Chaos continues in Belgorod Oblast, bomb shelter problems, exclusive with NBU chief

Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) fighters announced that they were engaged in battle near Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast in Russia, the group said in a Telegram statement on June 4.

Ukraine's state postal service, Ukrposhta, announced a new mail shipment– PRIME Small Package to the United States.

Russian missile stockpiles aren't going to be depleted, Roman Kostenko, Holos party MP and Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, told Radio NV in an interview on June 4.

Ukraine needs more U.S.-made Patriot air defence systems, which are the only systems capable of intercepting certain types of Russian missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told The Wall Street Journal on June 3.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has conducted inspections of over 4,800 shelters throughout the country as of the morning of June 3, according to the Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.

The 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade (OMB) has successfully acquired one Mavic 3T and five Mavic Fly more Combo drones thanks to the combined efforts of dedicated volunteers and generous contributors who participated in the fundraising campaign initiated by NV.

Ukraine is ready to launch a counteroffensive, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told The Wall Street Journal on June 3.

Many believed Moscow’s pre-war assertions that the Russian military is the second strongest in the world, but the strategic mistakes of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin have relegated it to "the second strongest in Ukraine," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on June 2.

General mobilization in Ukraine has been underway since Feb. 24, 2022, and all men between the ages of 18 and 60 are considered liable for military service and can be drafted and sent to the front after basic training.

Following the increase in electricity rates, the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC) will increase the cost for water supply and drainage on June 14, RBC-Ukraine reported on May 31.

Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district court has put four bloggers under 24-hour house arrest after they filmed and posted the operation of Ukraine’s air defenses during Russia’s strike on Kyiv on May 16, Ukrainska Pravda reported on June 2.

The fight between WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF champion Oleksandr Usyk – the best boxer in the world in 2022 – and British Daniel Dubois will take place later than planned, promoter Oleksandr Krasiuk has announced, according to TVP Sport.

Andriy Pyshnyi, who was appointed as the head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) a year ago, shared how his life has changed after the full-scale invasion began in an exclusive interview with NV on May 30

Russia’s losses in Bakhmut were seven times greater than Ukraine’s, said Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov in an interview with the Italian publication Corriere.

U.S. President Joe Biden is increasingly less concerned with Russia’s so-called “red lines” when it comes to arming Ukraine, after all of Moscow’s threats to “punish” the West have failed to materialize, The Washington Post reported on June 1, citing unnamed U.S. officials.

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