist forces in a 12-hour battle involving artillery on both sides. The government still controls Maryinka and Krasnohorivka, west of the occupied stronghold of Donetsk.

Yuriy Biryukov, a military advisor to President Petro Poroshenko, said some 39 Ukrainian servicemen were wounded over the past 24 hours.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk blamed Moscow for the latest fighting. “Russia has once again violated the ‘ceasefire’ agreement...Its terrorists began a military operation.”

At least 6,417 people, including 626 women, have been killed and 15,962 wounded since mid-April when the Moscow-engineered invasion of Donbas began.

The following is the list of those known to be killed through May 14-31:

May 14

Maksym Hrachov, 29, a soldier of the 41st motorized brigade fromChernihiv Oblast. Hrachov was mobilized to the army in September and was killed in Volnovakha in Donetsk Obalst.His friends recalled that he wanted to get married when he comes back from the war front. “Maksym was my best friend, I can’t believe he’s not with us anymore,” Hrachov’s friend, Serhiy Salimon, was quoted as saying. “I cried like a child when I found out about (his death). We wanted to celebrate when he comes back from war, but instead we gathered for his mourning,” Salimon said. Hrachov leaves his mother, two sisters and brothers in a town of Semenivka in Chernihiv Oblast.

Vitaliy Salohub, 32, a soldier of the 93rd mechanized brigade from Poltava Oblast.He was mobilized to the army in April 2014, was involved in the battle for a village of Pisky close to Donetsk Airport. He was treated in one of the Poltava Oblast hospitals after the his service and died on May 14. Salohub leaves his wife and two children in a town of Kobelyaky.

May 15

Stanislav Kucherovskiy 30, a soldier of the 93rd mechanized brigade from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Kucherovskiy was mobilized to the army in February and was killed in a village of Novoselivka in Donetsk Oblast. He leaves his parents and a sister in a city of Dniprodzerzhynsk.

Oleksiy Sapozhnikov, 26, a soldier of the 24th unit of Aidar Battalion.He volunteered to the war front in November. Sapozhnikov was badly wounded in the battle with Russian-separatist forces at the checkpoint near the village of Novotoshkivske in Luhansk Oblast. He died later in one of the Kharkiv city hospitals. Sapozhnikov leaves his wife and two children in a town of Zdolbuniv in Rivne Oblast.

May 16

VadymPuhachov, 40, asoldierofthe 92ndmechanizedbrigadefromPoltavaOblast. Puhachov, an ethnic Russian, moved with his family to Kremenchuk when he was a child. Later he served in the army and then worked as a contractor for a local construction company. Puhachov volunteered to the armny in August and was killed near the city of Shсhastya in Luhansk Oblast. He leaves a wife and a son.

May 17

Andriy Sokolenko, 41, a colonel of the Ukraine’s National Guard from Zaporizhzhya. Sokolenko, a professional serviceman, didn’t hesitate to join the army in 2014. He also helped to coordinate volunteeres who equipped Ukrainian troopers. Sokolenko was killed in an ambush while he was on his way to the village of Troitske in Luhansk Oblast. He was in a car together with three volunteers, two of them were killed. They were bringing supplies to the soldiers on the war front. Sokolenko leaves a wife and 15-year-old daughter in Lviv.

Ivan Popil, 21, a soldier of Ukraine’s National Guard from Lviv Oblast. He took part in a number of battles for Ukrainian city of Debaltseve, that was taken over by Russian-separatist forces in February. He was killed near the village of Troitske in Luhansk Oblast. Popil lives his mother and a sister in a village of Zarichya in Lviv Oblast.

May 20

AndriyIon, 40, a soldier of the Aidar Battalion.Ion took part in the protests on Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti during the EuroMaidan Revolution and later volunteered to the war zone. He joined Donbas battalion first, but eneded up as a member of Aidar Battalion. He was killed in the firefight near the city of Novoaidar in Luhansk Oblast.

VadymVysochyn, 22, a soldier of the 93rd mechanizedbrigade from Kirovohrad. He was mobilized to Ukrainian army in February, used to work as a military driver. Vysochyn’s comrades recalled he was cheerful and fair young man. Vysochyn was killed during a shelling near the village of Kamyanka in Donestk Oblast. He leaves his mother in a city of Kirovohrad.

