When the war between Russia and Ukraine reaches its 102nd day, let’s take a look at the main events.
These are the key events so far on Sunday, June 5th.
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Fighting
- Ukrainian forces have countered Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine, the UK Defense Ministry said, as regional governor Serhiy Haidai said Russian forces had lost ground and the city was divided. halfway between Ukrainian and Russian forces.
- Kyiv saw the worst missile attack in weeks, as civilian and military infrastructure was the target of a Russian attack. One person was injured.
- Russia’s defense ministry says its forces shot down a Ukrainian military transport plane carrying weapons and ammunition near the port of Odessa in the Black Sea. (Al Jazeera)
Diplomacy
- Putin will talk about the war in an interview on national television on Sunday. In a brief excerpt, the Russian news agency RIA quoted him as saying that Moscow was easily confronted with the US weapons systems sent to Ukraine and had destroyed dozens of them.
- Ukraine reprimanded Frenchman Emmanuel Macron for saying it was important not to “humiliate” Russia, a position that Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said “can only humiliate France.”
- Russia’s foreign minister said Western sanctions would have no effect on the country’s oil exports, and predicted a big jump in the benefits of energy shipments this year.
- Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to NATO would put Russia in a difficult military position in the Baltic Sea, US General Mark Milley said in Stockholm before a military exercise.