WAR IN UKRAINE: June 4, 2023
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Day 466
The Russian Federation shelled the building of children's and youth creativity in Zolochiv with artillery on June 4 at 2:30 p.m. A 40-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman were injured, community leader Viktor Kovalenko told Suspilne Kharkiv
In Russia, the governor of the border region of Belgorod said that a market area in the town of Shebekino, about four miles (7 km) from the Ukrainian border had been shelled on Sunday morning. Earlier Vyacheslav Gladkov said two people had been killed in attacks near the town on Saturday. He urged residents in towns and villages along the border to leave their homes. Local authorities said Ukraine was to blame, although Ukraine itself said the deaths were the result of Russia trying to target fighters who oppose the government in Moscow - BBC
“On Ukraine, China has adopted an impartial and neutral position,” Beijing’s new defence minister, Gen. Li Shangfu, said Sunday at the Shangrila Dialogue. Hmmm. Not if they’re selling powerful drones or other lethal weapons to RF through back door channels
According to the Aviation Source site, SmartLynx Malta - despite airspace in Ukraine being closed - was able to rescue one of its Airbus A330s stuck in Ukraine following a sequence of flights that reportedly took place this week. The site believes the plane took off from Lviv
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on June 3 that law enforcement checked over 4,800 bomb shelters across Ukraine, and about 20% proved to be unsuitable for use. Of the over 4,800 bomb shelters, 252 were closed, and 893 were "unsuitable for use," according to Klymenko. Law enforcement's report about the conditions of bomb shelters comes a few days after a deadly incident in which a group of civilians couldn't get inside a shelter in Kyiv during an overnight Russian missile strike. Three people – including a mother and her nine-year-old daughter – were killed while trying to enter a locked nearby shelter in the early hours of June 1. The husband of another woman killed by missile debris told reporters that his wife was trying to get into a shelter in a medical facility, which turned out to be closed - Kyiv Independent