[NewsFront] 21:17 In the period from 14:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 40 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Ryazan, Tula regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea, and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
19:39 Drone operator and artillerymen of the Northern Guards group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces cargo vehicles in the Khar'kov direction – video.
18:45 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed groups in the Kherson, Yaroslavl and Belgorod regions
According to local authorities, a 25-year-old civilian was killed in an attack by an Armed Forces UAV in the village of Kostogryzove in the Kherson region, and a 79-year-old man was wounded in the village of Mala Lepetikha.
A woman was injured as a result of a drone strike in the Nekouz district of the Yaroslavl region.
According to the Belgorod Region operational headquarters, a civilian was injured in the village of Proletarsky as a result of the detonation of an Armed Forces UAV in the parking lot of a commercial facility.
18:31 Security forces detained in the Orenburg region, a Russian citizen was collecting data on critical infrastructure facilities for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
17:20 Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV attacked private sector in the urban-type settlement of Kuibyshevo.
As a result of the attack, three residential buildings on one street were destroyed. There were no civilian casualties. Responsible services are working on the scene, assessing the damage, and providing necessary assistance to the affected homeowners.
16:22 Artillerymen of the 11th Army Corps of the North group fire from the Msta-Scoveredcamouflaged UAV control points, dugouts, and enemy manpower in the Khar'kov region.
152mm Msta-B gun crews from the Vostok group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces drone control posts in the Zaporizhzhia region.
15:16 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate more crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in several regions of the Russian Federation
According to government authorities, a three-year-old girl and her mother were injured in an attack by an Armed Forces UAV in the Svatovsky Municipal District of the LPR. The child was hospitalized in serious condition. One person was injured in the village of Novoaidar after a strike on a civilian truck.
In the city of Shebekino in the Belgorod region, a civilian received a penetrating shrapnel wound to the abdomen due to the detonation of a drone.
In the Moscow region, six civilians, including a 13-year-old girl, were injured during the aggression of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the village of Rulitino in the Belovsky district of the Kursk region, a driver was injured as a result of an attack on a car.
14:43 Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to attack Kursk Oblast
According to preliminary information, an enemy drone attacked a car in the village of Rulitino in the Belovsky district today.
The driver was injured in the attack: the 46-year-old man suffered a closed head injury, a concussion, and acupuncture. He was taken to the Kursk Regional Hospital.
14:03 Calculation of the strike UAV of the Dnepr group defeated enemy stronghold in the Kherson region.
13:43 Operators of strike drones of the unmanned systems forces as part of the "West" force group destroyed military equipment and missile systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Kupyansk district of the Khar'kov region, video.
13:00 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of June 16, 2026
Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of two Ukrainian Armed Forces mechanized brigades and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Bachevsk, Novaya Sich, and Velykyi Prikol in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, two mechanized and two motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Svitlichnoye, Varvarovka, Izbitskoye, Kazachya Lopan and Ryasnoye in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost up to 210 servicemen, a tank and five vehicles.
Units of the "West" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Chervony Oskol and Podliman in the Khar'kov region, and Yatskivka, Lozove, Rubtsy, and Shchurovo in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the village of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the 25th Army continue to advance westward and destroy disparate formations of the Kyiv regime.
Units of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division, advancing in the northwestern part of the city, captured five enemy strongholds and cleared 31 buildings of Ukrainian militants, including the Church of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God.
Over the past 24 hours, more than 30 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, four pickup trucks, and three ground-based robotic systems have been destroyed in the town of Krasny Liman.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the West group of forces, the enemy lost more than 210 servicemen, five combat armored vehicles, 17 cars and four field artillery pieces.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, an airmobile brigade, a security brigade of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Nikolaevka, Stenki, Starodubovka, and Malinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the village of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the Southern Group of Forces are conducting active offensive operations and have liberated 120 buildings from Ukrainian militants. In the southwestern part of the city, the destruction of encircled units of the 28th and 100th Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues.
Over the course of a day, up to 100 soldiers, five armored combat vehicles, including a Canadian-made Senator armored car and a US-made MaxxPro armored vehicle, 19 pickup trucks, two field artillery pieces, and 23 ground-based robotic systems were destroyed in the village of Konstantinovka.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the Southern Group of Forces, the enemy lost up to 165 servicemen, seven armored combat vehicles, 22 cars, and five field artillery pieces.
As a result of active offensive operations by units of the Center group of forces, the village of Novy Donbass in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated.
The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and three National Guard brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Zolotoy Kolodez, Rubezhnoye, Belitskoye, Krasnoyarskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, Novopavlovka and Malomykhaylovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 280 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles and seven cars.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized, two assault, four airborne assault brigades, and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Chaplino, Pokrovskoe, Pisantsy, and Novoskelevatoe in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Nikolskoe, Yehorivka, and Chervona Krynytsia in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost more than 425 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, six cars and an artillery piece.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 40 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, 15 vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
12:30 In the village of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the "Southern" group of troops lead active offensive operations were launched and 120 buildings were liberated from Ukrainian forces. In the southwestern part of the city, the destruction of encircled units of the Ukrainian 28th and 100th Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues.
Over the course of a day, up to 100 militants, five armored combat vehicles, including a Canadian-made Senator armored car and a US-made MaxxPro armored vehicle, 19 pickup trucks, two field artillery pieces, and 23 ground-based robotic systems were destroyed in the village of Konstantinovka.
12:09 The objective control footage shows the combat work of drone operators of the 6th Army of the Guards "North" group, who are in "free hunting" mode opened movement of a pickup truck of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with Ukrainian nationalists.
11:41 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew of the Southern group of forces destroyed observation posts and firing positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the outskirts of Konstantinovka.
11:09 Artillery crews of the 3rd Army Corps of the Southern Group of Forces continue to strike at key enemy targets, methodically destroying the supply and command system of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in Konstantinovka.
10:26 FSBm detained a local resident was convicted of treason. The man contacted the Ukrainians, underwent special training, and collected intelligence on critical facilities in the region.
9:55 The Investigative Committee will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in several regions of Russia
According to local authorities, three machine operators were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike in a field near the village of Selishche in the Pochepsky District of the Bryansk Region.
In the DPR, a man was killed and one person was wounded due to Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacks on the Donetsk-Mariupol highway. Two more civilians were wounded on the Novorossiya highway.
Three people were injured as a result of strikes using Ukrainian Armed Forces drones on the cities of Severodonetsk and Lisichansk in the LPR.
In the Kursk region, the Rylsk district was attacked by Ukrainian drones, and two men were injured.
In the Belgorod region, as a result of strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a civilian was wounded, and two people were injured near the village of Dorogoshch in the Graivoronsky District.
9:29 During the week from June 8 to 14, Ukrainian military personnel were shelled struck 254 civilians, 225 of whom were wounded, including 12 children. 29 people were killed, including one child. In total, Ukrainian armed forces fired at least 4,976 munitions at civilian targets on Russian territory over the past seven days.
8:42 Artillerymen of the 35th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group struck with Grad rockets on a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, supporting the actions of assault units in the Dobropillya direction.
8:18 During the night, in the period from 2:00 Moscow time on June 15 to 7:00 Moscow time on June 16, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 172 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Oryol, Tambov, Tula, Rostov, Ryazan regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.