[NY Post] Ukraine’s army has recaptured more than 230 square miles of territory so far this year, Kyiv’s military chief confirmed Monday as momentum continues to shift against Russia’s more than four-year-old invasion.
Oleksandr Syrskyi said his forces have retaken several strips of land across the 800-mile front in the first five months of 2026, with about one-sixth of the territorial gains resulting from last month’s offensive.
May’s total gain of more than 38 square miles also marked Russia’s first net retreat since a major counter-offensive by Kyiv in 2023, according to DeepState, an independent Ukraine-based battlefield analyst group.
In total, Ukrainian forces struck more than 88,000 Russian military targets in May, killing more than 30,000 soldiers and causing more than $1 billion in damage to Moscow’s military-industrial complex, Syrskyi added.
Syrskyi added that the fighting remains most intense in the eastern Donetsk region, where Russia has struggled to make significant advances for nearly two years.
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well the 230 sq miles taken back is good
but the total currently occupied by Russia is about 4500 sq mi
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[Korrespondent] 21.15 In Russia, they discovered “time-hour folding” due to the supply of fire in the new regions through strikes of Ukrainian drones. To handle the situation in Moscow, a nearby Galuzev headquarters was formed. The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation reports this.
21.00 In the Russian city of St. Petersburg, a building has opened at the Arsenal plant, which, apparently, produces components for Russian missiles. First of all, burn the hangar with chemical reagents. Russian Telegram channels reported about this.
20.49 The European Commission plans to present the 21st package of sanctions against Russia on the 9th. About this Radio Liberty reported on the process of preparing the EU Posadovets.
20.10 In the Russian city of Belgorod on Monday, 8 cherven, a tight bulge was recorded, Russian publics report. It is significant that it was immediately apparent that the fall of the Russian air bomb was the result of a detonation at an ammunition depot that attacked a Ukrainian drone.
19.30 European leaders are ready to take a leading role in negotiations to launch a large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying on Monday, 8 June, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's river officer Stefan Cornelius, reports Politico.
19.10 Two people died, at least 18 were injured. Including four children, these are the last vestiges of the Russian attack on civilians in the middle of Zaporizhzhya. The head of Zaporizka OVA Ivan Fedorov told about this.
19.05 15 children and siblings were returned to Ukraine from the territories occupied by the Russian Federation last year. They were encouraged to start attending TOT in a Russian school, to believe in propaganda and to conform to the people of this world. This was reported in the Bring Kids Back UA initiative.
17.15 The Russian military launched an attack on Nikopol, resulting in deaths and injuries. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration, Oleksandr Ganzha, told us about the 8th century. It appears that the locality has damaged a lot of the surface of the bank and the store. The attack of the Russians cut short the life of the 49-year-old man. Four people were injured. Among the victims were two women aged 53 and 60 years. The stench persists in the medicine shop in the grave.
16.50 The Russian army attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces nearly 60 times, with the most fighting taking place in the Pokrovsky and Gulyaypilsky direct lines. The General Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informed about the 8th century.
16.47 In the area of the village of Belovskoye, in the Belgorod region, the Russian pilot “ruined” KAB, write social measures. As a result of this, a tense bulge and smoke began to rise in the area. In their own words, Russian snakes claim that the BK warehouse has collapsed in the region.
16.46 According to the materials of the Security Service of Ukraine 15 rocks of liberation from the confiscation of the lane, the FSB agent who was captured in preparation for the fall of the power station near Kropyvnytskyi was captured. The SBU press service informs about this.
16.20 Russian troops targeted two gas stations near the Pavlogradsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Є injuries. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration, Oleksandr Ganzha, reported about this on the 8th. Following his words, the ownership of one of the gas stations ended, and a number of cars were occupied. Having recognized early the 62-year-old man. He was hospitalized in a hospital of moderate severity.
16.10 Ukraine 7 worms first launched a new attack drone Behemoth. This is reported by Ukrainian and military specialists. The first drone raid was carried out on a bridge in the Chongar area. The impact has damaged the bridge deck and the destruction of the occupiers will block the key route to the outskirts.
15.23 Near the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, near the village of Pantusov, the pilots of the 413th Regiment "Raid" of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported a raid on a locomotive in which Russian firemen were transporting military supplies. The regiment is in public with daily video. The strike was carried out approximately 40 kilometers from the sovereign cordon of Ukraine. How the military, already the third Russian locomotive, respected the battles of the Raid operators over the past few days.
