Russia's Belgorod region shelled, Ukrainian airport comes under fire

Firefighters extinguish a house hit by artillery shelling in Russia's Belgorod region

According to Reuters on June 4, Mr. Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of Russia's Belgorod province bordering Ukraine, accused Ukrainian forces of continuing to shell throughout the previous night, forcing many people to evacuate.

“Overnight, shelling was almost non-stop,” the official wrote on Telegram, adding that the Shebekino and Volokonovsky areas in the province suffered heavy damage.

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More than 4,000 people have been evacuated to temporary shelters, according to Mr. Gladkov. In late May, the Russian military said it had repelled one of the most serious cross-border attacks by a Ukrainian “sabotage group” that had infiltrated Russian territory through the Belgorod region.

On June 3, Mr. Gladkov ordered the transfer of about 600 children from the Shebekino and Graivoron regions to Yaroslavl and Kaluga. Shebekino, a town of about 40,000 people near the border, and other parts of Belgorod have been attacked several times recently. Mr. Gladkov said the region was now in a “real state of war.”

Ukraine denied that its forces had entered the Belgorod region, saying they were Russian volunteer fighters.

Kyiv responds to airstrikes

In Kyiv province, Ukrainian officials said Russian airstrikes were intercepted early on June 4. Meanwhile, an airport in central Ukraine was hit by fire but the damage was not yet clear.

Reuters quoted Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat as saying that four of the six Russian cruise missiles were shot down by air defenses, but the remaining two missiles hit an airport near the central city of Kropyvnytskyi.

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Additionally, he said that two of the five Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) attacked infrastructure in the northern Sumy province.

In the city of Dnipro in Dnipropetrovsk province in central Ukraine, rescuers search for missing people in the rubble after an airstrike hit a residential area. According to The Guardian , rescuers had to dig by hand to find survivors.

Rescuers search for victims in Dnipro

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In Kharkiv province, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said the Russian side attacked in many areas on June 4, in which the town of Vovchansk received heavy fire, causing damage to an administrative building, 2 houses and a number of structures.

Russian tanks opened fire on the village of Huriev, damaging a cultural center but causing no casualties. Meanwhile, Russian helicopters attacked the village of Ivashki but caused no serious damage or casualties.

The eastern Ukrainian province of Kharkiv, which borders Russia, has been under constant attack since fighting broke out on February 24, 2022.

Russia has not commented on the above information.

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Ukraine ready to counterattack

In an exclusive interview with The Wall Street Journal on June 3, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country is ready to launch a major counterattack.

"I think that as of today we are ready to do it. We want certain things, but we cannot wait for it for months," Mr. Zelensky said of the much-anticipated military move.

The leader is confident the counterattack will be successful, but is uncertain how long it will last.

"Everyone knows very well that any counterattack in the world without control of the sky is very dangerous. Imagine the feeling of a soldier who knows he has no 'roof' and does not understand why neighboring countries have it," he said about calling for countries to support F-16 fighters.

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In the interview, Mr. Zelensky acknowledged Russia's air superiority, saying that without protection from Russian air power, "a large number of Ukrainian soldiers would have died" in the counterattack.

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