"President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a personal invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin in an open letter published June 4, offering to meet face-to-face to put an end to fiveyears of full-scale war.
The letter was published a day after Ukraine launched a large-scale attack on St. Petersburg, striking a major oil terminal and military targets on the same morning Putin welcomed world leaders to the city for his flagship economic forum.
In it, Zelensky lays out his case for Putin's need to end the fighting and sets terms for the reopening of negotiations.
"Almost half of your 26 years of power in Russia you have spent in the war against Ukraine," Zelensky wrote.
"Whatever you say about NATO, geopolitics and the Russian language, this war is your personal choice — a war without a real reason. This is how history will remember it." KI
"A strong magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred in the Gulf of Tomini near Pulau Buaya island,Indonesia, in the morning at 7.28 am local time (GMT +8). The quake had a moderate depth of 129 km (80 mi) and was reported felt by some people near the epicenter." VD
"Over the past day, there were 273 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops.
Over the past day, Ukrainian aviation, missile forces, and artillery struck 14 clusters of enemy personnel, two command posts, and three artillery systems.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, there were three combat engagements. The enemy carried out six airstrikes using 18 guided bombs, conducted 89 shelling attacks on Ukrainian positions and settlements, including nine using MLRS.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the enemy attacked Ukrainian positions 12 times near Starytsia, Lyman, and Odradne, as well as toward Izybytske, Okhrimivka, andKolodiaznŠµ.
In the Kupiansk sector, Ukrainian defenders stopped six attempts to advance near Novoplatonivka and toward Kupiansk, Kivsharivka, and Novoosynove.
In the Lyman sector, the enemy tried 26 times to penetrate Ukrainian defenses near Novoselivka, Drobysheve, Zarichne, Dibrova, Ozerne, and toward Shyikivka and Lyman.
In the Sloviansk sector, Russian forces carried out 13 assaults near Zakitne, Kalenyky, Riznykivka, as well as toward Kryva Luka and Rai-Oleksandrivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the enemy made two unsuccessful attempts to dislodge Ukrainian forces near Fedorivka Druha and toward Yurkivka.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, the Russian invaders carried out 19 attacks near Ivanopillia, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka, Rusyn Yar, and toward Kostiantynivka, Stepanivka, Vilne, and Nove Shakhove.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders stopped 41 assault actions near Hryshyne, Vasylivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novomykolaivka, and Horikhove, as well as toward Vilne, Dorozhnie, Shevchenko, Bilytske, Novooleksandrivka, Rodynske, Oleksandrivka, Serhiivka, and Novopavlivka.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, the enemy attacked 10 times near Sichneve, Vorone, Ternove, and Verbove.
In the Huliaipole sector, Russian forces carried out 37 attacks near Rybne, Dobropillia, Varvarivka, Sviatopetrivka, Zaliznychne, and toward Pryvillia, Rizdvianka, Vozdvyzhivka, Nove Zaporizhzhia, Kosivtseve, Tsvitkove, Staroukrainka, Krynychne, Huliaipilske, and Charnivne.
In the Dnipro River sector, Ukrainian defenders successfully stopped two offensive actions toward the Antonivskyi Bridge." Ukrin
