On the night of June 4, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Ukraine had launched a large-scale offensive in five sectors of the front in the South Donetsk direction.
“In total, six mechanized and two tank battalions of the enemy were involved. The enemy's goal was to break through our defenses on the most vulnerable, in his opinion, sector of the front. The enemy did not achieve his tasks, he had no success, ”the Ministry of Defense said in a summary.
The agency also showed footage, which, as it claims, shows the destruction of Ukrainian equipment:
The Ukrainian side has not yet commented on this information. There are no official messages from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine or the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine yet.
On June 3, Vladimir Zelensky, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, said that the Ukrainian armed forces were ready to launch a counteroffensive against Russia, but it might take some time to liberate the occupied territories.