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The advanced rocket systems will mean that Ukraine “can fight on the battlefield and be in the strongest possible position at the negotiating table,” Biden ...

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. On Wednesday morning, he wrote in a Telegram post that Russian troops have consolidated in the city center, pushing in from the north, south and east. Oleksandr Petrakov, the team’s 64-year-old coach, was turned away when he tried to enlist. Separately, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that Russia does not trust Ukraine’s assurances that U.S.-supplied HIMARS weapons would not be used to strike Russian territory. I make a heartfelt appeal that every effort be made to guarantee the universal human right to food. Unfortunately, there is no such experience at all,” Peskov told reporters when asked to comment on Zelensky’s remarks. “June 1st is International Day for the Protection of Children in Ukraine and across the region,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said in the release. “Today, a simplified procedure for the people willing to adopt a child using the Diia portal has become operational,” Koshelenko said. Kyiv would also be supplied with a tracking radar to spot artillery, he said. The truck was about to pick up refugees near the embattled Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk. Blinken and Stoltenberg characterized Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade as a strategic failure. It’s fully within its power to do so.”

Russian forces edged closer Wednesday to taking the key eastern Ukraine city of Severodonetsk but Kyiv's hopes of holding off their invaders were boosted by ...

"These days it is very important for the country, for all people, for all those who are fans and even for those who are not." But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said it was up to the West and Kyiv to resolve the crisis, starting with the lifting of sanctions. Moscow said a "reorientation" was under way to find alternative destinations for its oil, as it moved to "minimise the negative consequences". "There are some river crossings that need to be completed after the closure of the (Ukraine-controlled) pocket and we've seen previously how difficult those river crossings are." In a boost for the outgunned Ukrainian military, President Joe Biden confirmed that more US weaponry was on the way to allow them to "more precisely strike key targets" in Ukraine. A key industrial hub and with Lysychansk the last pocket of resistence in the eastern Lugansk region, Severodonetsk has become a target of massive Russian firepower since the failed attempt to capture Kyiv.

Russia: Documents revealed that hundreds of Russian soldiers have escaped the fighting in Ukraine or refused to take part during the early stages of the war.

Compared with the same month of 2021, production was down more than 61%. Most economists expect Russia’s economy to contract this year, with the country’s central bank expecting to see a decline in output of between 8% and 10%. Rosstat said automobile production was down more than 30% from March, having fallen sharply in that month.

Kherson. The Ukrainian military has liberated more than 20 settlements in Kherson Oblast, according to its governor, Hennadiy Lahuta. Sumy. Russia launched six ...

Mariupol. In the besieged port city of Mariupol, Russian troops force local residents to work for drinking water. Ukraine requested missiles with a longer range. Russia shut down the Ukrainian mobile network and internet connection in nearly all occupied territories, according to Ukraine’s General Staff. It is difficult to restore the connection as Russians control almost all necessary equipment, according to the Ukrainian State Communication Service. At least 4,113 civilians have been killed in Ukraine and 4,916 more have been injured, according to the UN. Donetsk and Luhansk regions suffered the most civilian casualties – 2,337 people were killed and 2,808 were injured. Severodonetsk. Russia now controls 70% of the eastern city of Severodonetsk, the head of the Luhansk regional military administration said Wednesday. According to him, part of the Ukrainian troops have "retreated to more advantageous positions" while others continue "fighting inside the city." Sumy. Russia launched six missiles on Sumy oblast on June 1, according to its Governor Dmytro Zhyvytsky. The casualties are yet to be determined.

Russian forces are closing in on the eastern city of Severodonetsk, with a regional military administration official saying troops have now taken control of ...

Blinken also said that regarding concerns about Russia interpreting the US sending these new weapon systems to Ukraine as escalatory, that President Biden had been clear with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the consequences of the Russian invasion, including sending security assistance to Ukraine.` It is now 32% higher to fill up your tank than it was the day before Russia invaded Ukraine. Seven states now average $5 or higher, with Illinois becoming the latest to join that unpopular club, according to AAA. New York and Arizona are just pennies away from the $5 threshold. In Luhansk and Donetsk, Russian troops shelled 21 areas on Tuesday, and destroyed 46 "civil objects," the statement said. “I think that all the territories controlled by Russia have a very good chance of being reunited with the Russian Federation. These are originally Russian territories, ” Tsekov said. - It's now over 30% higher to fill up your gas tank in the US than it was the day before Russia invaded Ukraine: Pump prices just took another big step in the wrong direction. "We know the enemy's goals and we are doing everything to stop them from achieving them." - Ukrainians say Russians control eastern districts of Severodonetsk but have been repelled elsewhere: According to the Ukrainian military, Russian forces have tried without success to advance on several fronts Wednesday but have met resistance and fallen back. That is far less than the systems’ maximum range but far greater than anything Ukraine has been sent to date. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Russians "continue to storm Severodonetsk and establish control over the city's eastern part." We will continue to lead the world in providing historic assistance to support Ukraine’s fight for freedom.” “I am announcing a significant new security assistance package to provide timely and critical aid to the Ukrainian military. - Russian foreign minister says Ukraine's demand for US advanced rockets is a "direct provocation": Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that Ukraine’s demands to the West regarding thesupply of advanced rocket launchersgo beyond “all limits and decency" and is a "direct provocation.” He continued: "Such risks [of involving third countries in the Ukrainian conflict], of course, exist, what the Kyiv regime demands so categorically, in a business-like way, I would say, from its Western patrons, firstly, goes beyond all the limits of decency and diplomatic communication, and secondly, this is a direct provocation aimed at drawing the West into hostilities.

Russia hits back at US supply of medium-range rocket systems; Russian forces control two-thirds of Sievierodonetsk; Ukraine suffers 100 casualties a day.

Blinken saidthere was a “strong consensus within Nato, broadly,to support the rapid accession of Sweden and Finland” to Nato and he was confident it would happen. Western officials said Ukraine’s estimate that it is losing 60 to 100 troops a day killed is “pretty credible”. Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said the supply of US advanced rocket systems toUkraineincreases the risk of a “third country” being dragged into the conflict. The expected loss of Sievierodonetsk, the largest citystill held by Kyiv in the Luhansk region, “is unlikely to be the crux”of Russia’s Donbas campaign, a western official said. Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the country’s interior minister, said the Russians hit the Beskidy railway tunnel in the Carpathian Mountains in an apparent effort to cut a key railway link and disrupt shipments of weapons and fuel. It will take at least three weeks to get the precision weapons and trained troops on to the battlefield, the Pentagon said.