Ukrainian forces destroy Russian positions in the direction of Bakhmut, Ukraine, in this screengrab taken from a video released on June 4, 2023 [Ukrainian Armed Forces Press Service].
Mon 05 June 2023:
The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Monday that Ukrainian forces continued “moving forward” near Bakhmut.
Syrskyi said Ukrainian forces were successful in destroying a Russian position near the city.
“We continue moving forward,” Syrskyi said on the Telegram messaging app.
Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday that Ukrainian forces had retaken part of the settlement of Berkhivka, north of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, calling it a “disgrace,” Reuters reported.
Two drones fell on highway near Moscow region
Two drones fell on a highway in Russia’s Kaluga region, which lies south of the Moscow region, with the governor saying on Monday that no explosives detonated.
“The area has been cordoned off,” the governor of the region, Vladislav Shapsha, said on the Telegram messaging app.
Based on the information provided by Shapsha, the drones fell some 280km-300km (174 miles-186 miles) from Moscow.
Last week, Russia said Ukrainian drones struck districts of Moscow. Kyiv has denied any involvement.
Cardinal arrives in Kyiv to promote Vatican peace plan
Italian cardinal Matteo Zuppi will visit Kyiv on Monday and Tuesday on a peace mission, the Vatican said in a statement.
“This is an initiative whose main purpose is to listen in depth to the Ukrainian authorities on the possible ways to reach a just peace and support gestures of humanity that may help ease tensions,” it said.
Since the war started in February 2022, Pope Francis and the Vatican have tried to position themselves as possible peace brokers, but their efforts have not yet succeeded.
Zuppi, who became a cardinal in 2019, is a member of the Community of Sant’Egidio, a Rome-based peace and justice group which brokered the 1992 peace treaty that ended the 15-year civil war in Mozambique.
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