On the South Front increased the activity of the Armed Forces: Russians under a dense shelling - isw
According to the General Staff of Ukraine and the Operational Command "South", Russian troops continue to carry out defensive actions in the southern direction, in Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions. Regular shelling of Ukrainian settlements on the Southern Front continues by the Russian forces. In May 31, the video can be seen how servicemen from the 127 Guards Motorized Rifle Division of Russia carry out artillery shelling of Ukrainian positions in Novopol of Donetsk region.
Brigade General Oleksandr Tarnavsky, commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Tavriya", said on June 1 that Ukrainian artillery has made 832 beats in the last 24 hours in the Tavriya direction. According to reports of the occupation official of the Zaporizhzhya region Vladimir Rogov and Kremlin blogger, there is a significant increase in the activity of Ukrainian artillery and helicopters in the Zaporozhye region in the last 24 hours.
The Ukrainian military continues their operations on the islands of the Dnieper. In geolocation images, you can see the attacks of Russian artillery from the Ukrainian forces, probably intelligence elements in the northwestern part of the Great Potemkin Island. In Kharkiv and Luhansk regions, on June 1, Russian troops continued their offensive at the turn of Svatove-Kupyansk.
The General Staff of Ukraine reported that Ukrainian troops successfully repelled attacks by the Armed Forces of Russia, both in the west from Masyutivka and in the direction of Stelmachivka. Experts believe that the announcement of the General Staff of Ukraine about attacks west of Masyutivka probably indicates that the Russian forces have seized this settlement. Russian sources, in turn, argued that the invaders seized Masyutivka on May 15.
Geolocation, published on May 31, show that Russian troops had minor successes southeast of Masyutivka. Sergiy Zbinsky, an official representative of the Russian Western Military District, said that the units of Russian troops repelled two attacks of Ukrainian forces near the Molchanovo railway station. The Russian blogger, in turn, argued about the fights that continue near Masyutivka, Sinkivka and two -year -old.
According to experts, Roszmi claim that Russian landing troops advanced two kilometers in the direction of Kreminna. According to the General Staff of Ukraine, Russian troops conducted unsuccessful offensive operations near Bigorivka and controversial. The Ministry of Defense of Russia also stated that Russian troops repelled the sabotage and intelligence group of Ukrainian forces near Kreminna.
The situation with battles in the territory of Donetsk region still remains low activity in both Russian and Ukrainian Armed Forces. The General Staff of the Armed Forces reported the unsuccessful attempts of the Russian troops to step in the area of Orikhovo-Vasylivka and the White Mountain.
Colonel-General Alexander Sirsky, commander of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces, said that Russian troops had moved to defensive positions, reduced their active operations and intensified artillery shelling. Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar in turn confirmed that the Ukrainian military continues to control the southwestern outskirts and enter the city of Bakhmut.
According to Yevgeny Prigogine, the owner of the Wagner PEC, about 90 mercenaries remain in Bakhmut, but they plan to leave the city until June 5. He also noted that he would like these "Wagnerians" to fight on the front, where they could perform all the necessary tasks on their own. In addition, analysts report that on June 1, Russian troops made limited ground blows along the Avdiivka-Donetsk line.
The Ukrainian General Staff reported that the Russian forces did not take offensive actions towards Avdiivka. Ukraine's defense forces also successfully repelled all attacks in the Marinka area.
In this the Ministry of Defense of Russia stated that the units of the 1st Corps of the Army of the so-called "DNR" performed offensive actions near Avdiivka, and landing detachments of the 5th separate motorized rifle battalion of the 1st Army Corps and special forces "Akhmat" from Chechnya continued the offensive on the Mariinsky direction. The Russian blogger argued that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out assault operations in the direction of Victory and Novomikhailivka.
He referred to geolocation data that allegedly demonstrated the actions of the 10th Tank Regiment in the direction of Avdiivka. "In fact, on June 1, the Russian military did not carry out confirmed or declared terrestrial attacks in the western part of Donetsk region," American analysts said. We will remind, earlier, on May 31, analysts ISW reported that Russian troops are likely to plan an attack on chrome, located under Bakhmut in Donetsk region.