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Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly – Issue 90

1:49 PM

Danilov: Ukraine lost 7.5 times fewer troops than Russia in Bakhmut.

Ukraine's losses in the Battle of Bakhmut were lower than Russia's by a factor of 7.5, National Security and Defense Council chief Oleksiy Danilov told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

1:33 PM

Russian proxy in Crimea said occupiers destroyed 9 drones overnight.

Russian-installed head of occupied Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, claimed that the occupiers brought down nine hostile drones on the night of June 4.

1:20 PM

Estonian PM: NATO threatens Russia's imperialism, not its security.

Speaking to the media from a security conference in Singapore, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said that Russia's narrative that NATO had a role to play in its invasion of Ukraine sees a great deal of play in Asia and must be refuted.

12:54 PM

UK Defense Ministry: 'Paranoid' Russian officials crack down on blue and yellow colors in public.

Russia is sporadically cracking down on people wearing blue and yellow, interpreting it as symbolism in support of Ukraine, according to the U.K. Defense Ministry's June 4 intelligence update.

12:11 PM

Parliament speaker meets with Azovstal defenders in Turkey.

Chairman of the Ukrainian parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk went to Turkey and met with Azovstal defenders who have been freed from Russian capture and are now under the protection of the Turkish government, the press service of Verkhovna Rada reported on June 4.

11:19 AM

Air Force: Russian cruise missiles hit operational airfield near Kropyvnytskyi.

Two Russian missiles struck an active Ukrainian airfield near Kropyvnytskyi in Kirovohrad Oblast on June 4, according to Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat.

10:10 AM

Governor: Russian forces strike with tanks, helicopters in Kharkiv Oblast.

Russian forces attacked multiple settlements in Kharkiv Oblast on June 4, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported.

9:51 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 209,940 troops in Ukraine.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 3,837 tanks, 7,512 armored fighting vehicles, 6,305 vehicles and fuel tanks, 3,555 artillery systems, 1,132 cruise missiles, 583 multiple launch rocket systems, 344 air defense systems, 313 airplanes, 298 helicopters, 3,175 drones, and 18 boats.

9:32 AM

Air Force: Ukraine downs 4 cruise missiles, 3 drones launched by Russia.

Ukrainian air defenses shot down four of six cruise missiles and three of five drones that Russia used to attack military facilities and critical infrastructure on the night of June 4, the Air Force of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported.

8:26 AM

Update: Two-year-old killed, 22 injured in Russian missile attack near Dnipro

A two-year-old girl was found dead in the rubble of a residential building that was hit by a Russian missile strike on the town Pidhorodne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on June 3, regional Governor Serhii Lysak said in a post on Telegram on June 4.

5:46 AM

Kyiv official: City's air defenses intercept all incoming missiles, drones Russia launched overnight.

Ukrainian air defenses destroyed all of the missiles and drones that Russia launched at Kyiv overnight on June 4, Serhii Popko, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration reported on Telegram.

5:12 AM

Drone reportedly shot down in Russian-occupied Crimean city.

A drone was reportedly shot down over the Russian-occupied Crimean city of Dzhankoy early in the morning of June 4, the Kremlin-affiliated news channel "Shot" said in a post on the Telegram messaging app.

4:14 AM

Media: Explosions heard in Kropyvnytskyi.

Explosions were heard in the city of Kropyvnytskyi early in the morning of June 4, the Suspilne news outlet reported at around 3:30 a.m. local time.

4:08 AM

Kremlin bans Western journalists from Russian Economic Forum.

No journalists from what Moscow deems "unfriendly countries" will be allowed to attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Russian state-controlled Tass news agency on June 3.

3:16 AM

Russian forces in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast withhold insulin to residents who refuse Russian passports.

Withholding medical services is being used as a coercion tactic to force residents in Russian-occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia Oblast to become Russian passport holders, according to the Ukrainian military's National Resistance Center.

2:45 AM

Land Forces chief says Russia continues to suffer 'significant' losses in Bakhmut.

Russia continues to suffer "significant losses" in Bakhmut, Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of Ukraine's Land Forces, reported on June 3 following a visit with frontline troops in the embattled city.

12:28 AM

Update: 20 injured, including 5 children, in Russian missile attack near Dnipro.

A Russian attack on a residential area in the town of Pidhorodne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast injured 20 people, including five children, Governor Serhii Lysak reported on June 3.

11:20 PM

Russian forces attack residential area near Dnipro, injuring 13, including 3 children.

A Russian attack on a residential area in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast's Dniprovskyi District injured 13 civilians, including three children, Governor Serhii Lysak reported on June 3. Three boys were injured in the attacks, including a six-year-old, 11-year-old and 15-year-old.

10:31 PM

Russian forces attack 4 communities in Sumy Oblast, injuring 1 person.

Russian forces attacked the northern region of Sumy Oblast 10 times, injuring one civilian, and damaging infrastructure, the regional military administration reported on June 3.

8:52 PM

Exiled mayor: At least 6 explosions heard near occupied Melitopol.

A least six explosions were heard near Russian-occupied Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ivan Fedorov, the city's exiled mayor, reported on June 3. One of the explosions was reported at a railway near Melitopol, which Russian forces had reportedly been using to transport military equipment and personnel. Fedorov did not provide further details.

7:56 PM

Dutch defense minister: Chinese diplomat's view on Ukraine 'very, very false'

In an interview with Politico on June 3, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren dismissed a Chinese diplomat's claim that Russia’s war against Ukraine was caused by the so-called failure of Europe's security architecture.

7:27 PM

Scholz defends Ukraine military aid in public response to hecklers

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivered a firm response to around 100 pro-Russian hecklers that interrupted his speech at a festival near Berlin on June 3, as seen on a video of the event widely posted on social media.

7:06 PM

Foreign Ministry slams Hungarian government for Ukraine map without Crimea.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry rebuked the Hungarian government for a video that appears to show a map of Ukraine without Crimea.

6:06 PM

Maliar: Russia rotating frontline troops but Wagner still in Bakhmut.

According to Maliar, the situation on the front line is imperceptibly changing, with Russia regrouping and replacing the worn-out troops that have been attacking in six directions in Donbas.