It has been the 1566 th day of the Ukrainian resistance to the russian military aggression.
What happened in Ukraine today:
Here is operational information of the General Staff as of 4 pm:
Since the start of the day, the aggressor has attacked the Defence Forces’ positions 60 times.
Artillery shelling of border areas continues. Today, in Sumy oblast, the settlements of Ryzhivka, Korenok, Tovstodubove, Bachivsk, Buniakyne, Prohres, Malushyne, Ulanove, Volfyne, Neskuchne, Sopych and Yastrubshchyna were hit; in Chernihiv oblast – Kostobobriv, Senkivka, Hremiach and Kliusy.
Towards Northern Sloboda and Kursk, one combat engagement took place; the enemy carried out 23 attacks on settlements and our troops’ positions, one of which involved the use of a multiple launch rocket system.
Towards Southern Sloboda, the invaders attempted five times to breach the defences in the areas of the settlements of Vovchanski Khutory, Lyman, Starytsia and towards Volokhivka.
Towards Kupiansk, the enemy attacked the Defence Forces’ positions once today towards the settlement of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi.
Towards Lyman, Ukrainian troops repelled nine attempts by the invaders to advance in the area of Novoselivka and towards Drobysheve, Dibrova and Lyman. Five engagements are currently ongoing.
Towards Sloviansk, the Defence Forces successfully repelled nine attempts by the invaders to advance towards the settlements of Kryva Luka, Rai-Oleksandrivka and in the areas of Riznykivka, Zakytne and Lypivka. One further engagement is ongoing.
Towards Kramatorsk, the enemy did not carry out any offensive operations.
Towards Kostiantynivka, our defenders repelled four attacks near the settlements of Ivanopillia, Pleshchiivka and Illinivka.
Towards Pokrovsk, since the start of the day, the occupiers have attempted 28 times to dislodge our troops from their positions in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Novooleksandrivka, Hryshyne, Kotlyne and towards the settlements of Novyi Donbas, Bilytske, Shevchenko, Serhiivka, Novopidhorodne and Dorozhne. Three clashes are ongoing.
Towards Oleksandrivka, the enemy made one attempt to advance in the area of Sichneve.
Towards Huliaipole, the Defence Forces successfully repelled 22 enemy attacks in the areas of Dobropillia, Olenokostiantynivka and towards Vozdvyzhivka, Kosivtseve, Tsvitkove, Verkhnia Tersa, Huliaipole and Charivne. Another clash is ongoing.
Towards Orikhiv, the enemy twice stormed the positions of our defenders in the areas of the settlements of Shcherbaky and Plavni.
Towards Kherson, the enemy did not carry out any offensive operations.
In other sectors, there are currently no significant changes in the situation. No enemy attempts to advance have been recorded.
Ukrainian troops are wearing down the enemy along the entire line of contact and in the rear.
The Ministry of Defence has granted permission to three dozen Ukrainian companies to form their own air defence units, which will operate as part of the country’s overall airspace defence system. Some of these groups have already begun carrying out their tasks and are seeing initial results. During their shifts, they have destroyed more than twenty russian drones, including both Zala-type reconnaissance aircraft and Shahed strike drones, including the rocket-powered variant.
Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Minister of Defence, stated that Ukraine has developed autonomous Shahed interceptor drones. The technology, which automates 95% of the entire interception process, from launching the drone to destroying the Shahed, was created by a member of Brave1. The innovation works in such a way that the operator sees the movement of targets in real time, selects a target and gives the command to engage. The system then independently guides the drone to the target, autonomously recognises and locks onto the Shahed.
Recent war events in the east of Ukraine
Kharkiv oblast
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, over the past 24 hours, 240 combat engagements were recorded on the front line. In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, Russian troops attacked the positions of the Defence Forces 10 times near Starytsia, Lyman, Vovchanski Khutory, and in the direction of Okhrymivka and Dvorichanske. In the Kupiansk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled one attempt by the russian army to advance towards Hlushevka.
At around 12:30pm, the russians launched strikes using FPV drones on Liutivka. A private house and outbuildings were damaged as a result of the strikes. No one was injured
Viktor Kovalenko, Head of the Civil-Military Administration, reported that in the morning of 8 June, russian troops struck Zolochiv community with six guided aerial bombs over a 10-minute period. In Pysarivka and Riasne, administrative buildings, residential houses, an educational institution and a shop were damaged.
At around 8:30am, the russians attacked Klynova-Novoselivka with Molniya-type UAVs and FPV drones. As a result of the strikes, two private houses were completely destroyed, and farm buildings were also damaged. No one was injured.
