Kharkiv

Fighting continues near Sokol and Nevelsky, Ukrainian defenders prevent russia's advance in the Pokrovsky direction, and also repel attacks in other areas.

The Ukrainian defense forces repelled one russian attack near Liptsy, Kharkiv region. The Ukrainian armed forces inflict losses on the enemy, including destroying 17 pieces of equipment and two pieces of special equipment, as well as damaging three enemy artillery systems.

550 children were killed and more than 1,364 were injured in Ukraine as a result of russia's armed aggression. Most of the victims were in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kiev, Zaporizhia and Mykolaiv regions.

As a result of enemy shelling of a residential building in the Novobavarsky District of Kharkiv, 7 people were killed, including 4 men and 3 women. Search operations continue.

In Balakliya, Izyumsky district, at about 5 a. m., a rocket attack on two residential buildings injured 12 people, including 8 children aged 2 to 17 years, and one child had an acute stress reaction.

Russian troops seized about 752 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in 2024, despite Russia's Defense Minister Andrey Belousov's inflated estimate of 880 square kilometers.

A volunteer from Switzerland was wounded during the Russian shelling of Volchansk, Kharkiv region, while performing a humanitarian mission to evacuate people and animals from war zones.

The situation at the front remains tense, but controlled: 81 clashes occurred, as Ukrainian troops resolutely repel Russia's attempts to move forward and open effective fire on the enemy along the entire line of contact.

A volunteer from Switzerland was wounded in Russian shelling in the Kharkiv region while performing a humanitarian mission to evacuate people and animals from war zones.

Since the beginning of the day on May 31, 70 military clashes have been recorded at the front, and the most intense fighting took place in the Pokrovsky direction, where 11 of the 24 battles continued.

Biden approved Ukraine's use of American weapons to strike Russian military targets on the Russian side of the border in self-defense against Russian aggression.

In the Kharkiv region, due to Russian shelling, 14 forest fires continue to burn on an area of more than 3,700 hectares. More than 10 fires are localized.

In Kharkiv, as a result of a night attack by Russian troops, the death toll increased to 6, the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office reported.

President Zelensky hailed the Biden administration's decision to allow Ukraine to use American weapons against targets in Russia near the border as a step forward to protect Ukrainians.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg commented on the latest news from the United States about easing its policy on strikes against targets in the Russian Federation, pointing out that he welcomes that NATO allies provide support to Ukraine in various ways, but will not go into details of what type of support.

In Kharkiv, the body of another person who died as a result of a night strike by Russian troops on a residential building in the Novobavarsky district was found, and the search and rescue operation is still ongoing.

The speaker of the OSU "Khortytsia" said that the Ukrainian troops have stabilized the situation in the Kharkiv direction and will not give the russians the opportunity to gain a foothold in Volchansk.

Zelensky criticized the ban on the use of Western weapons to hit targets in Russia, saying it was illogical to see Russian terrorists killing Ukrainians but unable to respond, and accused the Russians of simply smiling at the situation.

Russia carries out attacks from positions near the Russian border, especially in the Kharkiv region, and Ukraine has the right to defend itself against these attacks using weapons supplied by Germany and other countries, a German government official said.

Commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Ukraine Alexander Svirsky and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff of the United States discussed the urgent needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Defense Forces of Ukraine are trying to prevent the enemy from advancing in the Pokrovsky direction, while the situation in the area of Didrova in the Limansky direction remains tense, since the beginning of the day, 26 military clashes have occurred at the front.

212 bodies of dead Ukrainian defenders were returned to Ukraine from various frontline areas and temporarily occupied territories.

The Office of President Volodymyr Zelensky, after reports that the Joe Biden administration is easing the long-standing policy that prohibits Ukraine from using American weapons against targets in Russia, welcomed such a step by the United States.

Due to the enemy attack in Kiev, about 600 subscribers were left without electricity, and bad weather led to power outages in more than 60 settlements of the Khmelnitsky and Transcarpathian regions, affecting about 6,800 subscribers.

A volunteer from Switzerland was wounded during a Russian strike on Volchansk, Kharkiv region. In total, as a result of Russian shelling over the past day in the Kharkiv region, one person was killed and five others were injured.

Ukraine will never have enough missiles and air defense systems to effectively counter Russia's massive combined air attacks, so it needs more systems like Patriot, IRIS-T, and NASAMS.

Five people were killed in Kharkiv as a result of a Russian strike on the night of May 31.

According to the mayor, the body of one victim was found in Kharkiv after a night attack by Russian troops, and four more civilians may be under the rubble.

All four Shahed attack drones and an Iskander cruise missile launched by Russian troops in Ukraine on the night of May 31 were destroyed by the Ukrainian Air Defense Forces.

Five enemy rockets hit residential and commercial properties in Kharkiv, killing 3 people and injuring 23, including 2 children.