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MykolaHoncharuk, 30, a soldier of the 57th motorized brigade from Khmelnytskiy Oblast. He was mobilized to the army in summer. Honcharuk was killedduring a mortar shelling in Donetsk Oblast’s Horlivka. He leaves a wife and two children.

May 25

Ihor Shlyamar, 45, a soldier of the53rd mechanized brigade fromCherkasy Oblast.He volunteered to the war front in August. He was killed in an ambush near the village of Komyshne in Luhanskl Obalst. “Ihor wanted to rescue his comrade and was badly wounded in his back,” Volodymyr Matvienko, local military enlistment officer, was quoted as saying. “He kept holding a grenade in his hand he didn’t manage to use.” Matvienko said. He leaves a wife and three children in a city of Uman.

May 26

Yevhen Marchuk, 27, a soldier of the Aidar Battalion from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.He was an active EuroMaidan Revolution supporter before he volunteered to the army. Marchuk was badly wounded while defending the town of Zolote in Luhansk Oblast. He refused to get a treatment and stayed on the ground with his comrades. He died later because of the numerous wounds. Marchuk was mourned in his native city of Kryvyi Rih. He leaves his parents there.

May 28

Serhiy Kozlenko, 21,a soldier of the 93rd mechanized brigade from Kirovohrad Oblast. He had been serving in the east for the last 10 months. Kozlenko was killed in Volnovakha in Donetsk Oblast. He leaves his parents in a village of Shyshkine in Kirovohrad Oblast.

Vasyl Kindratskiy, 52, a deputy commander of the OUN Battalion from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. He graduate from the Lviv National Ivan Franko University with a degree in journalism and later worked in a number of local media in Lviv. He also worked for a local city council and was a deputy head of the local branch of People's Movement of Ukraine (Narodnyi Rukh Ukrajiny), Ukrainian political party. Kindratskiy waskilledduring a mortar shelling near the village of Vodyane in Donetsk Oblast. he leaves a wife, 8-year-old son and a daughter in Lviv.

May 30

Vladyslav Dyusov, 21, a soldier of Azov Battalion from Vinnytsia Oblast. Dyusov was a student of Kyiv National Polytechnic Institute, he died three weeks before getting his bachelor degree. Dyusov was an active EuroMaidan Revolution supporter and later volunteered to go to the east. He was a member of Kyiv-2 Battalion, but later ended up in Azov volunteer battalion. He was badly wounded as he stepped on a land mine near Shyrokyne in Donetsk Oblast. “We heard an explosion and ran to him; he lost his leg,” Dyusov’s comrade, Bohdan Hryzlo, was quoted as saying. “He didn’t scream, just instructed us on how to apply a tourniquet. I’ve never seen such a courageous person before. He’s a hero. ” Dyusov died on his way to the hospital.

May 31

Dmytro Vasyliev, 29, a soldier of the28th mechanized brigade from Odesa Oblast. He volunteered to the army in July and took part in the most fierce battles, including the hotspot of Savur-Mohyla in June-August 2014. Vasyliev was killed in an ambush near the village of Slavne in Donetsk Oblast. He leaves his parents in Chornomorske town in Odesa Oblast.
 
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President says Mariynka is liberated from diversionists | Міністерство оборони України
Friday, June 5. KYIV — President Petro Poroshenko in his opening remarks at the press conference, as of the morning, spoke about the latest news from the front.

On June 3, there was an assault on Maryinka by 500-1,000 militants with tanks and armored vehicles. They counted on the factor of suddenness. I can say that the Armed Forces demonstrated their best qualities. We efficiently repelled the attack. We informed the OSCE representatives on the assault, which made us return the heavy weaponry to the front and rebuff the attack. We organized the press availability of Maj. Gen. Taran and informed the inspectors. At the same time, Russian officials from the Joint Center for Coordination and Control have disappeared immediately. In any case, this situation showed the higher level of the Ukrainian troops.

On June 4, following the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, mopping-up operation was held by the 95th Airborne Brigade, 25th Paratroopers brigade, 28th Brigade and the National Guard units. I can now inform that Maryinka was liberated from diversionists and 12 persons who committed armed resistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine were captured, including one Russian citizen.