In Velykyi Burluk on the morning of 8 June, a russian FPV drone struck near the entrance to a grain silo. Two men, aged 39 and 41, sustained serious injuries, and a car was also damaged.
In Kharkiv, a russian strike overnight damaged Nova Poshta’s Depot №5. No staff were injured as the depot was not in operation at the time of the strike. There were 363 parcels on the premises, with a total value of around UAH 1m.
According to the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, over the past 24 hours, Kharkiv and 13 settlements in the oblast were hit by enemy strikes. Five people were injured. A 49-year-old man was wounded between Chornohlazivka and Kalynove in Zolochiv community; in Vyshneve, Starosaltiv community, a 50-year-old woman suffered an acute stress reaction; in Oleksandrivka, Shevchenkove community, a 54-year-old woman was injured; in Borova, a 63-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman were injured. Also, in Chystovodivka, Kunie community, a 30-year-old man was injured due to the explosion of an unknown device.
Russian forces attacked Kyivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi districts of Kharkiv with UAVs. Over the past 24 hours, the russian army deployed two KABs, 10 Geran-2 UAVs, one Lancet, five Molniya UAVs, nine FPV drones and 31 unidentified UAVs in the Kharkiv region.
In Kharkiv, warehouses, railway infrastructure and an unused building were damaged. In Bohodukhiv, Kupiansk, Izium, Kharkiv and Chuhuiv regions, a hangar, vehicles, private and multi-storey residential buildings, a tractor, power lines, a garage, a farm, a greenhouse and other civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Head Oleksandr Hololobov said that from 7pm on 7 June, three cars were hit in the eastern part of Mala Danylivka community.
The transit evacuation centre in Lozova received 86 people over the past 24 hours. Since the centre opened, 38,577 people have been registered there.
Between 1 and 7 June, 75 settlements in Kharkiv oblast, including Kharkiv, came under russian attack. Over the week, five people were killed and a further 76 injured, including five children. Three men were injured after stepping on explosive devices. Russian forces deployed 10 missiles, nine guided aerial bombs, 86 Geran-2 UAVs, four Lancet UAVs, 45 Molniya UAVs, 51 FPV drones and 274 unidentified UAVs in Kharkiv oblast.
Civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv, the Bohodukhiv and Kharkiv regions suffered the most damage. Over the week, State Emergency Service units extinguished 53 fires caused by russian shelling and defused 412 explosive devices.
Donetsk oblast
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, towards Kostiantynivka, russian troops launched 17 assaults over the past 24 hours. Ukrainian forces repelled attacks near Kostiantynivka, Ivanopil, Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, Illinivka and in the direction of Mykolaipil. Towards Pokrovsk, the russian army attacked 30 times, whilst Ukrainian forces repelled a further 17 assaults towards Lyman.
On the night of 8 June, defence forces attacked three more russian army targets in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. In particular, strikes on a russian military ammunition depot in Svobodne, Donetsk oblast, have been confirmed, as well as strikes on occupier concentrations in Shchastia, Luhansk oblast, and Blahodatne, Donetsk oblast.
Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration, reported that at least seven people were injured as a result of a russian air strike on Sloviansk, including a 17-year-old girl. According to his information, the occupiers dropped three aerial bombs on the city.
On 7 June, the police recorded 1,320 attacks by the russian army along the front line and in residential areas of Donetsk oblast. 12 settlements came under fire: Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, Bilbasivka, Oleksandrivka, Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, Raihorodok, Yasnohirka, Myrna Dolyna, Prylisne, Tetianivka, Toretsk and Khrestyshche. Twelve civilian structures were damaged, including five residential buildings.
In Yasnohirka, russian troops killed a 29-year-old man. According to Oleksandr Honcharenko, Head of Kramatorsk Military-Civilian Administration, the occupiers dropped three FAB-250 aerial bombs on the village in the evening. The strikes hit a house, an area near residential buildings and the grounds of a nursery school.
In Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, three civilians were injured when an FPV drone struck.
One person was injured in Toretsk.
Russian troops attacked Kramatorsk with five UAVs. An apartment block, an educational institution and three civilian vehicles were damaged.
In Druzhkivka, FPV drones damaged two apartment blocks.
In Raihorodok and Khrestyshche, one private house was damaged in each; in Oleksandrivka, a farm building; and in Mirna Dolyna, a car.
Volodymyr Proskunin, Head of Military-Civilian Administration, informed that the situation in Mykolaivka and the community is deteriorating. According to him, there is only one evacuation route left to the town, but it could be cut off at any moment due to heavy shelling. Volunteers are still making their way to Mykolaivka, but there are instances where residents have to leave the town on foot.
Luhansk oblast
Oleksii Kharchenko, Head of Luhansk Regional Military Administration, reported that over the past 24 hours, russian troops carried out 17 assaults towards Lyman. Fighting took place near six settlements. In Luhansk oblast, the occupiers fired from tube artillery and automatic grenade launchers, and also made extensive use of drones.
In the temporarily occupied Rubizhne, artificially created disruptions to food supplies have begun. Shop shelves are emptying rapidly, and russian propaganda attributes this to alleged disruptions to transport links due to the threat of UAVs. At the same time, the occupiers are finding ways to supply their own troops, whilst local residents are once again being used as tools for propaganda purposes.
In Siverskodonetsk, residents are forced to mow the grass in their neighbourhoods and clean up the areas around their buildings themselves. Household waste has not been collected from the neighbourhoods for months, and the municipal services set up by the occupiers are effectively inactive. Despite this, people are regularly billed for supposedly provided services.
What is happening now in the north of Ukraine
Kyiv oblast
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission will visit Chornobyl Exclusion Zone following a russian Shahed drone strike on a spent nuclear fuel storage facility near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP). The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has classified the russian drone attack on the site of the Centralized Spent Fuel Storage Facility near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant as a war crime. The SBU reported that a criminal investigation has been launched into the incident. According to investigators, russia used a Geran-2 unmanned aerial vehicle in the attack. Some parts of the drone have already been found at the impact site. The strike damaged the spent fuel reception and handling facility, as well as the IAEA administrative building.
Kyiv residents bid farewell to 23-year-old soldier, musician, and songwriter Yaroslav Ivanov (call sign and stage name Varnak), who was killed on May 31 while carrying out a combat mission. Memorial services were held at St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery and on Independence Square in Kyiv.
To mark Journalist Day, the International Committee of the Red Cross will hold a free safety training course for media professionals in Kyiv. The intensive programme, titled Reporting in Risk Zones, will take place on June 19 and is intended for journalists working in frontline regions or covering the consequences of hostilities. Participation is free of charge, but places are limited. Applications will be accepted until June 15.
On June 7, Kyiv hosted the charity run Go to the Future 2026. Nearly 2,000 participants took part in the event in support of service members who have lost limbs as a result of the war. More than UAH 1m was raised during the run. The funds will be used to provide prosthetic treatment for military personnel and civilians with complex amputation cases resulting from russia’s military aggression.
Zhytomyr oblast
On June 5, a nationwide competition for emergency dispatch teams from gas distribution companies began in Zhytomyr oblast. The event brought together the best crews from gas distribution operators across different regions of Ukraine at one of the facilities of Zhytomyr branch of Gas Networks. According to Regional Military Administration Head Vitalii Bunechko, the main goal of the competition is to improve professional skills, enhance the speed and coordination of emergency response operations, and facilitate the exchange of practical experience between teams.
Zhytomyr oblast continues the active implementation phase of the national reform aimed at modernizing the teaching of the school subject Defence of Ukraine. The initiative seeks to establish a modern network of specialized training centres equipped with advanced technology and staffed by qualified professionals. Currently, 63 such innovative centres are operating across the oblast.
Sumy oblast
The Regional Military Administration reported that russian forces carried out a combined attack on Seredyna-Buda community using mortars and drones. As a result of the strike, a 71-year-old local resident travelling by bicycle was killed.
The Regional Military Administration informed that on the morning of 8 June, the enemy launched several UAV attacks on civilian infrastructure in Konotop community. A residential area came under attack. The State Emergency Service specialists were working simultaneously at two separate locations. One of the drones struck the ground floor of a five-storey residential building. Rescuers pulled three people from the rubble and managed to save them. A child was also injured. Later, the body of a deceased woman was recovered from the debris. According to the State Emergency Service in Sumy oblast, as a result of the second strike, private households were damaged.
Sumy Regional Military Administration reported that a 56-year-old man sustained severe injuries as a result of an enemy drone attack in Khutir-Mykhailivskyi community on 8 June.
Nadiia Vailo, Mayor of Hlukhiv, informed that at around 7am on 8 June, russian forces struck a parking area near the bus station in Hlukhiv. As a result of the attack, a vehicle caught fire. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, four people sought medical assistance following the strike. One of the injured, a 51-year-old man, is in serious condition.
On the evening of 7 June, the russian army launched a drone strike on a private residential area in Sumy. As a result of the impact, windows were shattered and roofs were damaged at three households.
The State Emergency Service in Sumy oblast reported that Hlukhiv community was under enemy attack throughout 7 June. While rescuers were working at the site of one of the strikes, the enemy deliberately targeted a fire engine. Later, a fire station also came under attack. Equipment and the unit’s building were damaged.
