Ukraine war update: 279 clashes on front lines in past day
A total of 279 combat engagements between Ukrainian forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front line on June 3.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in its Facebook update on the situation as of 08:00 on June 4, Ukrinform reports.
Russian forces carried out three missile strikes using three missiles, as well as 74 airstrikes, dropping 232 guided aerial bombs.
In addition, Russian invaders used 10,221 kamikaze drones and conducted 3,435 shelling attacks, including 57 from multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).
The Russian army carried out airstrikes near Lynove, Bachivsk, and Sloboda in the Sumy region.
Ukrainian aircraft struck four command posts, eight areas of concentration of personnel, one artillery system, one UAV control post, and one other important enemy target.
On the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk axes, there were two combat engagements. The enemy carried out two airstrikes using five guided bombs and conducted 66 shelling attacks, including two from MLRS.
On the Southern Slobozhanshchyna axis, Russian forces launched 11 assaults near Starytsia, Lyman, Vilkha, Izbytske, and Okhrimivka.
On the Kupiansk axis, Ukrainian forces repelled four attacks near Novoplatonivka, Podoly, and Kupiansk.
On the Lyman axis, Ukrainian troops repelled 21 enemy attempts to advance near Derylove, Drobysheve, Stavky, Lyman, Ozerne, Novoselivka, and Yampil.
On the Sloviansk axis, 19 Russian attempts to advance were stopped in the areas of Rai-Oleksandrivka, Kalenyky, Riznykivka, Kryva Luka, and Zakitne.
On the Kramatorsk axis, Ukrainian defenders stopped one attack near Pryvillia.
On the Kostiantynivka axis, Russian forces carried out 12 attacks near Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Rusyn Yar, and Illinivka.
On the Pokrovsk axis, Ukrainian forces stopped 43 assault actions near Vilne, Kucheriv Yar, Kotlyne, Serhiivka, Vasylivka, Rodynske, Hryshyne, Pokrovsk, Novomykolaivka, Novopavlivka, and Udachne.
On the Oleksandrivka axis, Russian troops attempted to advance 14 times near Vorone, Voskresenka, Sichneve, Hrushivske, Verbove, and Ternove.
On the Huliaipole axis, there were 37 Russian attacks near Pryluky, Dobropillia, Tsvitkove, Solodke, Vozdvyzhivka, Zaliznychne, Oleniokostiantynivka, Varvarivka, Huliaipilske, Staroukrainka, Zatyshshia, and Charivne.
On the Orikhiv axis, the enemy attempted five times to break through Ukrainian defenses near Shcherbaky, Stepove, Kamianske, and Stepnohirsk.
No offensive actions were recorded on the Dnipro River axis.
On the Volyn and Polissia axes, no signs of formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
Photo: AFU General Staff