Attacks in eastern Ukraine have been claimed by kyiv.
Strikes intensify on the border between Russia and Ukraine. kyiv confirmed on Monday, June 5, to lead “offensive actions” in certain areas of the front. For its part, Moscow claims to have countered attacks on five sectors of the front since Sunday. “in the southern direction of the Donetsk region”, located in the east of the country. Franceinfo takes stock of what to remember from this day.
kyiv assures “to carry out offensive actions”
Kyiv confirmed to conduct “offensive action” in certain areas of the front. The Ukrainian authorities have thus claimed gains near the devastated city of Bakhmout in the east of the country, while minimizing the scale of these attacks. “The Bakhmout sector remains the epicenter of hostilities. We are advancing there on a fairly broad front. We are achieving success”, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said on Telegram. She also mentioned, without further details, “minor fights” in the south where Russian forces are “on the defensive”.
In his traditional evening message, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked his troops for the territorial gains they claimed, ironically over Moscow’s reaction. “We see how hysterically Russia reacts to all the advances we make in this sector, to all the positions we take. The enemy knows that Ukraine will win”Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video message.
Moscow claims to have countered several attacks
On the Russian side, the Ministry of Defense claimed to have countered, since the morning of Sunday, attacks on five sectors of the front “in the southern direction of the Donetsk region”, located in the east of the country. He also assured that the Russian soldiers had inflicted significant losses on the Ukrainian forces on the outskirts of the locality of Neskoutchné, in the Donetsk region, and that of Novodarivka, just on the border between this same region and that more southern of Zaporijzhya. .
A fake message from Vladimir Putin after a hack
“Ukrainian troops, with the agreement and support of Washington, have invested the regions of Kursk, Belgorod, Bryansk”, were able to hear the listeners of Russian local radio and television channels on Monday, coming from a voice that sounds like Vladimir Putin. The latter thus experienced a moment of panic, when their programs were interrupted by this false message, declaring that Russia was invaded in places and asking for a calm evacuation. The phrasing, the rhythm are modeled on those usually used by the head of the Kremlin. It was actually a hack, with the voice of a Russian president larger than life.
Wagner captures an officer
The leader of the paramilitary organization Wagner claimed to have taken prisoner a Russian officer whose unit allegedly attacked his men. “On May 17, men from the ministry [russe] de la Défense were seen mining the roads behind the positions of the Wagner units”, wrote Yevgeny Prigojine in a report addressed to the Ministry of Defense. Wagner’s boss also released the video of the interrogation of a Russian officer, taken prisoner. In this recording, the man confesses “to having attacked” Wagner, adding to having acted “in a state of intoxication, guided by a personal animosity”.