The Ukrainian counterattack on Sievierodonetsk is ongoing.
President Zelenskyy did a battlefield circulation visit to the Joint Forces Operation bases in Lysachansk, as well as in Zaporizhzhia:
⚡️Zelensky visits Ukraine’s frontline positions in Soledar, Lysychansk.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he visited two cities near the frontline of battles against the Russian army after meeting troops in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. pic.twitter.com/8wME8AcX5S
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) June 6, 2022
President Zelenskyy made a very brief – under two minutes – address this evening during his battlefield circulation in Lysachansk. It has English subtitles. There is no transcript posted:
Here is today’s operational update from the Ukrainian MOD (emphasis mine):
The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00 on June 5, 2022
The one hundred and second (102) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the enemy did not take active action. The main efforts of the units of the Armed Forces of the republic of belarus continue to focus on reconnaissance and engineering equipment positions. During the inspection of combat readiness of units, special attention is paid to the development of tasks to overcome water obstacles and the interaction of airstrikes with the crews of helicopters of army aircraft.
In the Siversky direction, the enemy is intensively guarding areas of the Ukrainian-russian border in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. He carried out mortar shelling of civilian infrastructure near the village of Gremyach, Chernihiv oblast.
In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy continues to fire on units of the Defense Forces with artillery, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, mortars and tanks. In order to support the offensive, it is rapidly rebuilding transport and railway infrastructure in the temporarily occupied territories. The use of electronic warfare continues to create conditions that make it impossible for UAV units to use UAVs.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy conducted an active defense, focusing its efforts on maintaining the occupied borders and border areas north of the city of Kharkiv. In order to increase the stability of the defense conducts engineering and fortification equipment positions and mining approaches to them. To restrain the actions of the Defense Forces, it is conducting intensive artillery and mortar shelling of the positions of our units. In addition, the enemy fired on civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Tsyrkuny, Ruski and Cherkasy Tyshky, Staryi Saltiv. He fired missiles at the Korotych settlement.
In the Slovyansk direction, the enemy’s efforts are focused on continuing the offensive in the direction of the settlement of Slovyansk. The enemy fired on civilian infrastructure in the areas of Chepil, Dibrovne, Virnopillya, Dovhenke and Bohorodychne.
The occupiers tried unsuccessfully to conduct offensive and assault operations in the areas of the settlements of Bohorodychne and Dovhenke.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy launched air strikes on civilian infrastructure in the areas of Slovyansk and Lysychansk.
In the Lyman direction, with the support of artillery, the enemy resumed the offensive near the village of Svyatogirsk, has significant losses in manpower, weapons and equipment. Conducts assault operations in the direction of the settlement of the Stary Karavan. The fighting continues.
In the Siverodonetsk direction, the enemy fired mortars, artillery and multiple rocket launchers at units of our troops and civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Siverodonetsk, Lysychansk, Toshkivka, and Ustynivka.
In the Bakhmut direction, enemy units shelled the settlements of Komyshuvakha, Mykolayivka, Bilohorivka, Pokrovske, and Dolomitne. The enemy used assault and army aircraft near Bakhmut and Berestov.
The occupiers carried out assault operations in the areas of Bilohorivka and Mykolayivka. The enemy suffered significant losses in manpower and equipment. There is no success, the fighting continues.
In the Avdiivka, Kurakhivka, Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia directions, the enemy did not conduct active hostilities. He fired on civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Zaitseve, New York, Toretsk, Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Uspenivka, Orikhiv and Kamyanske. He struck from operational-tactical and army aircraft near Novoselivka, New York, Marinka and Kamyansky.
In the South Buh direction, the occupiers fired on the positions of our troops and tried to wage a counter-battery struggle. In order to clarify the position of our units and correct the fire, we conducted air reconnaissance using UAVs. The enemy used artillery in the areas of the settlements of Mykolyiv, Prybuzke, Luch, Blahodatne, Shyroke and Tokareve.
russian occupiers carried out assaults in the area of the settlement of Bila Krynytsia in order to restore the previously lost position. After the fire, the Defense Forces of Ukraine retreated to their former positions.
The enemy continues to suffer significant losses during hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. In order to replenish units, russian invaders continue forced mobilization measures in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
We believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Together to victory!
Glory to Ukraine!
Here is today’s assessment from the British MOD:
And after several days’ hiatus, here’s their updated map for today:
As we’ve discussed, not a lot of large movement from one day to the next.
The Russians bombarded the left bank of Kyiv early this morning. They targeted a production facility that builds grain cars and grain trolleys.
The target of the Russian missile attacked in Kyiv this morning was a facility that works on railway cars to transport grain. Officials let us in to have a look. The place is gutted pic.twitter.com/uqeppwbLjn
— Simon Shuster (@shustry) June 5, 2022
Russia also blew up a granary in Mykolaiv.
If you were still not convinced that Russia is actively worsening the global food crisis, watch Russia's strikes on a grain facility in Mykolaiv pic.twitter.com/pGoqOvQFt6
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) June 5, 2022
Interestingly, the granary is located at an export terminal that is owned by Dmytro Firtash. Firtash is one of Putin’s major Ukrainian catspaws. He is currently under house arrest in Austria as he fights extradition to the US. I can’t link to it because our archives are still unavailable, but if you recall my first Black PSYOP post from the before times in October 2019, Firtash played a major role in the Giuliani-Joe DiGenova-Victoria Toensing-Parnas & Furman attempts to create political dirt on Joe Biden. Anyhow, today’s strikes are further evidence of Putin’s attempts to both create a food crisis within Ukraine and in other parts of the world by targeting Ukraine’s agricultural sector.
Ukraine has killed another Russian general officer. Reuters has the details:
LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) – A Russian general was killed in eastern Ukraine, a Russian state media journalist said on Sunday, adding to the string of high-ranking military casualties sustained by Moscow.
The report, published on the Telegram messaging app by state television reporter Alexander Sladkov, did not say precisely when and where Major General Roman Kutuzov was killed.
There was no immediate comment from the Russian defence ministry.
Obligatory!
I think that’s enough for today.
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A mural featuring Patron the sapper dog has now appeared in one of Kyiv parks pic.twitter.com/5FEOFND76b
— Stratcom Centre UA (@StratcomCentre) June 5, 2022
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Open thread!
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