14.56 Russian troops dropped three air bombs on Slovyansk, Donetsk region. At least seven people were injured. Among the wounded is a 17-year-old girl. Damaged administrative office, medical deposit, numerous overhauls and private booths.
14.55 Near Glukhova Military District of the Russian Federation, 8th Cherny attacked a car with a drone, four people were injured. The Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office reported this. It appears that at approximately 7:10 a.m., the enemy attacked, according to previous data, an unmanned vehicle in a large town near Glukhiv metro station. At 12:00 p.m., before the medical emergency, 4 victims were killed, two of them born in 1971 and two born in 1974.
14.30 Guaranteeing nuclear security in Ukraine is only possible through political regulation of the war between Ukraine and Russia. Beijing called on the parties to turn to negotiations and reduce the rate of escalation. The representative of the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China, Lin Jian, stated this.
Commenting on Russia's attack on nuclear infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, Lin stressed that Beijing is urging all parties to avoid actions that could lead to escalation. In his words, stability in the sphere of nuclear security lies directly in the reduction of the intensity of the conflict.
At the Ministry of Health of China, the parties also called upon the parties to work together to create plans for the earliest possible renewal of negotiations and a gradual reduction in the level of competition. China insists that only through dialogue can a long-term regulation of the situation be achieved.
13.57 The Russian military is using the sea route to launch kamikaze drones across Ukraine, as long as there is a congestion over the water area. Dmytro Pletenchuk, a riverine officer of the Military Naval Forces ZSU, stated this, reports Ukrinform.
13.41 The border guards tried a sample of the illegal bridle to the cordon for the scheme of a fictitious shlyub. The transport official, together with his “friends”, had a civilian squad of the man. The State Prikordon Service informs about this.
Thus, the 43-river resident of Donetsk region together with the 63-river resident of the Zaporizhzhya region were planning to leave Ukraine. The man told the border guards that the stinks had become friends and were going along the tourist road.
13.14 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine today granted the right to create private anti-aircraft defense groups to 30 companies. The press service of the Defense Department informs about this.
“Groups of several enterprises are already completing their military missions: they have shot down over 20 reconnaissance UAVs of the Zala type and attack UAVs of the Shahed type, medium and reactive,” the insider said.
13.04 The Russian Army 8 attacked a grain elevator with a drone near the village of Velikiy Burluk, Kharkiv region, and was injured. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office reported this. It appears that around 06.55 a Russian FPV drone was detected near the elevator entrance near the village of Velikiy Burluk in the Kupyansky district. Two workers from the business were injured. According to the regional police, 41 and 39 people were seriously injured.
12.31 The leaders of Britain, Germany and France, after a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky, called on Russia to calmly stop the fire and start negotiations to end the war. The stench also dubbed the key minds of the future peaceful land. About the price Bloomberg.
Prime Minister of Great Britain Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron, after the meeting with Zelensky, called on the head of the Russian Federation Volodymyr Putin to forcefully fire the fire and unsubscribe peaceful negotiations for Ukraine.
All sides said that peaceful efforts can ensure a “just and peaceful world.” Zokrema, Russia must wait until the end of military operations, and the front line becomes a starting point for negotiations. Nowadays, internationally recognized cordons cannot be changed by force.
Among other minds - providing Ukraine with guarantees of security, protecting through the throat of rich national forces, preserving frozen Russian assets until the war-induced stockpiles are released, as well as the insurance of unsecured interests of Europe.
12.19 As a result of the Russian shelling of Kharkov on the night of the 8th, depot No. 5 of the Nova Poshta company was damaged. The company reported this on Telegram. As a result of the accident, the vinyl burned and partially collapsed the structure. The military personnel were not harmed, and the depot fragments were not in use at the time of the attack. Due to smoke, damaged roofing and the risk of new collapses, access to the storage area is blocked. According to previous data, at the time of the attack, there were 363 sales of illegal goods in the depot, amounting to approximately ₴1 million. The information will be updated as soon as possible.
11.40 At the end of the day, the defense forces of Ukraine have deployed to the Russian fortifications over 600 square kilometers of Ukrainian land. The commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Sirsky, spoke about this.
In his words, the situation at the front is no longer complex and dynamic. Russians do not try to test the air at the gathering of Ukraine, and the number of combatants has grown up. The most intense fighting takes place on the Pokrovsky, Oleksandrivsky and Gulyapilsky directives.
At the same time, the defense forces will continue to preserve the initiative in the surrounding areas. Based on the results of active activities in the herbal society, the development and use of the territory will result in a maximum of +100 square kilometers on the crust of Ukraine. More than 600 square kilometers of Ukrainian land have been harvested from the cob.
According to Sirsky, over the course of a month, the Ukrainian military launched thousands of effective strikes on military targets in Russia. The unmanned systems units hit over 88 thousand targets and, with the support of the command of the unmanned systems forces, killed over 30.5 thousand Russian military services, and the Front and Middle capabilities continued to be systematically reduced Russian headquarters, arsenals.
Over the course of a month, Deep Strike units hit 111 hostile targets in the military-industrial complex, energy and fire infrastructure that support the Russian army. Direct and indirect economic gains, which were given to the enemy as a result of the Deep Strike operation near the grass, amounted to approximately 1.058 billion dollars.
11.27 Near the Dnipropetrovsk region, a student recruited by the Russians was found, who is suspected of carrying out attacks on the Nikopol region. The SBU press center informs about this 8th century. It is believed that the Russian agent is directing a hostile drive through the local bases and logistics centers of the Defense Forces, as well as trying to identify key bridges and salvage stations where the Ukrainian military is victorious for Vantazhnykh transport.
11.18 At the beginning of the 7th century, the Ukrainian Defense Forces launched attacks on the lower military targets of Russia in the urgently occupied territories of Crimea, Donetsk region and the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.
Zokrema, Ukrainian troops attacked the Semikolodezianska oil depot near the village of Lenin in Crimea. There was a fire on the territory of the facility.
Semikolodezianska is one of the largest centers for the storage and transshipment of petroleum products in the neighboring part of Crimea and is used to ensure the burning of the Russian military grouping.
In addition, a petroleum depot in the Feodosia region was damaged by the attack. This object is considered to be the largest oil and gas transfer complex in the currently occupied area. This makes it possible to transfer up to 10-12 million tons of naphtha products shortly.
The Defense Forces also informed about the establishment of a control point of the FSB of Russia in the Volokonovka area of the Belgorod region.
Around this, the Ukrainian troops launched an attack on an ammunition depot of the Russian troops near the settlement of Svobodne in the Donetsk region. The attacks also damaged areas near the special warehouse of the occupying forces near Shchastya, Luhansk region and Blagodatny, Donetsk region.
10.53 Near the village of Lopatna, Orgievsky district of Moldova, on Monday, 8 chernia, an unknown lethal device, incredibly, a drone, crashed. NewsMaker reports this following reports to the police. It appears that a nearby village resident noticed an invisible lethal device outside the settlement. Nezabarom after this moonav vibukh.
10.49 Law enforcement officers screamed and hounded the recruits of the Russian special services at the preparation stage before killing one of the Soviets of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Yusov.
"The Russian special services recruited a 38-river citizen of Kiev and punished his penny wine city for committing a particularly serious crime. For the liquidation of one of the cores of the structural unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, he was rewarded with 100 thousand dollars, of which 10 thousand were reinsured as an advance,” the National Police said.
Behind this vicious fact there is a criminal conspiracy. Recruiters who had previously been charged with criminal charges for major crimes, will now organize a criminal assassination.
The defendant identified the method of committing the mischief - from the use of an FPV drone, as well as having started the Wikonavian's joke, which is the current practice of flying unmanned aerial vehicles. However, he was unable to implement the plan.
Investigators of the National Police informed the suspect about the suspicion that the woman was prepared to be cleverly killed for ulterior motives. The sanction of the statute transfers punishment in the form of reduction of will for lines from 10 to 15 years or further reduction of will.
10.27 Russian military forces, 8th century, attacked Odessa with drones. Under the impact, the leg of the huge transport, where people were traveling at that moment, tripped. The head of OVA Oleg Kiper told about this on Telegram.
“In Odessa, we know about three victims who were in the middle of a huge transport. Doctors assess the status of two of them as important. Doctors will provide all the necessary help,” he wrote.
In the area, a number of minibus taxis have been damaged.
The head of the MBA, Sergey Lisak, added that the wounded person was taken away by two women of 64 and 65 years, as well as a 55-year route taxi driver.
In addition, in the Odessa region, as a result of Russian shelling, private residential buildings were destroyed and burned, and critical infrastructure was damaged. There was no information about the victims.
09.19 Vrancia 8 worms Russian troops hit Konotop in Sumy region with drones. As a result of the attack, a summer woman died. Three victims were hospitalized before resuscitation, doctors are giving them the necessary assistance.
The site is equipped with special equipment, and sound-and-rattling robots are in operation. Half the place was without electricity.
09.04 At the beginning of the 8th century, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 155 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas, Banderol types and simulator drones of the Parody type.
The anti-aircraft defense shot down/suppressed 124 enemy UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas, Banderol type and other types of drones at night, day and night. The presence of 20 attack UAVs was recorded at 17 locations, as well as the fall of downed UAVs at six locations.
The attack is alarming, there are about ten enemy UAVs in the windy expanse.
08.26 During the last battle, 240 combat operations were recorded at the front. Aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit two areas of concentrated manpower, three UAV control points and two artillery units of the enemy.
07.30 From February 24, 2022 to June 8, 2026, military expenditures to the special warehouse of the Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,374,950 individuals (+1330 per addition).
01.22 There were six tides in the Kholodnogirsk district of Kharkov. Information about the results of the strikes, the ruins and the victims is being clarified.
01.01 The leaders of Great Britain, France and Germany and Ukraine, in a strong statement behind the pouches of London, have chosen five minds for a fair world. Among them are the freezing of military operations along the line of the containment, the rebirth of rich national forces in Ukraine, the payment of compensation to Russia and European security interests.
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[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).
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[NewsFront] 20:47 From 14:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted anddestroyed95 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Ryazan, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea. 19:22 A resident of the Kaluga region posted in one of the instant messengers, comments were posted in which he publicly justified the missile strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, called for the destruction of the Crimean Bridge, and was engaged in the dissemination of extremist ideas.
The Second Western District Military Court sentenced him to seven years in a general regime penal colony and banned him from administering internet resources for three years.
19:00 Russian Armed Forces destroyed anti-aircraft installations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy direction – video.
17:51 "Geranium" drone overtook a Ukrainian Armed Forces patrol boat in the Black Sea
17:00 In the Tver region, before the court will appear a minor accused of undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out sabotage activities and committing sabotage
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Tver Region has completed its investigation into a criminal case against a 17-year-old Tver resident. He is accused of committing crimes under Article 281.2 of the Russian Criminal Code, paragraph "b" of Part 2 of Article 281 of the Russian Criminal Code (undergoing training for the purpose of committing sabotage, committing sabotage causing significant damage).
16:58 Interceptor drone crews of the Center group destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the Dobropillya direction.
16:07 Four energy facilities attacked in the Dnipropetrovsk region, - DTEK
The company reports that the attacks continued throughout the weekend. After each attack, power companies restored power, but were attacked again on the night of June 8.
15:21 Drone operators of the Dnepr military group deprive Ukrainian Armed Forces supply on the right bank
Units of the unmanned systems troops of the 49th Combined Arms Army are constantly hunting for enemy vehicles in the rear areas of the right bank of the Kherson region.
The attacks target vehicles that deliver personnel, ammunition and fuel to the front lines.
14:58 From 8:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 124 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black Sea.
14:09 Severyan scouts in the nearest forest plantation to the village of Malaya Rybitsa opened the enemy mortar crew's position was targeted. FPV drone operators from the 15th Guards Tank Regiment of the "Sever" group engaged the target, first penetrating its camouflage and defenses, and then destroying the enemy's weapon.
13:49 Su-34 crew inflicted an attack on enemy personnel and UAV control points.
13:05 Ukrainian serviceman was convicted of killing a civilian in Mariupol.
Evidence collected by the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation formed the basis for the conviction of Ukrainian National Guard serviceman Igor Garkusha. The head of the special equipment application group of the radiation, chemical, and biological defense platoon of the 12th operational brigade of the eastern territorial formation of the Ukrainian National Guard was found guilty of committing crimes under Part 1 of Article 356 of the Russian Criminal Code (cruelty to the civilian population) and paragraphs "g" and "l" of Part 2 of Article 105 of the Russian Criminal Code (murder committed by an organized group, motivated by political and ideological hatred).
