Russia claims to have thwarted ‘large-scale' Ukraine attack
Russia has said its forces thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, killing 250 Ukrainian troops and destroying tanks and armoured vehicles.
'On the morning of June 4, the enemy launched a large-scale offensive in five sectors of the front in the South Donetsk direction,' the Russian defence ministry said on its Telegram channel early on Monday.