142 combat clashes on frontline in past day, mostly in Pokrovsk sector

According to Ukrinform, this is stated in a Facebook post by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the situation as of 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 3. 

Yesterday, the Russians launched two missile and 78 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, used three missiles and 137 guided bombs. 

In addition, the enemy made 5,736 attacks, including 106 from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 3,270 kamikaze drones.

The Russian army carried out air strikes, in particular, in the areas of Boiar-Lezhachi, Petrushivka, Ugroids in Sumy region; Vovchansky Khutory, Artilne in Kharkiv region; Myrne, Myroliubivka, Novopil in Donetsk region; Olhivske, Poltavka, Huliaypole, Chervona Krynytsia, Orikhiv, Novoandriivka in Zaporizhzhia region; Olhivka in Kherson region.

Aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit 10 areas of concentration of Russian personnel, weapons and military equipment, four command centers, eight artillery pieces and one air defense piece.

Three firefights took place in the Kharkiv sector yesterday in the vicinity of Vovchansk and in the direction of Dovhenke.

Seven Russian attacks were registered in the Kupiansk sector. Ukrainian defense forces repelled assaults in the areas of Zapadne, Stepova Novoselivka, Pishchane, Zahryzove and Zelenyi Hai.

In the Lyman sector, the enemy attacked 15 times, trying to advance near Hrekivka, Olhivka, Novyi Myr, Hlushchenkove, Ridkodub, Karpivka, Zelena Dolyna, Torske and in the direction of Hryhorivka.

In the Siversk sector, Russian troops attacked five times near Hryhorivka, Verkhnekamianske and in the direction of Serebryanka.

In the Kramatorsk sector, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled six enemy attacks in the direction of Bila Hora and Kurdyumivka.

In the Toretsk sector, the Russian army conducted 11 attacks in the areas of Diliyivka, Pleshchiyivka, Toretsk, Nelipivka and in the direction of Yablunivka.

In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders stopped 46 Russian attacks in the areas of Poltavka, Myrolyubivka, Yelizavetivka, Malynivka, Lysivka, Dachanske, Novoukrainka, Udachne, Novosergiyivka, Muravka, Kotliarivka, Andriivka and in the direction of Pokrovsk.

In the Novopavlivka sector, the Defense Forces repelled 22 enemy attacks in the areas of Kostiantynopil, Bahatyr, Odradne, Novosilka, Vilne Pole, Zelene Pole, Novopil, and in the direction of Novoukrainka and Komara.

In the Orikhiv direction, near Stepove, Russian invaders made one unsuccessful attack.

There were 18 firefights in the Kursk sector. Russian troops carried out 182 artillery attacks, including two from multiple launch rocket systems, and conducted 17 air strikes, dropping 28 guided aerial bombs.

No combat engagements were registered in the Huliaipole and Prydniprovsky sectors yesterday.

No signs of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissia sectors.

As Ukrinform reported, the total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022 to June 3, 2025 amounted to about 990,800 people, of which 1,100 were killed in the past day.

Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine