Ukrainian Interior Ministry official Viktor Andrusiv claimed that DPR leader Denis Pushilin was wounded by a Ukrainian air strike in Lyman. Russian propaganda channels denied the claim, stating there was an artillery strike but Pushilin was not hit.

Ukrainian Interior Ministry official Viktor Andrusiv claimed that DPR leader Denis Pushilin was wounded by a Ukrainian air strike in Lyman. Russian propaganda channels denied the claim, stating there was an artillery strike but Pushilin was not hit.

Russian forces are conducting westward offensives from Lyman towards Slovyansk

Ukrainian forces destroyed two Russian tanks, 13 artillery systems, eight armoured combat vehicles, and six vehicles.

Russian forces killed 4 civilians in Donetsk Oblast on June 1

The 4 civilians were killed in Soledar, New York, Tetianivka, and Lyman

The June 1 shelling of Sviatohirsk Lavra resulted in the deaths of two monks and a novice, with five others initially sustaining severe injuries; one of the severely wounded later died.

On June 1, Russians killed 4 civilians in Donetsk region: in Soledar, New York, Tetyanivka and Lyman. Another 9 civilians were injured.

3 victims in the Sviatohirsk Lavra were clarified, with one person injured.

One person injured in Luhansk region was also registered in Kostiantynivka.