Kharkiv

Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky spoke with the military in the areas of active military operations in the Kharkiv and Kupyansky directions on the Eastern Front, where fierce fighting continues.

According to the updated information of the General Staff, Ukrainian troops are courageously holding back the onslaught of Russian invaders, intense fighting is reported in the Pokrovsky direction, in the Kharkiv region and other areas.

Despite the ongoing war, Ukrainians still strongly support Ukraine's membership in the EU and NATO, with EU support ranging from 91% to 49% and NATO support ranging from 87% to 43% in different cities, according to a survey by the International Republican Institute.

Fighting in the area of Volchansk, Kharkiv region, has been going on since the beginning of the day, and the situation, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is under control.

In the Kharkiv region, five forest fires are being extinguished on an area of about 3,000 hectares, four fires are localized on an area of 23 hectares.

In the Kharkiv region, Russian troops shelled at least three areas over the past day, including recreation centers, it is known about three injured.

According to the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy launches guided aerial bombs in the Kharkiv region.

There were 99 military clashes on the front line, while the situation in the Pokrovsky direction remained tense, where the enemy carried out 37 assault operations, of which 27 were repulsed by Ukrainian troops and 10 military clashes continue.

In May, air danger signals were announced in Kharkiv 193 times and lasted a total of 474 hours and 55 minutes.

On June 4, Russian troops attacked Volchansk with a drone, wounding a 54-year-old man, and shelled the village of Volchansky Khutor in the Kharkiv region, wounding a 70-year-old resident.

According to the Ukrainian MP, Ukraine's international partners may soon expand permission to use weapons provided by the West against targets on the territory of Russia, depending on the situation on the battlefield.

Kiev returns to planned power outages after emergency shutdowns.

Ukrenergo was forced to apply emergency power outages in several regions due to excessive consumption exceeding limits.

Emergency power outages were introduced in many regions of Ukraine.

More than 11 thousand people were evacuated from the frontline cities of the Kharkiv region and temporarily placed in dormitories, another 10 thousand places were reserved so that evacuees could be accommodated.

The enemy continues to destroy civilian infrastructure in the Kharkiv region, firing 30 guided aerial bombs on the area during the day.

Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for human rights Dmytro Lubinets appealed to Russian ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova with a demand to open a criminal case against Russian servicemen who abused Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Kharkiv direction, citing violations of international humanitarian law.

A 59-year-old man was wounded in enemy shelling of his private home in Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, resulting in a fire.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended the decision to allow Ukraine to use German-supplied weapons to hit targets in Russia, saying it was taken with caution together with allies.

Three other children, including a 12-year-old boy who died in the Donetsk region and two wounded in Dnipro, have been victims of Russia's armed aggression since the beginning of the week. The total number of affected children reached more than 1,919.

One person was wounded in Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, as a result of Russian shelling on the morning of June 4.

The expansion of the permit for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to shoot on the territory of the Russian Federation will depend on the situation on the battlefield, John Kirby said.

The situation in some sectors of the front remains tense, but controlled: 124 military clashes are reported, including missile strikes, airstrikes and more than 2,100 attacks on Ukrainian positions and settlements.

The Russian occupiers intensified attacks in the Orekhovsky direction, especially in the area of Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporizhia region, making seven attacks there during the day.

Ukrainian troops continue to conduct intense battles with the Russian invaders on several fronts, only in the Pokrovsky direction 35 battles were recorded, as a result of which the enemy suffered heavy losses.

Russian invaders shelled the Novobavarsky District of Kharkiv, causing damage to the building, there are no reports of injuries yet.

The save Ukraine team helped three Ukrainian families with six children, including three semi-orphans, escape from the Russian-occupied territories.

"Kyivpride-2024" can be held in the metro in one form or another without the official approval of the authorities, but the organizers are in favor of dialogue with the authorities in order to find safe solutions for holding the March.

the Russians have increased their activity in the Kupyansky direction, carrying out 11 attacks on Ukrainian positions, while clashes continue in the areas of Stelmakhovka, Berestovo and Ternovo, while Ukrainian troops repel attacks in other directions.

Russian blogger Boris Rozhin, known by pseudonym "Colonelcassad", has been charged by the Security Service of Ukraine with numerous crimes, including encroaching on Ukraine's territorial integrity, aiding Russian aggression, collaborating with the enemy and promoting war, for his pro-Russian stance and supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine.