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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 10th, 2023
2023-06-11
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 21:31 Canada has imposed sanctions against Yanukovych, as well as Russian officials and collaborators from the occupied territories of Ukraine, the country's Foreign Ministry said. In total, sanctions are imposed against 24 individuals and 17 organizations.

20:54 In the Kharkiv region, the Russians fired again at the rescuers who put out the fire - one of them died, one was wounded, the State Emergency Service reported.

19:18 Zelensky, in an evening video message, again accused international organizations of inaction on the issue of eliminating the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station by the Russians: “At some levels in the world, there is simply shameful indifference to ecocide and the human tragedy caused by the Russian terrorist attack on the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. When international organizations that should protect life on a global scale, even in a week they do not have time to form and send a rescue mission to the occupied territory, when some world actors do not dare to come out even with clear and strong statements condemning this yet another Russian crime of war, terrorists simply feed on this weakness of the world, this indifference - it encourages them ... We will put pressure and insist that international organizations, international support be in that part of the Kherson region,Where are the occupiers now?

18:29 The Russians fired at the front-line settlements of the Zaporozhye region, said the head of the OVA Yuriy Malashko. In Orekhovo, as a result of falling into a private house, two people were killed, in Preobrazhenka, one person was injured.

18:16 Ukraine and Canada recorded Canadian support for Kiev's membership in NATO in a joint declaration, Zelensky said: "I am sure that together we will do everything so that the Alliance summit in Vilnius really meets the requirements of the time and is positive for everyone, positive for Ukraine and for our membership prospects ".

18:11 The Rada supported bill No. 9378 on military leave, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said. According to the document, the military is granted leave of 30 days plus ten days for family reasons and other valid reasons. Leave can be granted in parts three times a year with a one-time absence of no more than 30% of the total number of military personnel.

17:38 Parliament adopted an appeal to the UN, the parliaments and governments of its member states, international organizations and their parliamentary assemblies in connection with another act of terrorism by the Russian Federation - the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.

17:19 Canada will hand over the confiscated Russian aircraft AN-124 to Ukraine, Trudeau said during a speech in the Verkhovna Rada.

16:57 Canada will provide Ukraine with a new military assistance package worth 500 million Canadian dollars (about 373 million US dollars), and will also take part in the aviation coalition, in particular, join the training of Ukrainian pilots, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. "Our budget has been expanded to 2 billion loans to the government of Ukraine to support Ukraine, recovery and reconstruction. We will provide $ 500 million in new funding for military assistance," he said. According to Trudeau, Ottawa will provide Kyiv with 287 additional AIM-7 Sparrow missiles and 10,000 155mm rounds.

16:19 Zelensky commented on the information about the counter-offensive: "Counter-offensive and defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine. At what stage - I will not say in detail. I think that we will definitely feel all this. We must trust our military, and I trust them. Every day I in touch with our commanders in different directions." The President noted that the Ukrainian military are positive.

15:30 In the occupied Zhelezny Port of the Kherson region, an explosion thundered early this morning - there was a hit in the Positive Hotel, where the "head" of the occupied region, collaborator Volodymyr Saldo, was staying. Saldo himself said that the strike was delivered by long-range Storm Shadow missiles, and complained that "the Kiev regime is persecuting the top officials of the Kherson region." The fact of the strike on the hotel where Saldo was staying was also confirmed by collaborator Oleg Tsarev.

14:48 The estimated amount of environmental damage due to Russia's undermining the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station is 55 billion hryvnia, said Ecology Minister Ruslan Strelets. According to him, the situation in the national parks is critical, 30% of the natural reserve fund of the Kherson region is in danger of disappearing.

Water from the Kakhovka reservoir leveled the Nizhnedneprovsky National Park with a water mirror. Shallowing of the water area continues in the Bolshoi Lug (by 4.2 meters) and Kamenskaya Sich (by 6 meters) national parks. In addition, about 1,200 hectares of the territory of the Kinburn Peninsula have already been flooded due to the explosion of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.