Commander of the Airborne Troops, Hero of Ukraine Mykhailo Zabrodskyi was the direct commander of the operation. I am grateful to all Ukrainian servicemen who demonstrated their best qualities to the entire world. Ukraine is capable of defending itself.


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Four Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas conflict zone in last day| Ukrinform
KYIV, June 5 /Ukrinform/. During the last day no casualties among Ukrainian servicemen have been reported, four soldiers have been wounded in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in Donbas as a result of hostilities and military clashes.

Spokesman for the Presidential Administration on the anti-terrorist operation, Colonel Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"Over the past day, fortunately, no our soldiers were killed, another four were injured as a result of military clashes and provocations," he said.

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WAY more than that. Try 20,000+.
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Jeffrey Feltman, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, says that the latest death toll since the outbreak of the conflict in eastern Ukraine stands at over 6,400 people.

"The latest death toll since the outbreak of the conflict stands at over 6,400 people. Since the signing of the Minsk package, some additional 400 lives have been lost. Sadly, just as Wednesday, according to the OSCE HR's latest figures, an additional 28 people, including 9 civilians, were killed in deadly clashes around Maryinka," he said at the UN Security Council on June 5.



"This is a sharp increase over past weeks, particularly as heavy shelling elsewhere in Donetsk reportedly continued throughout yesterday [June 4]," he added.



As UNIAN reported earlier, combined Russian-separatist forces early on June 3 launched a massive attack on Ukrainian troops near the town of Maryinka in Donetsk region,
which later developed into a full-scale advance.


Four Ukrainian soldiers were killed near Maryinka alone on June 3, according to Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Yuriy Biryukov's update as of Thursday morning. Thirty-nine Ukrainian soldiers were wounded, he wrote on Facebook.


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Head of Donetsk Regional Military-Civilian Administration Oleksandr Kikhtenko says that measures have been taken to counter emergency situations in Donbas villages and towns shelled by combined Russian-separatist forces.
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The town of Avdiyivka is under enemy fire / Photo from social networks
Russian-backed militants continue shelling the town of Avdiyivka, located 6 km north of the militant-controlled city of Donetsk, Kikhtenko wrote on Facebook.

"I talked to Avdiyivka's mayor 90 minutes ago, and he told me that the town was still under fire with shells hitting residential houses. Fortunately, there have been no casualties," he wrote on Friday evening.


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Ukrainian servicemen walk behind tanks as they take part in exercises near the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk in Luhansk Oblast on March 27.
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Luhansk Oblast Governor Hennadiy Moskal has completely cut off the water supply to Russian-occupied territories in retaliation for shelling by the Kremlin-separatist forces.

The order to shut off the water was signed on June 5, according to the website of the regional administration. Separatist leaders in Luhansk said on June 3 that the water supply had already stopped flowing.

Moskal explained the move as a necessary response to frequent shelling of Ukrainian-controlled territory, which he said had deprived residents in at least eight villages of electricity.

“The electricity line on occupied territory has been damaged (by shelling), but the militants will not allow technicians in to fix it. Emergency workers have repeatedly tried to get to the scene where the damage is – with no luck,” Moskal said in the online statement.

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Downed helicopter. August 2014, the Republic of Lugansk.

The video in this post was allegedly filmed on Aug. 20, 2014, somewhere near Lugansk where a Ukrainian Mi-24 Hind gunship helicopter was hit and shot down by an anti-aircraft missile while on patrol with another helicopter of the same type.

Both crew members, reportedly Major Oleg Biryukov and Captain Anton Rodionov, died in the crash.

According to the information available on the Internet, the helicopter downed by the pro-Russia separatists was Mi-24P “Yellow 15″ from the 7th Army Aviation Regiment, a gunship that had been already hit and damaged by Donetsk People Republic fighters near Slavyansk.

Several Mi-24 helicopters and many other Ukrainian aircraft have been shot down by MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense Systems) in eastern Ukrainian during clashes with Russia-backed separatists.
 
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@vostok

Bro, are you still in Ukraine? Is your family well? What is situation? What about other prorussian regions, Dniepropetrovsk, your Nikolaev, Oddesa, Kharkov....?
Is prorussian segment still strong in that regions?
 
