{"id":156376,"date":"2025-06-04T02:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T02:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/156376\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T02:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T02:46:10","slug":"russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1196-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/156376\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,196 | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">These are the key events on day 1,196 of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s where things stand on Wednesday, June 4 :<\/p>\n<p>Fighting<\/p>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>Russian shelling on the Ukrainian city of Sumy killed four people and injured 28, including three children, Ukraine\u2019s Interior Ministry said in a post on Telegram.<\/li>\n<li>The Interior Ministry also said that two people were killed when fires broke out after a Russian attack on homes in the Kharkiv region\u2019s village of Chistovodivka.<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine\u2019s SBU security service said it detonated explosives targeting underwater supports on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/6\/3\/ukraine-says-it-struck-russias-bridge-to-crimea-with-underwater-explosives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crimea Bridge<\/a>, which links Russia with Russian-occupied Crimea, causing \u201csevere damage\u201d to the structure.<\/li>\n<li>The Russian Ministry of Transport said in a statement that \u201cstandard operations\u201d had resumed on the bridge after earlier \u201ctemporary closures\u201d, without providing a reason for the disruption, according to Russia\u2019s TASS news agency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Military aid<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of Defence John Healey said the United Kingdom will spend 350 million pounds ($473.5m) to deliver 100,000 drones to Ukraine as part of the UK\u2019s 4.5 billion pound ($6bn) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/6\/1\/uk-plans-2bn-weapons-upgrade-as-starmer-calls-for-war-readiness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military support for Ukraine<\/a> this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Politics and Diplomacy<\/p>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said that United States President Donald Trump \u201cwas not\u201d informed in advance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/6\/1\/ukrainian-drones-target-russian-airbases-in-unprecedented-operation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine\u2019s unprecedented drone attack<\/a> on Russian airbases earlier this week. Asked if Trump approved of the attack, Leavitt said that \u201cthe president does not want to see this war prolonged\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>US Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the Senate would begin working on a bill to impose sanctions on Russia as it works with Trump to \u201cget Russia to finally come to the [negotiating] table in a real way\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Russia\u2019s mission to the United Nations said it would hold an informal UN Security Council meeting at 10am New York time (14:00 GMT) on Wednesday on \u201cunderstanding and eliminating the ideological root causes of the Ukrainian crisis\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland said it would impose sanctions on \u201c17 individuals and 58 entities\u201d listed in the European Union\u2019s latest sanctions package, \u201cin response to Russia\u2019s ongoing war against Ukraine\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 The Ukrainian Red Cross <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EmergencyResponse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#EmergencyResponse<\/a> team is responding to the Russian shelling in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sumy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Sumy<\/a>. Volunteers provide first aid and help transport victims to hospitals. 3 dead, 16 injured. Damage reported to homes, a warehouse, cars &amp; hospital. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NotATarget?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NotATarget<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ymyuJc9Hs\">pic.twitter.com\/3ymyuJc9Hs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ukrainian Red Cross (@RedCrossUkraine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedCrossUkraine\/status\/1929823292547809361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These are the key events on day 1,196 of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine. 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