Secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said that the Russian military blew up the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant following the order of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

According to Danilov, the Russians detonated the explosives that were planted in advance, in September-October 2022.

"The order for this terrorist act was issued from the Kremlin, from Putin's office. Such instructions cannot be given from any other level. This is …

Ukrainian forces are advancing in the Bakhmut area and in several other directions in the Donetsk region, said Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Malyar speaking on Ukrainian TV.

"We are conducting a defensive and offensive operation. We have a set of measures, and I emphasize once again: do not focus exclusively on offensive actions. This is a range of different actions, including offensive ones. Today, we also have successes. We are talking about the flanks around Bakhmut and other …

Ukraine is revising the plans for the counteroffensive due to the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, said the adviser to the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Mykhailo Podolyak.

"Adjustments will be made in any case, but they are always made during large-scale actions. In any case, adjustments are made based on the changes in the situation along the front line or in the occupied territories," he said.

At the same time, Podolyak noted that "strategically this will not change anything," …

The Ukrainian Forces are moving to offensive operations in some areas of the front, reported Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar on Telegram .

"A defensive operation contains everything, including counter-offensive actions. Therefore, in some areas we are moving to offensive actions," Malyar said.

She stressed that the Bakhmut direction remains the epicenter of the fighting. There, Ukrainian troops move on a fairly wide front, succeed and capture dominant heights.

According to …

Ukraine is ready for a counteroffensive, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with the editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal, Emma Tucker, held in Odessa. According to Zelensky, Ukraine still needs additional resources, but cannot wait for months.

"There are several options for the development of the situation, completely different. But we will do it, we are ready," the Ukrainian President said.

Zelensky noted that he has no doubts about the success of the …

Ukraine does not plan to involve any NATO member country in the war unleashed by Russia. Therefore, there will be no full membership in the Alliance while the war is going on, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a joint press conference with Estonian President Alar Karis in Kyiv.

"We are reasonable people. We understand that we will not drag any NATO country into a war. Therefore, we understand that we will not be members of NATO while this war is going on. Not because we don't …

On June 2, several explosions were heard around noon in the occupied Berdyansk. According to the Telegram channel Berdyansk Today, after that, the smoke began to rise over the city port.

"An explosion was also heard in the village of Osypenko, and there was gray-colored smoke in the area of the military training site, but it quickly disappeared, and a strip was visible in the sky, and it was clearly not from the plane," eyewitnesses said.

The head of the Berdyansk city military administration, …

The Russian Volunteer Corps, an armed unit of Russian opposition which is fighting on the side of Ukraine, published a video, stating that its fighters are on the border of Russia and Ukraine - and "the outskirts of Shebekino will be seen very soon."

The Telegram Channel Baza reports that on the morning of June 1, the Shebekino border crossing was attacked from the Ukrainian side with the support of tanks. According to Baze, the attack was repulsed.

The governor of the Belgorod region, …