Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of June 3
Photo: The General Staff spoke about the situation at the front (Getty Images)
Over the past day, 142 combat engagements took place on the frontline, Russian troops intensified attacks in almost all directions, using thousands of drones and dozens of air bombs, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Massive Russian strikes
Russia struck with 3 missiles and 137 guided aerial bombs. A total of 5,736 Russian attacks were recorded, including 106 from multiple launch rocket systems and 3,270 kamikaze drones.
Settlements in the Sumy region (Boiaro-Lezhachi, Petrushivka, Uhroidy), the Kharkiv region (Vovchanski Khutory, Artilne), the Donetsk region (Myrne, Myroliubivka, Novopil), the Zaporizhzhia region (Olhivske, Huliaipole, Poltavka, Chervona Krynytsia, Orikhiv, Novoandriivka), and the Kherson region (Olhivka) came under Russian air strikes.
Ukrainian Defense Forces' response
Ukrainian aviation and artillery struck 10 areas of Russian manpower and equipment concentration, 4 command centers, 8 artillery systems, and 1 air defense system.
Sectors
In the Kharkiv sector, 3 combat clashes took place near Vovchansk and in the direction of Dovhenke.
In the Kupiansk sector, Russia carried out 7 attacks in the areas of Zakhidne, Stepova Novoselivka, Pishchane, Zahryzove, and Zelenyi Hai.
In the Lyman sector, Russia struck 15 times near Hrekivka, Olhivka, Hlushchenkove, Ridkodub, Torske, Zelena Dolyna, and in the direction of Hryhorivka.
In the Siversk sector, Russia attacked 5 times near Hryhorivka, Verkhniokamianske, and Serebryanka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled 6 Russian attacks in the direction of Bila Hora and Kurdiumivka.
In the Toretsk sector, Russia attacked 11 times in the areas of Dyliivka, Pleshchiivka, Toretsk, Nelipivka, and in the direction of Yablunivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Russia conducted 46 attacks on Ukrainian positions near Poltavka, Myroliubivka, Malynivka, Udachne, Novoukrainka, Kotliarivka, Andriivka, and in the direction of Pokrovsk.
In the Novopavlivka sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled 22 Russian attacks in the areas of Kostiantynopil, Bahatyr, Odradne, Novosilka, Vilne Pole, Zelena Poliana, and in the direction of Komar.
In the Orikhiv sector, Russian troops attacked near Stepove.
In the Kursk sector, Russia has become more active: 18 clashes, 182 artillery attacks, 17 air strikes, 28 air bombs.
Russia's losses in war against Ukraine
Over the past day, the Russian losses amounted to 1,100 troops.
Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized 7 Russian tanks, 8 armored combat vehicles, 48 artillery systems, a multiple launch rocket system, an air defense system, 12 aircraft, 126 operational and tactical drones, and 145 units of Russian vehicles.
