Prosecutors confirmed the deaths of 17 additional children in Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, due to shelling by Russian forces. This brings the total number of Ukrainian children killed by Russian military aggression to 261.

As of the morning of 2 June, prosecutors recorded the deaths of 17 more children in Mariupol, bringing the total number of Ukrainian children killed by the Russian military to 261.

More than 721 children have been injured in Ukraine as a result of full-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation, with over 460 wounded officially confirmed.

1938 educational institutions have been damaged and 182 completely destroyed as a result of constant bombing and shelling by Russian forces.

On 31 May, a 12-year-old boy died in Ivanivka, Izium district, Kharkiv Oblast, as a result of shelling by Russian forces.

Emergency service workers and volunteers delivered humanitarian aid to residents of Yakovlivka on June 2

A pilot stated that missions to evacuate the wounded from Azovstal and deliver aid were conducted secretly despite the extreme difficulty of flying 100 km into enemy-controlled territory.

During one sortie, a helicopter was hit by a rocket 6 km from the city and lost an engine.

A second helicopter flying in formation was shot down by Russian forces, resulting in the death of its crew.

There are dead and wounded in the Donetsk region following Russian attacks on twelve settlements.