The main thing at the moment

  • Sweden will provide Ukraine with AG 90 anti-personnel sniper rifles and ammunition, as well as an additional 5,000 Swedish AT4 anti-tank guns.

  • In the Kherson region, according to the Ukrainian General Staff, the Russians mined the banks of the Ingulets River.

  • On the morning of June 5, the Russians fired rockets at Kyiv, one woman was injured.

  • In the Donetsk region, the All Saints Hermitage in the Svyatogorsk Lavra, the largest wooden church in Ukraine, burned down.

    The parties blame each other.

Independent verification of information about hostilities provided by officials of various parties is not yet possible.

What happens on June 6th

Kyiv: Russians are building pontoon-rail crossings in the Slobozhansky direction

The summary of the Ukrainian General Staff says that in the Slobozhansky direction “the enemy continues to fire on units of the defense forces with artillery, jet systems, mortars and tanks.

In order to support the offensive, the enemy is intensively rebuilding the transport infrastructure and building pontoon-rail crossings across rivers in the temporarily occupied territories. "

According to the General Staff, there are no significant changes on the part of Belarus.

Russian weapons remain in position along the border.

“There are no significant changes in the situation in Volyn and Polesie districts.

On the territory of the Republic of Belarus along the State border of Ukraine there are separate units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which are armed with operational and tactical missile systems "Iskander-M", anti-aircraft systems "Pantsir-C1", anti-aircraft missiles and anti-aircraft missiles S-400 aviation ”.

Belarus' participation in the war

Belarus has allowed Russia to use its territory to attack Ukraine from the north;

Russians use Belarusian airfields for flights and Belarusian sites for rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities.

At the same time, Belarusians are fighting on the side of Ukraine in various formations.

A battalion named after Kastus Kalinouski has been created and is being reorganized into a regiment.

Since the beginning of the war, 61 missiles have been launched from the territory of Belarus in Ukraine, - the General Staff of Ukraine

"There were 1,211 aircraft departures from Belarus - more than 20% of the total - and 61 launches of Iskander cruise missiles to destroy critical infrastructure of Ukraine," said General Staff spokesman Alexei Gromov.

Lukashenko has established a new operational military command in Belarus - the south

This step is motivated by the escalation of hostilities in Ukraine.

Until now, Belarus had two operational commands - the northern and northwestern.

Ukrainian General Staff: Point-U and Tornado complexes deployed in Belarus

Two missile divisions of the Tochka-U tactical missile system and the Tornado multiple rocket launcher division have been deployed at separate ranges in Belarus, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in an evening report on May 20.

The threat of rocket bombings and artillery shelling from the territory of Belarus has not yet disappeared.

Belarusian army near the border with Ukraine

The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, First Deputy Defense Minister of Belarus

Viktor Gulevich

announced the beginning of the second stage of the inspection of the rapid reaction force.

According to him, as part of this stage, battalion-tactical groups have moved to the Western and North-Western operational areas, and air defense units, missile forces and artillery units will be strengthened to ensure their combat operation.

According to Gulevich, units of special operations forces were deployed in three tactical directions of the southern direction (to the border with Ukraine. - RS).

How the world reacts

Sweden will hand over anti-infantry sniper rifles and cannons to Ukraine

Sweden will provide Ukraine with anti-infantry sniper rifles AG 90 and ammunition, as well as an additional 5,000 Swedish anti-tank guns AT4, according to Army Recognition.

Sweden also intends to contribute 60 million Swedish kronor ($ 6.14 million) to a fund set up by NATO to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Earlier, Sweden transferred about 48 million euros to a special account of the National Bank of Ukraine for the Armed Forces and is going to contribute an additional 55 million euros to this fund.

"This support will help strengthen Ukraine's ability to fight Russian aggression at a critical juncture," the statement said.

The European Union has approved a sixth package of sanctions against Russia for its attack on Ukraine

The embargo on Russian oil will not be complete, but will cover over 90% of supplies.

Patriarch Kirill was removed from the sanctions list at the request of Hungary.

As part of sanctions, the EU is disconnecting the Belarusian bank from SWIFT.

Hewlett Packard and Karmstrup are leaving Belarus and Russia for the war against Ukraine

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has stated that it is finally leaving Belarus and Russia due to the war in Ukraine.

Also leaving the market of the two countries is the Danish company Karmstrup, which specializes in smart metering of water and electricity.

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Taiwan has banned the export of chips and chips to Russia and Belarus

The Ministry of Economy of Taiwan has prepared a list of strategic high-tech goods that are banned from export to Russia and Belarus.

Belarus is included in the list because it can help Russia import such goods.