14:29 In the Kherson region, 27 people are considered missing after the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said. 2620 people were evacuated, of which 160 were children, four were killed. Also, 11 people were injured during the evacuation as a result of Russian shelling. 47 settlements of the region were flooded, 14 of them - in the occupied territory.

14:10 In Kiev, only 15% of shelters can be considered suitable for residents of the city to stay there, said Minister for Strategic Industries Alexander Kamyshin following the results of a week of the commission's work and checking all 4,655 shelters. These are shelters accessible to all, which are in proper condition, without remarks.

13:16 The Ukrainian military in a number of sectors of the front advanced up to 1.4 km and inflicted serious losses on the Russians, said Serhiy Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He clarified that this result was achieved thanks to the rotations of the Russians. According to him, the occupiers are building defenses and simultaneously trying to counterattack the Ukrainian forces, "but all these attempts failed."

12:57 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Kiev on an unannounced visit , Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Andriy Melnyk said.

12:05 During the night Russian attack, a gas production facility hit the industrial site, as a result of which the gas supply from this facility to the gas transportation system was temporarily stopped, the Ministry of Energy reported.

11:14 The Russians fired at the Kherson Ship District, wounded two volunteers who provided assistance to victims of flooding, the OVA reported.

10:49 British intelligence reports that over the past 48 hours, significant military operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have taken place in the south and east. In some areas, Ukrainian forces appear to have made significant progress and breached Russia's first line of defense. The Russian record is mixed, with some units likely conducting robust maneuver defense operations, while others retreated in some disarray amid increasing reports of Russian casualties as they escape through their own minefields.

10:36 The average level of flooding in the Kherson region is 4.72 meters, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. At the same time, he added that one of these days rains are expected in the region, and this, in turn, will slow down the decline in water in the region. Since yesterday evening, the water has receded by 31 cm, and since the beginning of the accident at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, the water level has decreased by 6.25 meters. In total, 2588 people were evacuated from the flooded territories.

10:04 The National Police published information about the crimes committed by the Russian military during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.


War crimes of the Russian Federation in Ukraine as of June 10, 2023

09:33 During a night attack on critical infrastructure and military facilities in the Poltava, Odessa and Kharkiv regions, the Russians used eight ground-based missiles of various types and 35 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs. Air defense forces destroyed two cruise missiles and 20 attack drones. In addition, over the past day, 12 enemy UAVs of the operational-tactical level were destroyed, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

09:27 Crimean blogger-collaborator Oleksandr Talipov, in a message on his telegram channel, revealed the details of the preparation by the occupiers to undermine the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports. In particular, Talipov was outraged by the reports of "military bloggers" that the personnel of the Russian troops were abandoned on the islands and they "almost climbed trees in critical condition."

In fact, according to Talipov, this is all fake: “I contacted our guys. Everyone left the islands. At three in the morning there was no one there. There were no losses. Therefore, all information published in this vein is a blatant lie.” This is direct evidence that the Russian military knew about the upcoming terrorist attack and announced the evacuation in advance, the GUR emphasizes.

09:22 At night, the Russians fired more than ten UAVs across the territory of the Bogodukhovsky district of the Kharkiv region. There were fires, one person died, one was injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Also, as a result of enemy shelling, two people were injured in the Izyum and Chuguevsky districts.

09:11 As of 6:00 am, the level of the Kakhovka reservoir in the Nikopol area is 10.55 meters, which is almost 1.2 meters lower than the previous day. More than a third of the water from the Kakhovka reservoir has been lost, which was accumulated due to the spring flood, Ukrhydroenergo reported. Hydroelectric power plants operate at reduced capacity, continue to accumulate water in the upper reservoirs of the Dnieper to provide a summer supply of environmental passes.

08:50 At night, the Russians attacked the Poltava region: the enemy hit the area of ​​​​the Mirgorod military airfield with ballistic and cruise missiles of the Iskander type, as well as drones, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Lunin. There is damage to the airfield infrastructure and equipment, people were not injured. As a result of the fall of debris, eight private houses and cars were also damaged.

