[Korrespondent] In the Pokrovsky direction, the invaders attacked 28 times. In the Hulyaipil direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled 22 enemy attacks.
The Russian army has attacked positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces 60 times since the beginning of the day, with most of the fighting taking place in the Pokrov and Hulyaipil directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on June 8.
It is noted that today in the Sumy region the following settlements were affected: Ryzhivka, Korenyok, Tovstodubovo, Bachivsk, Bunyakyne, Progress, Malushyne, Ulanovye, Volfyne, Neskuchne, Sopych, Yastrubshchyna; in the Chernihiv region - Kostobobriv, Senkivka, Gremyach, Klyusy.
One clash took place in the North Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, the enemy carried out 23 attacks on settlements and positions of Ukrainian troops, one of which involved the use of a multiple launch rocket system.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, the invaders tried five times to break through the defenses in the areas of the settlements of Vovchanski Khutory, Lyman, Starytsia, and towards Volokhivka.
In the Kupyansk direction today, the enemy attacked the positions of the Defense Forces once in the direction of the settlement of Kupyansk-Vuzlovy.
In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled nine attempts by the invaders to advance in the Novoselivka area and towards Drobysheve, Dibrova, and Lyman. Five clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Slavyansk direction, the Defense Forces successfully stopped nine attempts by the invaders to advance towards the settlements of Kryva Luka, Rai-Oleksandrivka and in the areas of Riznykivka, Zakitne, and Lypivka. Another clash is ongoing.
The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Kramatorsk direction.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled four attacks near the settlements of Ivano-Frankivsk, Pleshchiivka, and Illinivka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, the invaders have tried 28 times to push Ukrainian soldiers from the occupied positions in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Novooleksandrivka, Hryshyne, Kotlyne and towards the settlements of Novy Donbas, Bilytske, Shevchenko, Serhiivka, Novopidhorodne, Dorozhne. Three clashes are ongoing.
On the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy once tried to advance in the Sichneve area.
In the Hulyaipil direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled 22 enemy attacks in the area of ​​Dobropillya, Olenokostyantynivka and towards Vozdvizhivka, Kosivtsevo, Tsvitkovo, Verkhnia Tersa, Hulyaipilsky, Charivny. Another clash is ongoing.
In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy twice stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the areas of the settlements of Shcherbaki and Plavni.
The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Dnieper direction.
There are currently no significant changes in the situation in other areas. No enemy attempts to advance have been recorded.
Let us remind you that from February 24, 2022 to June 8, 2026, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,374,950 people (+1,330 per day).