The 463rd day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 01.06.2023.
Russian army’s attacks on civilian infrastructure
The Russian Federation continues to disregard laws and customs of war, employing tactics of terror, launching strikes, and conducting shelling both on military and civilian targets.
During the day, the Russian army carried out 12 missile strikes using 10 ballistic and cruise missiles of the “Iskander” type on Kyiv (destroyed by Ukrainian troops), and 2 guided anti-aircraft missiles S-300 on Kharkiv. Additionally, Russian troops conducted 36 airstrikes and approximately 10 shelling attacks with multiple rocket launcher systems on Ukrainian troops’ positions and populated areas.
Unfortunately, there are casualties and injuries among the civilian population, including children. A children’s polyclinic, residential apartment buildings, private houses, and other civilian infrastructure have been damaged.
The likelihood of missile and aerial strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine remains high.
The Russian army continues to concentrate its main efforts on attempts to fully occupy the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. During the day, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 19 Russian attacks.
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Operational situation on Ukrainian directions
- The operational situation remains stable on the Volyn and Polissya directions, with no signs of Russian formations detected.
- On the Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the Russian army continues to maintain military presence in the border areas with Ukraine. It carried out mortar and artillery shelling of populated areas in Berylivka, Mistky, and Tymonovychi in the Chernihiv region, Atyne, Pavlivka, Pysarivka, Ugroiydy, Krasnopillia, Slavhorod in the Sumy region, as well as Udy, Kozacha Lopan, Hoptivka, Ohirtseve, Hatysche, Buhruvatka, Vovchansk, Mala Vovcha, Varvarivka, Budarky, Chuhunivka in the Kharkiv region.
- On the Kupiansk direction, the Russian army conducted unsuccessful offensive actions west of Masyutivka in the Kharkiv region. Russian troops carried out airstrikes in the areas of Vilshana, Kotliarivka, Krokhmialne in the Kharkiv region, and Serhiivka in the Luhansk region. Figolivka, Novomylynsk, Dvorichna, Masyutivka, Lymansk Pershyi, Kyslivka, Berestove in the Kharkiv region, and Novoselivske in the Luhansk region were subjected to Russian artillery and mortar shelling.
- On the Lyman direction, the Russian army conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region and Spirne in the Donetsk region. It carried out airstrikes in the areas of Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region and Yamolivka, Siverska, Spirne in the Donetsk region. Populated areas of Nevske, Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region, and Novosadove, Torske, Spirne, Mykolaivka in the Donetsk region were subjected to artillery shelling.
- On the Bakhmut direction, the Russian army carried out airstrikes in the areas of Khromove and Bila Hora in the Donetsk region. Kramatorsk, Vasyukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Hryhorivka, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivske, Predtechyne, Bila Hora, Diliivka, Zalizne, and New York in the Donetsk region suffered from Russian artillery shelling.
- On the Avdiivka direction, the Russian army did not conduct any offensive actions. It carried out airstrikes in the areas of Avdiivka and Vodyane in the Donetsk region. Russian troops also conducted artillery shelling of populated areas in Avdiivka, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, and Karlivka in the Donetsk region.
- On the Marinka direction, Ukrainian troops repelled all Russian attacks in the area of the city of Marinka. The Russian army conducted airstrikes there and Georgiivka, Marinka, Pobeda, and Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk region were subjected to artillery shelling.
- On the Shakhtarsk direction, Russian soldiers carried out airstrikes in the areas of Vuhledar, Prechystivka, and Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region. They conducted shelling of populated areas in Vuhledar, Prechystivka, and Novoukrainka.
- On the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the Russian army continues to carry out defensive actions. It conducted airstrikes in the areas of Robotine in the Zaporizhzhia region and Berislav, Kozatske, Odradokamianka in the Kherson region. Russian troops conducted shelling of populated areas in Illinka, Velyka Novosilka, Vremivka, Zelene Pole in the Donetsk region; Malynivka, Huliaypole, Zaliznychne, Huliaypilske, Bilohirya, Mala Tokmachka, and Novoandriivka in the Zaporizhzhia region; Zmiivka, Vesele, Ivanivka, Inhulets, Antonivka, Zelenivka, Dniprovsk, Kizomysska in Kherson region, and the city of Kherson.
Russia’s occupation of medical facilities and cathedrals
Russian occupying forces continue to suffer significant losses on the battlefield. As a result, the Russian army continues to convert civilian facilities in temporarily occupied territories into medical institutions. For instance, in the settlement of Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian troops transformed a children’s sanatorium into a military hospital, where over 200 Russian soldiers with injuries of varying severity are being treated. Furthermore, Russian soldiers, disregarding the laws of international humanitarian law, have established a base for Russian servicemen with military equipment on the territory of the Melitopol Oleksandr-Nevsk Cathedral.
Ukrainian strikes on Russian equipment
Over the course of the day, the aviation of the Ukrainian army conducted 9 strikes on the areas of personnel and military equipment concentration, as well as 2 strikes on Russian anti-aircraft missile systems. Missile and artillery units targeted 1 command post, 1 anti-aircraft missile complex, 5 artillery units in firing positions, and 9 areas of armament and military equipment concentration of the Russian army.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
See also: General Staff operational report May 31, 2023 on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
