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Russian losses per 02/06/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff

+1140 men
+2 tanks
+7 AFVs
+48 artillery
+2 AD systems
+256 UAVs
+3 cruise missiles

Ukrainian Air Force: 52 air targets neutralized overnight on June 2. In total, Russia launched 84 aerial threats including 3 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and one Iskander-K cruise missile.

🇵🇱 Conservative nationalist Karol Nawrocki has officially won Poland’s presidential election with 50.89% of the vote (10.6M). Rafał Trzaskowski received 49.11% (10.2M). Voter turnout was 71.63%, per the National Electoral Commission.

❗️The U.S. did not provide Ukraine with any intelligence for the planning of Operation “Pavutyna” targeting Russian military sites, CBS News senior White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs reports.

All intel was gathered independently by Ukraine—Zelensky was not briefed by U.S. officials.

Video footage shows an overview of Russia’s Belaya Air Base in Irkutsk region. The timing of the recording—during or after the reported strike—remains unclear.

Many strategic bombers appear intact, though heavy smoke obscures parts of the base, possibly hiding damaged or destroyed aircraft.

🇺🇦 Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation, reports that at least 13 Russian aircraft were destroyed and additional aircraft damaged during Ukraine’s large-scale operation "Spiderweb" on June 1.

🇨🇿 Czech FM Jan Lipavský welcomed Ukraine’s strikes on Russian airfields, saying it's in Europe’s security interest to have a strong, well-armed Ukraine. He added he now expects Russian strategic aircraft to violate NATO airspace “30% less.”

❗️Talks between Ukraine and Russia will begin at 13:00, according to Turkey’s Foreign Ministry via Anadolu. The Ukrainian delegation has already arrived in Istanbul.

Russia has developed a new paranoia: trucks. Long queues are forming as authorities now inspect cargo vehicles thoroughly.

According to Russian sources, drivers of trucks allegedly used to launch Ukrainian drones toward military airfields have been interrogated. One claimed his truck carried prefab houses from Chelyabinsk to Murmansk. En route, unknown callers instructed him where and when to stop—at one such stop, drones reportedly launched.

An air raid alert has been activated at military facilities in occupied Sevastopol. Russian monitoring channels report anticipation of incoming Ukrainian UAVs.

Ukrainian drones were spotted over Yevpatoria, occupied Crimea.

Russian monitoring channels report that possible Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG missiles are heading for the direction of occupied Mariupol and Taganrog.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has landed in Istanbul ahead of negotiations. He was greeted by Ukraine’s ambassador to Turkey, Nariman Dzhelyal, who not long ago was freed from Russian captivity after being held as a political prisoner.

The Russian delegation, led by Vladimir Medinsky, has left their hotel in Istanbul and is en route to the venue where talks with Ukraine are set to take place.

SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk spoke about Operation Spiderweb, saying 41 Russian strategic planes at 4 airbases were hit—about a third of their missile carriers. The mission took over 1.5 years to prepare and used drones hidden under mobile homes. He called it a historic, legal strike and promised Ukraine will keep defending and fighting back.

"The enemy thought they could bomb Ukraine and kill Ukrainians with impunity and endlessly. But that's not the case. We will respond to Russian terror and destroy the enemy everywhere – at sea, in the air, and on land. And if needed, we'll reach them even underground," he added.