Russian investigators said they were seeking a third suspect in the April killing of popular pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in an explosion at a café in St Petersburg.In a new video, Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin condemned the Russian army’s “clowns” and said his mercenary troops would take a month’s rest after leaving Bakhmut on June 5.The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a Washington, DC-based think tank, said that Russian military commanders had probably ordered Chechen fighters to take the lead in the fighting in the Ukraine war.
The Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC), a far-right paramilitary group of ethnic Russians that supports Ukraine, posted images on social media of fighters firing weapons and said a “second phase” of incursions had begun. Ukraine denies its military is involved in the incursions. Russia’s defence ministry said it repelled three cross-border attacks near the town, accusing Ukraine of using what it said were “terrorist formations”. Belgorod borders Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. 
The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said alleged Ukrainian shelling of the town of Shebekino wounded nine people and damaged buildings. Ukrainian officials said at least three people, including a girl and her mother, were killed in a Russian missile attack on Kyiv. This is the situation as it stands on Friday, June 2, 2023.
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