Explosions in Kyiv – Nationwide air alert in Ukraine

New attacks are occurring in the Belgorod region. Russia reports successes in the Donetsk region – Kiev does not comment. The news ticker on the Ukraine war.

• Russian losses: Kiev reports current figures
• Mercenary troops in eastern Ukraine: Wagner boss with accusations against Russian army
• Here you can read about the latest developments in the Ukraine conflict. Some of the information processed, in particular on losses of the armies involved in the Ukraine war, comes from the warring parties from Russia or Ukraine. In some cases, they cannot be independently verified.

Update from June 6, 3:30 a.m.: On Tuesday night (6 June), there were reportedly another nationwide air alert in Ukraine. In the early hours of the morning, violent explosions were heard in various districts of the capital Kyiv, Ukrayinska Pravda reported. According to the military administration and Mayor Vitali Klitschko, the air defense has been activated, according to the Internet portal.

Ukrainian air defenses intercept a Shahed drone in the air during an airstrike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. (Archive image) © Evgeniy Maloletka/dpa

Russian losses in the Ukraine war: Kyiv reports the latest figures

The Ukrainian General Staff has published current figures on Russia's losses in the Ukraine war. According to Kyiv, Russia has already lost more than 210,000 soldiers to death or injury in the war, 410 of them in the last 24 hours alone. These figures cannot be independently verified. The Russian side does not provide any information on its own losses.

• Soldiers: 210,350 (+410)
• Tanks: 3848 (+11)
• Armored fighting vehicles: 7523 (+11)
• Artillery systems: 3567 (+12)
• Multiple rocket launchers: 584 (+1)
• Unmanned aerial vehicles / drones: 3189 (+14)
• Vehicles and fuel tanks: 6312 (+7)
• Source: General Staff of Ukraine of June 5, 2023

Ukraine war: Russian unit attacks Wagner troop

According to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian unit is said to have attacked fighters of his mercenary troops in eastern Ukraine. Wagner fighters had captured a Russian lieutenant colonel, Prigozhin said on Sunday evening. The Wagner boss published a report on the online service Telegram, according to which his fighters were allegedly fired upon by Russian soldiers during mine clearance operations.

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According to Prigozhin, the mines near Wagner positions had also been laid by Russian soldiers. "On May 17, men from the (Russian) Ministry of Defense were spotted mining the streets behind the positions of the Wagner units," said his report addressed to the Ministry of Defense in Moscow.

Partisans announce capture of Russian village

Anti-Kremlin fighters in the Russian region of Belgorod say they have taken complete control of the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka. Because the Russian power apparatus is not interested in the fate of the region and no longer has the situation under control, they have now taken over the action, the Russian Volunteer Corps RDK announced on Monday. Novaya Tavolzhanka is not a small village, but a place with once 5000 inhabitants. "Now it's empty," one gunman said on a video. After days of shelling of the area, the governor of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, indirectly admitted that he was no longer in control of the situation in the town.

Ukraine war: Russia reports repulsion of "large-scale" Ukrainian offensive in Donetsk

Russia says it has pushed back a "large-scale offensive" by Ukraine in the Donbas. "On the morning of June 4, the enemy launched a large-scale offensive in five areas of the front in the south of the Donetsk region," the Ministry of Defense in Moscow said on Monday night. Kiev, which has been preparing for a major counteroffensive for months, did not initially confirm such military action. (with agency material)