12:25 Ministry of Defense summary of the progress of the Special Military Operation as of June 8, 2026
Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade, and two territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the villages of Velyka Rybitsa, Petrushivka, Ivolzhanske, Novaya Sich, and Khoten in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Kazachya Lopan, Ryasnoye, Losevka, Okhrimovka, Udy, and Liptsy in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost more than 235 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier and 14 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 three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Monachinovka and Chervony Oskol in the Khar'kov region, and Sidorov, Krasny Liman, Svyatogorsk, Shchurovo, Rubtsy, and Prishyb in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 220 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, 23 cars, a field artillery gun, and a radio-electronic reconnaissance station.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces took decisive action to liberate the village of Khimik in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Formations of four mechanized, motorized infantry, airmobile and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Dmitrovka, Malinovka, Piskunovka, Kramatorsk, Artema, Rai-Aleksandrovka, Druzhkovka and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 180 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, 14 cars, five artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of the mechanized, ranger, and airborne brigades, the unmanned systems brigade, the assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the naval infantry brigade, two National Guard brigades, and the Azov* special forces brigade near the settlements of Krasny Kut, Lenina, Kutuzovka, Belitskoye, Vasilyevka, Shevchenko, Kucherov Yar, Krasnoyarskoye, Dobropolye, Zolotoy Kolodez, and Serhiyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopidgorodnoye in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 325 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, and two cars.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade, two assault brigades, two airborne assault brigades, and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Nezhenka, Lyubitske, Obshche, Kopani, and Trudovoe in Zaporizhia Oblast, and Gavrilovka, Velykymykhaylivka, and Kolomiytsy in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 450 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, five cars and an artillery piece.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kushugum, Balabino, Kirovo, Grigorovka and Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 35 military personnel, two combat armored vehicles, 20 cars and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
11:21 Traffic through the Dzhankoy checkpoint on the border with Crime was temporarily blocked due to enemy attack.
A bridge deck in the Chongar area of the Kherson region was damaged as a result of a drone attack.
10:45 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in several regions of the Russian Federation
According to local authorities, a drone strike on a Moscow-Simferopol passenger train in the Republic of Crimea left the driver injured and his assistant dead.
In the Medvensky district of the Kursk region, two men working on a tractor were killed in a field when a Ukrainian drone detonated.
In the LPR, two minors were injured as a result of drone attacks on Lisichansk.
In the Belgorod region, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation used drones to strike civilian targets in the Belgorod, Yakovlevsky, and Graivoronsky districts. A woman was killed and four people, including a child, were injured.
In the DPR, a man was injured in an attack by an Armed Forces UAV in the Ilyichevsk district of Mariupol, and one person was injured in the Elenovka settlement of the Dokuchaevsk urban district.
9:49 Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacked substation in Olgino, Gornostaevsky District
Ukrainian militants carried out 62 strikes on the municipality's territory in one day.
"An attempted drone attack on a substation was detected in Olgino. The drone was suppressed by electronic warfare systems. There were no injuries or damage," the District Administration reported.
9:30 Thor cleared sky in the Orekhovsky direction
A Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system crew from the Dnepr force group destroyed enemy drones and missiles in the skies over the Zaporizhzhia region.
8:27 During the night, in the period from 20:00 to 08:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 310 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Rostov, Volgograd, Saratov, Oryol, Tula, Lipetsk, Kaluga, Ryazan regions, Krasnodar Krai, Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black and Azov Seas.
8:00 The crew of the TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system of the North force group destroyed fortified stronghold and concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters in Sumy Oblast – video.
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[Regnum] Twenty-four members of a criminal group that operated an online casino have been detained. This was reported on June 8 by Svetlana Petrenko, spokesperson for the Russian Investigative Committee.
"Twenty-four members of the criminal organization have been identified and detained in Russia, and charges have been brought against them," Petrenko said.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Article 171.2 (“Illegal organization and conduct of gambling”), Part 6 of Article 187 (“Illegal circulation of payment instruments”), Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 210 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Organization of a criminal community or participation therein”).
By the court's decision, the leaders and most active members of the organization were remanded in custody.
“Eight more defendants have been placed on the wanted list,” the agency representative added.
During the searches, money and luxury items, including expensive cars, were seized from the defendants.
As the investigation established, members of the group organized the illegal acceptance of bets for participation in gambling games held at the online casinos Pin-Up/Pinco, FreshCasino, Leon, MelBet, MostBet, PlayFortuna, Punch, RioBet, Shangrilla, WhyCasino, lwin, Azino, WinWin, 888Casino.
According to the Russian Investigative Committee, thousands of transactions were carried out daily in the casino's interests. Petrenko clarified that forensic examinations have been ordered in the case.
Online casinos are banned in Russia. Only officially registered bookmakers and betting companies can legally accept interactive bets and pay out winnings online.
[FoxNews] Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said Ukraine has gained new leverage against Russia, arguing that Moscow’s renewed talk of negotiations comes as Kyiv has strengthened itself militarily, politically and diplomatically.
