What did 6 June 2022 show about the war's pressures?
A look back at a day of new weapons pledges, sanctions enforcement and health warnings, following strikes on Kyiv the day before.
What was happening around the war in Ukraine on 6 June 2022? The day brought a new pledge of long-range weapons, further sanctions measures abroad and a warning about disease in a besieged city, all set against fighting that continued in the east and renewed strikes on the capital.
The United Kingdom announced on 6 June 2022 that it would send several M270 long-range rocket artillery systems to Ukraine. The announcement came in the context of continuing foreign military aid.
Pressure on Russia and its associates also continued outside the battlefield. A federal judge in the U.S. state of New York ordered the seizure of two private jets, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner and a Gulfstream G650ER, owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. Latvia banned all Russia-based TV media outlets that threaten the territorial integrity and independence of another country, citing the war. The measure was to last until Russia de-occupies Crimea and ends its warfare against Ukraine.
In Mariupol, Petro Andryushchenko, an advisor to Mayor Vadym Boychenko, warned that the city may have suffered a cholera outbreak.
The days before
On 5 June 2022, Russia launched airstrikes on Kyiv for the first time since 28 April. The Russian Defence Ministry said the missile strikes targeted T-72 tanks supplied to Ukraine by several EU countries. At least one person was injured.
The same day, Russian major general Roman Kutuzov was killed in Mykolaivka, Luhansk Oblast. President Zelensky said in his evening address that he had visited troops on the front line on the border of Luhansk and Donetsk regions, including in Lysychansk and Soledar. Russian forces also pushed towards Bila Krynytsia, which Ukrainian forces had recently retaken, according to Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the military administration, who said Russian units had returned to previously occupied positions.
On 4 June 2022, Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov told the GLOBSEC-2022 forum in Bratislava that it was hard to predict when the war would end, but that his optimistic forecast was that it could end by the end of the year. Zelensky also said the All Saints Skete in Sviatohirsk, whose original church dated from 1526, was the last of 113 churches destroyed by Russian artillery.