08:37 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 10.

  • personnel - about 214,660 (+890) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 3909 (+8),

  • armored combat vehicles - 7607 (+7),

  • artillery systems - 3717 (+15),

  • MLRS - 600 (+1),

  • air defense systems - 362 (+3),

  • aircraft - 314 (+0),

  • helicopters - 299 (+0),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 3263 (+16),

  • cruise missiles - 1176 (+5),

  • ships/boats - 18 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 6428 (+18),

  • special equipment - 507 (+5).

08:26 The Russian army is focusing its main efforts on attempts to completely occupy the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, there are heavy battles. Over the past day, 34 military clashes took place on the indicated sector of the front, the General Staff reported in the morning report .

In the occupied part of the Kherson region, Russians allow evacuation from flooded settlements only to people with Russian passports. Also, the occupiers forcibly drive out local residents from their own surviving houses and place their military personnel in them.

08:12 In the sky over Odessa at night, the Defense Forces destroyed eight kamikaze drones and two missiles. Debris from the downed UAV hit an apartment building and damaged several buildings nearby. Three people died, 26 were injured , including two children and a pregnant woman, OVA speaker Serhiy Bratchuk said.

In addition, in the Odessa region, one enemy rocket hit the coast - three people were injured from debris and an explosive wave.

07:55 The "head" of the occupied Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said that the air defense forces allegedly shot down two Ukrainian ballistic missiles, there were no victims or injured.

06:58 "Governor" of the occupied Kherson region Volodymyr Saldo said that in the morning Ukraine launched strikes, allegedly with Storm Shadow missiles, allegedly at "temporary accommodation points" on the Arabat Spit, one person died.

03:16 The Russians attacked the Odessa region with Shahed-131/136 attack drones. All of them were destroyed, but the wreckage of one of the UAVs hit the apartment of a multi-storey building, causing a fire. Three people were killed and more than ten injured, OK Pivden reported.

Posted by:badanov

#10  It seems Putin is starting to get rid of any remnants of local governance in Russia.

75 of the 89 existing Russian governors were already directly appointed by the Kremlin. With the new policy, mayors and local municipal councils of towns (and districts in large cities), villages will have no freedom at all.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-06-11 17:49  

#9  Near Melitopol, partizans blow up train bridge linking Crimea and Melitopol.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-06-11 17:18  

#8  Russia blows up small dam in area near counteroffensive operations in Donetsk Oblast
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-06-11 16:38  

#7  Makarivka (south of Storozheve) claimed liberated.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-06-11 15:42  

#6  Looks like Wagner will be pushed out of Ukraine. An alternative is Progozhin arrested. The Russian colonel Wagner captured and beat up made a video afterward where it sounded like an indictment of Wagner.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-06-11 13:17  

#5  The strike is probably still in southern Zaporozhye. Closer to fighting. Makes more sense.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-06-11 13:00  

#4  A 7 GMLRS attack on a Russian base in southern Kherson.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-06-11 12:44  

#3  The Ukrainians are not saying much about the Zaporozhye offensive so almost all of the information is coming from Russian sources. That said, 10km is not far off. According to Rybar (Russian), yesterday Ukrainians were at Urozhaine and approaching Zavitne.

Blahodatne and Storozheve have also fallen to Ukraine (in same map).
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-06-11 12:39  

#2  Ukrainians are saying have forces a good deal greater than a mile south of the main line of contact, like 10 kms or so.

If so, that means that they are awaiting resupply, and/or the Russians are ignoring them, and waiting for the next battle to prevent those supplies from getting through.
Posted by: badanov   2023-06-11 01:38  

#1  so far, per reports, Ukraine forces have only advanced a mile or two in a few specific places in the first few days of the counter offensive

not sure the depth of the Russian primary defensive formations

however, if Ukraine gets thru the primary formations in more than 3 or 4 places and assuming the secondary defense formations are relatively weak, Ukraine will be able to claw back a lot of territory

Posted by: lord garth   2023-06-11 01:22  

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