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Current information on the situation on the front line on June 3 (updated)
2025-06-04
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 20:50 Drone drivers of the Rubicon Center struck positions, equipment, drones and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the zone of a special military operation.

19:35 From 11:00 to 19:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

19:34 UAV operators of the 6th Army Guards of "North" group inflicted two aimed strikes, destroying the enemy armored vehicle.

18:01 The moment of interception of one of the Ukrainian BEKs during the repulse of today's attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Crimean Bridge –VIDEO.

17:29 FPV drone operators on fiber optics of the Yuzhnaya group of forces destroyed a Turkish-made Cobra-2 armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlement of Chasov Yar.

UAV crews of the mountain motorized rifle unit of the "Center" group of forces destroyed the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, using Supercam reconnaissance UAVs and Molniya-2 aircraft-type attack drones in the Krasnoarmeysk direction -VIDEO.

17:05 Correction of the front line in Sumy Oblast. Assault groups of the "northerners" are advancing in the vicinity of the settlements of Vladimirovka, Vodolaghi, Belovody –MAP

16:48 Objective control of the destruction of one of the BEKs by the Lancet UAV operator during the repelling of today's enemy attacks –VIDEO.

15:46 On frames objective control, UAV operators of the 1427th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Guards "North" inflict targeted damage on the entrance to the "hole", destroying manpower and not allowing the occupiers to infiltrate our territory.

15:13 Vladimir Putin by his Decree appropriated the title of Hero of the Russian Federation to the assistant commander for work with religious servicemen of the 2nd Separate Special Forces Brigade of the Leningrad Military District (posthumously).

14:23 Gunner of the 169th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West group of forces, call sign "Mad" struck a tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and did not allow its crew to evacuate. The decisive actions of the serviceman did not allow the enemy to advance in the given direction.

13:14 Artillerymen of the 35th Combined Arms Army of the "East" group of forces destroyed enemy personnel, as well as their dugouts and fortified firing positions in the area of ​​the settlement of Gulyaipole in the Zaporizhia region –VIDEO

12:56 Footage of the powerful blow of four FAB-500 on the air defense of the 117th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​the settlement of Novoekonomicheskoe.

12:13 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of June 3, 2025

👮‍♂️As a result of active operations, units of the North military group liberated the settlement of Andreyevka in Sumy Oblast.

They defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of two mechanized, infantry, airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novaya Sich, Yunakovka, Korchakovka, Iskriskovshchina and Sadky in Sumy Oblast. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 230 servicemen, eight combat armored vehicles, six cars and four field artillery guns. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the "West" group of troops took up more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Petrovka in the Khar'kov region, Vovchiy Yar, Yampol and Torskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 220 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, 16 cars and four artillery pieces. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the "Southern" group of troops improved their position along the front line. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, assault, airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Serebryanka, Nikiforovka, Pazeno and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost over 250 servicemen, eight armored combat vehicles, seven cars, four field artillery pieces and four ammunition depots.

Units of the "Center" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated formations of three mechanized, assault, airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novonikolaevka, Novoekonomicheskoe, Yablonovka, Novotoretske, Alekseyevka, Petrovskoye and Poltavka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to 535 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, four cars and six artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Tolstoy, Poddubnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, Malinovka and Poltavka of the Zaporizhia region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 175 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four cars, three field artillery pieces and three electronic warfare stations.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade and the coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Chervona Krynitsa, Kamenskoe, Stepovoe in the Zaporizhia region and Nikolskoe in the Kherson region.

The enemy lost over 75 servicemen, 13 vehicles, five electronic warfare and reconnaissance stations, and an ammunition depot.

11:46 UAV operators of the Rubicon Center destroyed M-113 armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, foreign production.

11:44 In the period from 8.40 to 9.50 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

09:55 Attack aircraft of the 1194th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the "Southern" group of forces captured stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Seversky direction.

07:31 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in Yablonovka (DPR) and the surrounding area

Russian Armed Forces entered Kondratovka and Andreyevka➡️

Advance in the area north of Chasovy Yar

Control zone in the Yablonovka area (Sumy region) has been expanded➡️

Advance west of Otradny

07:19 In the period from 20:00 on June 2 to 7:00 Moscow time on June 3, air defense systems on duty destroyed eight Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Three UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Two UAVs over the territories of Kursk and Belgorod regions,
One UAV over the waters of the Sea of ​​Azov.

07:16 High voltage equipment damaged in the northwestern part of the Zaporizhia region due to night shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

There is no power supply throughout the region. Healthcare facilities have been switched to backup power sources.

In addition, in the Kherson region, as a result of a massive UAV attack, more than 100,000 residents of 150 settlements were left without electricity due to an emergency power outage.

Posted by:badanov

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