War against Ukraine: ++ Russia advances on Sloviansk ++

8:10 a.m

Russian army advances on Sloviansk

According to British information, Russian troops are advancing on the city of Sloviansk in the Donetsk region. In addition, the heavy fighting in Sievjerodonetsk in the neighboring Luhansk region continued, the Defense Ministry announced on Twitter from the updated intelligence report. The railway infrastructure was hit in the Russian rocket attack on Kyiv on Sunday morning. According to Russian information, among other things, tanks were destroyed.

7:45 a.m

Heavy shelling of Sieverodonetsk

In the embattled city of Sievjerodonetsk, Russian troops are continuing to attack massively with artillery and mortars, according to the Ukrainian general staff. The occupiers’ assault on the industrial city to the east is continuing. The information cannot be independently verified. Both warring parties have repeatedly stated that they have inflicted heavy casualties on each other.

7:07 a.m

Students seek more psychological counseling

In the psychological counseling centers of the Berliner Studierendenwerk, demand is again increasing significantly. In addition to the corona pandemic, the war in Ukraine is now also causing uncertainty among many students, said Irina Theisen, head of the psychological-psychotherapeutic counseling center. “Among the clients there are now many Ukrainian students who are worried about their families at home, for example,” says the psychologist.

“But many Russian students also come to us, for example because they are afraid of discrimination,” said Theisen. Many also have money problems because parents can no longer transfer anything to them. Other students, on the other hand, would have financed medicines for sick family members at home. Due to the sanctions, this is no longer easily possible.

5:27 a.m

Ukraine confirms killing of Russian general at front

The Ukrainian military has said it has killed another high-ranking Russian officer with the rank of general. The commander of the 1st army corps of the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic, Major General Roman Kutuzov, had been “officially denazified and demilitarized”, the administration for strategic communications of the Ukrainian armed forces said on Monday night, according to the online portal “Ukrainskaya Pravda”.

A correspondent for Russian state television first reported on Kutuzov’s death. Kutuzov is said to have fallen while leading a Russian attack on a town near Popasna in the Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian side had previously reported that the Russian attack had been repelled and that the enemy had been forced to retreat with “significant casualties”.

04:59 am

Hackers attack Russian ministry website

Hackers apparently attacked the website of the Russian Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities. An internet search for the site leads to a sign that reads “Glory to Ukraine” in Ukrainian. The state-run Russian news agency RIA late Sunday evening quoted a ministry official as saying the website was unavailable but users’ personal information was protected. RIA also reported that other media had reported that the hackers had demanded a ransom to prevent the user’s data from being published. Reuters could not verify this.

4:12 a.m

Employers’ associations warn of an immediate gas embargo

Employers’ associations from Germany and Austria have spoken out against an immediate gas embargo against Russia. Such an event would catch the economy in Germany and Austria unprepared and would have far-reaching consequences for companies and their jobs, explained Rainer Dulger, President of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations, and Georg Knill, President of the Association of Austrian Industry. The consequences would be production losses, production standstills and further de-industrialization.

2:54 a.m

Zelenskyj visits soldiers in embattled Lysychansk

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the cities of Lysychansk and Soledar, just a few kilometers south of the embattled city of Sievarodonetsk, on Sunday. Two recorded videos aired on Sunday show Zelenskyy talking to soldiers in bunker-like buildings and presenting awards. “You all deserved the win – that’s the most important thing. But not at any price,” says Zelenskyj in one of the videos.

1:52 a.m

Britain supplies Ukraine with high-performance rocket launchers

Britain wants to supply Ukraine with rocket launchers that can reach targets up to 80 kilometers away. British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said in a statement on Monday that the high-capacity M270 rocket launchers would enable Ukrainian forces to better defend against “brutal use of long-range missiles” against Ukrainian cities. Ukrainian soldiers should be trained in Great Britain for the use of the new weapon systems.

6/5/2022 • 11:43 p.m

Moscow: Foreign Minister Lavrov cannot travel to Serbia

According to information from Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will not be able to travel to Serbia on a planned two-day visit this Monday due to a lack of a flight permit. According to the Russian agency Interfax, a high-ranking ministry official confirmed a corresponding Serbian media report according to which Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro had not given permission for the Russian government aircraft to fly over. Lavrov is under Western sanctions over Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. In addition, European airspace is closed to Russian aircraft. The minister wanted to meet with the Serbian leadership to talk about supplying the country with Russian energy.