bit late (oh the lie in was wonderful, it's great when the kids are old enough to entertain themselves a few hours)
ISW Key Takeaways
Russian forces conducted unsuccessful assaults southeast and southwest of Izyum and west of Lyman but remain unlikely to secure major advances towards Slovyansk.
Russian forces made minor gains in the eastern part of Severodonetsk, but Ukrainian forces continues to launch localized counterattacks in Severodonetsk and its outskirts.
Russian forces did not attempt to launch assaults on Avdiivka.
Russian forces failed to regain lost positions in northeastern Kherson Oblast and continued to defend previously occupied positions.
Russian occupation authorities began issuing Russian passports in Kherson City and Melitopol, though they continue to face challenges establishing societal control over occupied territories and ending Ukrainian partisan actions.
About electronic warfare and jamming, coincidentally the ISW published this:
Ukrainian forces report that Russian electronic warfare (EW) units are increasingly threatening Ukrainian air reconnaissance in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian military officials reported that Russian forces are increasingly jamming all possible signals and hindering Ukrainian drone operations.[6] The Ukrainian General Staff has previously reported that Russian forces intensified EW operations in Donbas, likely in an effort to obstruct Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance and drone strikes on Russian units.[7]
Russian and proxy forces reportedly have not sufficiently prepared frontline units with medical supplies, leading to abysmal medical care.
A Russian milblogger published a lengthy message on June 3 claiming that nearly the entire 35th Combined Arms Army has been destroyed in Izyum due to incompetent Russian commanders. A Russian milblogger under the pseudonym Boytsovyi Kot Murz said that Russian commanders did not account for combat challenges in the Izyum woods, leading to significant losses in the 64th and 38th Separate Guard Motor Rifle Brigades, which he reported now have less than 100 servicemen in total.
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The Kyiv Independent, [04/06/2022 06:53]
⚡️Ukraine’s State Emergency Service evacuates over 1.8 million people since Feb. 24.
In 100 days of Russia’s all-out war, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported that they have made 32,468 trips, extinguished 9,300 fires, rescued 1,397 people and neutralized 128,424 munitions, including 1,983 bombs. As of June 3, Ukraine’s first responders evacuated more than 1.8 million people, including over 504,000 children and 32,000 people with disabilities.
⚡️Nearly 14 million Ukrainians had to flee their homes due to Russia's war.
The Kyiv Independent, [04/06/2022 12:25]
⚡️Ukrainian General Krasylnykov: We expected Russians to launch invasion from Donbas. According to Dmytro Krasylnykov, the commander of Ukraine’s “North” Operational Command, the Ukrainian military thought that Russia would begin its full-scale invasion from the Russian-occupied territories of the Donbas. “Until the end, we believed that our enemy would not begin a large-scale invasion on all fronts, all lines. We hoped for the best, but prepared for the worst,” he added.
[this strategic mistake by Russia was hugely influential in the course of the war. I wonder how that deposed FSB intelligence man is faring now after he was sent to a feared prison].
UkraineNOW telegram channel:
🇺🇦🇩🇪Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk during his working visit to Germany met with the Federal President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier [relations may be warming]
☎️ Macron said he had spent at least 100 hours in telephone conversations with Putin in six months [I expect there's more going on than we will ever know but by results on the ground this was a waste of time and breath. Does indicate that Putin is still at the helm though].
❗️Russia summons heads of U.S. media outlets, warns of 'stringent measures' – Reuters
📌 The EU will not recognize Russian passports issued to residents of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine, which are under the control of the Russian Federation, Josep Borrell said.
⚡️Kishida may go to NATO summit – NHK
(www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220604_09/)Preparations are said to be underway for Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio to attend a NATO summit later this month in Spain. If the plans come to fruition, Kishida will be the first Japanese leader to join a meeting of the alliance. [interesting. Japan has been sending a lot of support to Ukraine]
🇺🇦Ukrainian intelligence maintains contact with captured Azovstal military – Monastyrsky According to the minister, information about the possibility of releasing prisoners comes through the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
❗️Russians storm Sievierodonetsk again Serhiy Haidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, spoke about this. “There are wounded in Sievierodonetsk, where the Russians are suffering losses. However, they are continuing to storm the city. Once again, they tried to cut off the settlement by firing at another bridge. As for the situation at the front, the fighting on the streets of Sievierodonetsk continues. The Russians received reinforcements from the mobilization reserve of the 2nd Army Corps,” Haidai said.
🇺🇦The war in Ukraine can end at any moment. An internal conflict flares up in the Russian Federation, which could lead to a cessation of hostilities, – adviser to the head of the President's Office Mykhailo Podolyak [I wonder what this means? Bearing in mind that the English translations/grammar are not always precisely perfect, I wonder if this means that an internal conflict might be happening soon, or if it's more theoretical 'if one happened it could bring the end of the war'. There have been no other reported hints of significant internal unrest to this degree that I've seen myself].
‼️Russia has launched five large landing ships into the Black Sea
🇺🇦Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov and the defenders of Mariupol handed over the exposition "Ukraine — Crucifixion" the Flag of Ukraine, which was waving over the "Azovstal" Plant. The flag will be stored in the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War. [3rd attached pic]
‼️Mariupol. Demolition of houses, probably along with the bodies. Data on the new bodies of the dead is impossible to obtain due to the fact that after the demolition everything is taken to a landfill in the Levoberezhny district. If the corpses were left in the buildings, they were thrown into the landfill along with the garbage. This was stated by Petro Andryushchenko, Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol [how the Russians value human life and dignity eh?]