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@vostok

Bro, are you still in Ukraine? Is your family well? What is situation? What about other prorussian regions, Dniepropetrovsk, your Nikolaev, Oddesa, Kharkov....?
Is prorussian segment still strong in that regions?
I'm fine, thank you. My family too.
The junta holds repressions - Thousands of activists have been arrested (or mudered) and thousands were forced to leave the country. In fact - the protest beheaded and without external assistance is not enough.
Pro-Russian sentiments are strong, but without central organization it is irrelevant.
All are hoping that sooner or later Russia will enter the troops and Banderovites Nazi's will drive back to the Carpathians.
 
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What about Central Ukraine, I know about Eastern Ukraine and its prorussian sentiments, but I heard that Central Ukraine (Kiev and two or three regions) become Second Western Ukraine with its russophobia?
Can Russia hope to make Ukraine its right hand again, becouse without Ukraine, Russia is alot weaker, (Russian Empire was superpower with Ukraine, USSR was superpower with Ukraine). We all know that Ukraine will never be NATO member, but can Russia in next decades make Ukraine a prorussian again, a member in ОДКБ and ЕАС?
 
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What about Central Ukraine, I know about Eastern Ukraine and its prorussian sentiments, but I heard that Central Ukraine (Kiev and two or three regions) become Second Western Ukraine with its russophobia?
Can Russia hope to make Ukraine its right hand again, becouse without Ukraine, Russia is alot weaker, (Russian Empire was superpower with Ukraine, USSR was superpower with Ukraine). We all know that Ukraine will never be NATO member, but can Russia in next decades make Ukraine a prorussian again, a member in ОДКБ and ЕАС?
In central Ukraine, the opinions are divided approximately equally. In the end, nationalist propaganda is carried from 1991 year. A whole generation has grown that was born not in a great and united country and in a small Ukraine.
However, I'm sure everything will be fine. After the reunification the Ukrainians will be able again to rise on the most top of power in the Kremlin, to build missiles and aircraft carriers, to fly into space and so on.
Russia in the past has lost the south-western lands - to the Khazars and to the Poles. But always returned.
 
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Ukrainian servicemen who came from Donetsk Oblast for a rotation embrace each other during a ceremony at the railway station in Kyiv on June 5. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on June 5 that Russia had deployed "an unprecedented" amount of troops on the border with Ukraine as well as claiming there are already thousands of troops in the rebel-held east of the ex-Soviet country.
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Attack on Maryinka joint operation of Russian military, separatists - U.S. Ambassador to UN
Attack on Maryinka was a joint operation of Russian troops and separatists, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power has said.

According to the special monitoring mission of the OSCE, separatists were moving heavy weapons before and during the collision, Power said during a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine in Washington on Friday.

The SMM was trying to contact the leadership of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic for half an hour on June 3, but they were either engaged or did not want to communicate with the mission, the ambassador said. She said that the recent attack on Maryinka was a joint operation by separatists and Russian military.

According to her data, in the fighting in the area of Maryinka on June 3, five Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 35 wounded, there are victims among the civilian population, but there is no data on losses among separatists and Russian troops. She also recalled that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree, according to which information about the losses the Russia Armed Forces would be classified.

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Ukrainian soldiers film search for militants in Maryinka on GoPro cam

Poroshenko: Maryinka free of saboteurs, more Russians detained - read on - uatoday.tv
Nearly 500 - 1,000 Russian-backed militants launched an attack on Ukrainian army positions near Maryinka (Donetsk region) on June 3. In the meantime Maryinka is free from militants. Ukrainian troops detained 12 militants including Russian citizens.

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MOSCOW, June 5. /TASS/. As many as 44 people, both militias and civilians, have been killed in shelling in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) over past week, the DPR human rights ombudsperson said in a report issued on Friday.

"In a period from May 30 to June 5, 2015, nine civilians and 35 servicement have beek killed in combat operations," the document said. As many as 48 civilians and 29 militias have been hospitalized with wounds.
 
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Terrorists shell Starohnativka, Hranitne and Bohdanivka with Grads | Міністерство оборони України
The press centre of the ‘anti-terror’ operation (ATO) HQ reports, the situation is tense in the region. Terrorists used artillery systems forbidden by the Minsk agreements.

