Battle for Severodonetsk rages. Ukrainian troops block attempts by Russian forces to gain control of the Bakhmut-Severodonetsk highway. They maintain control of Severodonetsk, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said in an evening report. On the Donetsk axis, Russia prioritizes attempts to gain full control of Severodonetsk and block Ukrainian troops near Lysychansk. The Ukrainian Armed Forces thwart Russia’s attempts to take control of the Bakhmut-Severodonetsk highway.
The military situation in Severodonetsk worsened, head of the Luhansk regional military administration Serhiy Hayday said on the morning of June 6. Ukrainian troops remained in control of the industrial zone. Hayday earlier said that Ukrainian troops regained control of half of the city.
Cross-border attacks on Sumy and Chernihiv regions. On the evening of June 6, Russian troops shelled border areas in Sumy and Chernihiv regions. They made three attacks in one hour. “Russian troops shelled a border area in Horodnyanskyi district of Chernihiv region from 120-mm mortars. The attack came from an area near the village Chernozyomny Gorodok in Russia,” the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said. “Russians launched two attacks on Sumy region. They fired six mortar rounds at a border area of Okhtyrskyi district. A Russian drone dropped explosives on the area. Russian troops also fired 17 mortar rounds at a border area of Sumskyi district,” the statement reads. There are no Russian troops in Chernihiv and Sumy regions.
Russia ships metal out of Mariupol, Ukraine’s grain out of south. In June, two cargo ships entered the temporarily occupied port of Mariupol, satellite images taken by Planet Labs show. One of them entered the port on June 1, and left two days later. Another one entered the port on June 4, and stays there.
Both ships were loaded with metal, satellite imagery shows. The ships were not identified by names. Russian media said that the vessels carry cargo to Russia’s Rostov-on-Don allegedly following a pre-war “agreement”.
Port executives disproved the reports saying that the metal is of Metinvest. The company owned by Rinat Akhmetov and Vadym Novinskyi said it did not issue orders to send its products to Russia.
Russian forces steal wheat from Ukrainian farmers in occupied territories. They’ve sent 100 tons of wheat to Syria. Satellite images show Russian ships loading up with Ukrainian grain in occupied Crimea. Most probably, they brought it from Kherson and other occupied areas.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Agricultural Policy said Russians had stolen about 500,000 tons of grain, one-third of what remains trapped in occupied territories. Russia attempted to “export” some grain to Egypt.
Ukraine in Flames #86: How Russia weaponized language in linguicide and disinformation
The world should know about the centuries-old deliberate linguistic genocide of Ukrainians in the Russian Empire. It is a part of the extermination strategy of an empire towards conquered people. Ukrainians survived bans, severe punishments and exile for their native language. Today’s Russia is as motivated to use the Russian language as a tool of suppression, as it used throughout history. Ukraine in Flames #86 explains how Russia has weaponized language against Ukraine.
Speakers:
Taras Kremin, Language Protection Commissioner of Ukraine;
Olha Kyryliuk, phD in philology,
Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University
Larysa Masenko, social linguist, professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy;
Ukraine in Flames #87: Kharkiv live from the frontlines of Russian war
Ukraine in Flames #88: Russian tortures and Russian propaganda: how they reinforse each other
