From February 24 to June 6, the russian army lost about 31,250 troops, 1,386 tanks and 211 aircraft, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
Read about other losses of the enemy as of today in our news.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi visited command posts and advanced positions of Ukrainian troops in the Bakhmut district of Donetsk region and Lysychansk in Luhansk region.
The President got reports about the situation in these parts of the front and the logistics of Ukrainian defenders.
Yesterday the head of state also visited the Zaporizhia region.
Volodymyr Zelenskyi spoke about his trip to the front line in a video address.
"There was a lot of work. Endless day. We have confidence. Confidence and strength. I am proud of everyone I meet," he said.
According to the morning message of the General Staff on Facebook, the occupiers are attacking Slovyansk and Svyatogorsk, storming Severodonetsk.
Over the past 24hrs, seven enemy attacks have been repulsed in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions, many enemy vehicles have been destroyed, a Ka-52 combat helicopter and an unmanned aerial vehicle have been shot down. Read about the operational situation in other areas in our news.
At night, the russians shelled Kharkiv, in the Donetsk region the enemy fired missiles and used various weapons, in the Poltava region at night the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down an enemy missile in the air, stated in the report from the Regional Military Administrations as of 8 am.
The night was relatively calm in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Zaporizhia, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kyiv and Zhytomir regions. More details in our news.
Today, June 6, the UN Security Council will hold a meeting on the situation in Ukraine, in particular on the sexual violence of the occupiers against the civilian population.
Charles Michel, President of the European Council, is expected to take part in the Security Council.
The UN Security Council adopted its first statement on russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on May 7, more than two months after it began. Members of the Security Council were deeply concerned, but did not call the war a war, or at least a conflict or invasion.
The Kremlin is trying to profit from the grain stolen in Ukraine and sell it to drought-stricken African countries which are facing starvation, according to The New York Times.
In mid-May, the United States sent a notice to 14 countries, mostly African, that russian cargo ships were leaving ports near Ukraine, laden with stolen Ukrainian grain, according to the State Department.
African countries are faced with a dilemma: to take advantage of war crimes in Ukraine and feel the displeasure of Western allies - or to give up cheap food while wheat prices are rising and people are starving. Details - in our news.
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