Donetsk direction is the flashpoint. Enemy shelled Pisky, Opytne, Butovka mine, Berezove, and Krasnohorivka with artillery and mortars.

Militants launched attacks against Starohnativka with 122 mm artillery.

In Luhansk direction, the Russian-terrorists attacked Zolote, Shchastya, Crymske with small arms and grenade launchers.

Militants used Grad multiple rocket launchers and 120 mm mortars against Luhanske, 122 mm artillery systems against Lozove, small arms, grenade launchers and anti-aircraft mounts against Zolote.

At the midnight, the number of multiple rocket launcher attacks increased.

The enemy conducted the aerial reconnaissance by UAVs.

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During a press conference held in Kramatorsk on June 5, Deputy Chief of the ‘anti-terror’ operation (ATO) Col. Serhiy Halushko presented a new evidence of the Russian presence in the region.

Near Shachtya, ATO troops revealed and destroyed the enemy’s group. At their location the Ukrainian servicemen found Shmel flame launchers which are used by the RF army only.

According to Col. Serhiy Halushko, the Ukrainian troops get RF trophies almost after each fighting such as small arms, MREs, garments, medical products.

These facts prove the Russian trace in the escalation of the armed conflict in the east of Ukraine.
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Just three of USA sat images provided to Kiev regime(from the hacked e-mail of major-general A.Taran)
At first picture 2 MLRS are just at 18 km away from the front line -pure violation of Minsk
At second picture 2x152 mm SAUs are at 6 km-another violation
At third picture 2x122 mm SAUs are at 8 km-another violation
All of the above clearly shows how USA knowns very well of MInsk violations done by Ukraine while keep putting blame on Russia. Much more of such information and all other of shady dealings of West-backed Kiev regime can be seen at cyber-berkut site.
 
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On the first anniversary of the tragic death of five members of the crew of the An-30 transport aircraft brigade of the Air Force of Ukraine, deployed in Kyyivschynni, the cemetery Pirogovo village, town Vinnitsa opening of the monument at the burial site of Hero of Ukraine colonel Konstantin grave.

A year ago, June 6, 2014, in 17 hours 12 minutes near the town of Slavyansk pro terrorists shot down a military aircraft AN-30B transport aircraft brigade of the Air Force Ukraine.

Despite mortal danger, losing precious seconds during which it was possible to escape, the crew took the city damaged aircraft to avoid civilian casualties . Five of the eight crew members died heroically, including - transport aviation squadron commander "Blue watch"

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Militants shell Ukrainian positions 30 times overnight| Ukrinform
KYIV, June 6 /Ukrinform/. From 18:00 to midnight on June 5, militants shelled Ukrainian positions about 30 times, using mostly artillery systems banned by the Minsk agreements.

This is reported by the press center for the anti-terrorist operation.

The situation was tensest in the Donetsk sector. The enemy shelled the villages of Pisky, Opytne, Berezove, the mine of Butivka and the town of Krasnohorivka using artillery and mortars. The militants also actively shelled Ukrainian positions near the village of Starohnativka with 122mm artillery.

At the direction of Luhansk, pro-Russian mercenaries fired small arms and rocket-propelled grenades at the villages of Zolote, Krymske and the town of Shastia. And to the north of Donetsk the enemy fired 120mm mortars.

In the Artemivsk sector the village of Luhanske was shelled with MLRS Grad and 120mm mortars and the village of Lozove with 122mm artillery systems. In addition, in the area of Zolote the enemy fired small arms, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft installations.

After midnight militants significantly increased the use of multiple launch rocket systems. Three times they fired Grads at Starohnativka. They also fired at Hranite and Bohdanivka one time.

During the night Ukrainian military observed 15 flights of enemy's UAVs mostly in Luhansk and Mariupol directions.


The map reflecting the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on June 6 has been released by the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council.
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KYIV, June 6 /Ukrinform/. During the last day one Ukrainian serviceman has been killed, another ten injured in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in Donbas as a result of hostilities and military clashes.

Spokesman for the Presidential Administration on the anti-terrorist operation, Colonel Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"Over the past day, as a result of active hostilities and provocations we have lost one Ukrainian soldier, another ten were injured," he said.
 
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