Valtonen’s comments carry particular weight because Finland is one of NATO’s newest members and now sits on the alliance’s longest border with Russia. Finland joined NATO in April 2023 after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, ending decades of military nonalignment and transforming the country into a frontline state in Europe’s security posture.
"Ukraine certainly is now holding the cards," Valtonen told Fox News Digital Monday in an interview at the United Nations headquarters in New York. "They have strengthened themselves immensely over the course of the past three, four months, both militarily and politically, diplomatically. And I think this opens a great window of opportunity for actually advancing the peace talks."
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Ukrainian F-16 fighter jets have reportedly launched an air strike against a Russian helicopter base near the city of Takanrok in Russia's Krostov region.
Flying at very low altitudes to avoid radar detection, the aircraft attacked helicopters parked inside the airport, destroying at least 4 aircraft, including a Ka-52 attack helicopter.
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Russian Capital of Moscow
A Russian general is killed in Moscow yesterday by a remotely detonated bomb placed under the driver's seat of the car he was driving. This is the second Russian general killed by assassins in this area of Moscow that houses Russian army officers.
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#3
The Ukrainian National Guard is striking equipment on the Mariupol-Taganrog highway to disrupt Russian logistics. Hornet drones have reached the border, threatening a fuel blockade of Crimea resulting in long lines in Russian occupied area fuel stations.
Національна гвардія України завдає ударів по техніці на трасі Маріуполь-Таганрог, щоб зірвати логістику Росії. Безпілотники Hornet досягли кордону, загрожуючи паливною блокадою Криму, що призводить до утворення довгих черг на заправках на окупованій Росією території.
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[Regnum] The Kyiv regime daily attacks civilian targets in the border area, including residential buildings, and hunts down civilians. Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, stated this at a Security Council meeting on Ukraine on June 8.
"The deaths in Starobelsk and Yenakiyevo are only a small part of the atrocities committed by the Kyiv regime's militants, who daily attack civilian targets in the border area, launch targeted strikes against residential buildings, educational and medical institutions, and hunt down civilians," Nebenzya clarified.
Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN previously stated that Kyiv had shown no signs of readiness to move forward on conflict resolution and indicated that the negotiation process was at an impasse. Nebenzya noted that Kyiv is not ready for negotiations and intends to continue military action, meaning that Ukraine will soon face new conditions for a peaceful settlement.
Russia demands that UN Secretary-General António Guterres resolutely condemn the crimes committed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Starobilsk and Yenakiyeve. This was stated by Vasily Nebenzya, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN.
"We demand that the UN Secretary-General strongly condemn the crimes committed by militants of the [Kyiv head] regime of Volodymyr Zelensky against civilians in Starobilsk and Yenakiyeve," Nebenzya noted at a Security Council meeting.
He also stated that the hushing up of the crimes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the avoidance of assessing them, and attempts to replace them with vague formulations actually encourage a policy of terror against the civilian population.
On the night of June 3, a Ukrainian drone attacked a bus in Yenakiyeve, DPR. The strike was so powerful that it damaged nearby residential buildings. Eight people were killed and 12 more were injured.
On the night of May 22, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the pedagogical college and dormitory in Starobilsk in three waves using 16 drones. As a result, 21 students, aged 18 to 21, were killed and 65 others were injured.
On June 4, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, speaking at a briefing about each dead student and showing their photographs, broke down in tears. She also noted that the inaction of Western representatives and their brazen lies regarding the cold-blooded murder of children in Starobilsk are no longer surprising.
Human Rights Council Chairman Valery Fadeyev appealed to the UN demanding that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack on the college be recognized as a war crime. He added that it would be naive to expect any serious responses on this issue from Western representatives currently waging war against Russia.
[DefenceBlog] Israeli defense analyst Guy Plopsky identified a new dorsal antenna hump aft of the cockpit on a modified Russian Su-34 in an official Russian MoD video on Su-34 operations against Ukraine.
Plopsky previously noted the same modification in a May 2026 photograph from the Russian AviamiR34 Telegram channel, suggesting it may be a Su-34M or NVO battlefield upgrade variant.
A still image pulled from a newly released Russian Ministry of Defense video on Su-34 strike aircraft operations against Ukraine has provided what Israeli defense analyst Guy Plopsky described as “the clearest view yet” of what appears to be a new dorsal antenna hump fitted aft of the cockpit on at least one variant of Russia’s primary strike aircraft.
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