On Sunday June 2, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused China of working to “to prevent” countries to participate in a peace summit on Ukraine, which Beijing has criticized because Russia is not invited. More than a hundred countries and organizations have committed to participating in this summit planned for June in Switzerland, according to Volodymyr Zelensky. China will not participate, while the United States has not yet committed. Follow our live stream.
Volodymyr Zelensky in Singapore for a defense forum. The Ukrainian president arrived in Asia on Saturday, where he is participating in the Shangri-La Dialogue, an international defense forum. He should once again demand strong Western support in the face of Russian advances on the ground. On the sidelines of this summit, he said he had “a very good one” interview with Lloyd Austin, the American Minister of Defense.
kyiv claims to have shot down around twenty drones launched by Russia during the night. Ukraine declares on Telegram having destroyed 24 of the 25 Iranian Shahed drones launched against “Mykolaiv, Odessa, Kherson, kyiv, Khmelnytsky, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad and Vinnytsia oblasts”. kyiv also reports that Moscow launched missiles, without specifying whether the army shot them down.
Dnieper hydroelectric dam in “critical condition”. This comes after the explosions that occurred on Saturday in the city of Zaporizhia, Ivan Fedorov, head of the military administration of this territory, told Ukrainian television, in comments reported by the Russian agency TASS.
Russia claims progress. Russia’s new Defense Minister, Andrei Belousov, said Friday that his soldiers had conquered “880 km2” since the beginning of the year in Ukraine. “Progress is being made in all tactical directions”he assured, according to comments reported by Russian press agencies.