The Regional Military Administration informed that three civilians sought medical assistance on 8 June. A family was injured as a result of an enemy drone attack on a vehicle near Bilopollia community. Doctors are conducting examinations and providing the necessary treatment.
According to the Northern Forest Office, russian FPV drones attacked facilities of the Shostka Forestry Region twice over the weekend in the border area of Sumy oblast. Following strikes by three russian FPV drones, the administrative building of the former Svesa forestry enterprise caught fire. The following day, two FPV drones attacked the unit’s garages, and the fire destroyed three service vehicles. Another border-area unit also sustained damage.
The community authorities reported that restoring electricity supply in Vorozhba community remains challenging due to systematic russian attacks and the activity of enemy FPV drones and UAVs. Repair work and the timeline for restoring power supply will depend on the security situation.
The Regional Military Administration informed that from the morning of 7 June to the morning of 8 June, russian forces carried out nearly 60 attacks on 35 settlements across 20 territorial communities in the oblast. The highest number of attacks was recorded in Sumy and Shostka regions. The enemy used mortars, MLRS, FPV drones, UAVs and guided aerial bombs. Air raid alerts in the oblast lasted for 20 hours and 13 minutes during the day.
According to the Regional Military Administration, as of the morning of 8 June, one woman was killed and 15 people were injured in Sumy oblast as a result of enemy attacks over the previous day.
In Vorozhba community, men aged 52 and 70 were injured in enemy drone strikes. A 48-year-old woman and men aged 54 and 24 were injured when an enemy drone struck a vehicle.
In Hlukhiv community, men aged 51, 54, 54, 55 and 46 were injured as a result of russian UAV strikes.
In Konotop community, a 78-year-old woman was killed in russian UAV attacks. An eight-year-old boy was injured, along with women aged 41 and 75 and a 44-year-old man.
In Khutir-Mykhailivskyi community, a 56-year-old man was injured after explosives were dropped from an enemy drone.
A 67-year-old man who had been injured on 6 June in an enemy drone strike in Velyka Pysarivka community sought medical assistance.
Civilian infrastructure was damaged or destroyed:
▪️ In Hlukhiv community, an administrative building, private homes, a shop, an educational institution, non-residential premises, civilian infrastructure facilities and vehicles were damaged, and one vehicle was destroyed;
▪️ In Sumy community, private homes and a non-residential building were damaged;
▪️ In Velyka Pysarivka community, private homes and an educational institution were damaged;
▪️ In Bilopillia community, private homes were damaged;
▪️ In Svesa community, non-residential buildings, utility structures and vehicles were damaged;
▪️ In Krasnopillia community, a private home was damaged;
▪️ In Krolevets community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged;
▪️ In Vorozhba community, vehicles, a civilian infrastructure facility and a non-residential building were damaged, and one vehicle was destroyed;
▪️ In Kyrykivka community, a private home, an educational institution and a civilian infrastructure facility were damaged;
▪️ In Konotop community, non-residential premises, private homes, apartment buildings and vehicles were damaged;
▪️ In Buryn community, a non-residential building was damaged;
▪️ In Seredyna-Buda community, a private home and a civilian infrastructure facility were damaged, and one private home was destroyed;
▪️ In Nova Sloboda community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged;
▪️ In Putyvl community, civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged;
▪️ In Khutir-Mykhailivskyi community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged;
▪️ In Shostka community, utility structures were damaged;
▪️ In Mykolaivka rural community, a private home and a utility structure were damaged;
▪️ In Znob-Novhorodske community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged.
Chernihiv oblast
Viacheslav Chaus, Head of the Regional Military Administration, reported that Ukraine’s Defence Forces shot down or suppressed with electronic warfare systems more than 500 enemy attack drones over the past week in Chernihiv oblast.
Oleksandr Seliverstov, Head of Novhorod-Siverskyi Regional Military Administration, said that between 8am and 8:15am on 8 June, two russian attack UAVs struck the territory of a filling station in Novhorod-Siverskyi.
Enemy attacked Novhorod-Siverskyi twice overnight. At around 01:20am, the enemy used two Herbera-type attack UAVs. Following strikes on a food-processing enterprise, a fire broke out, engulfing the facility’s infrastructure and a vehicle. Between 10:45pm and 11pm on 7 June, two attack UAV impacts were recorded in Novhorod-Siverskyi, as russians targeted one of the city’s enterprises.
Oleksandr Seliverstov, Head of Novhorod-Siverskyi Regional Military Administration, informed that at around 8:05pm on 7 June, russian forces launched a Molniia-type UAV strike on Semenivka. The explosion damaged an administrative building.
According to Oleksandr Seliverstov, Head of Novhorod-Siverskyi RMA, at around 4:45pm on 7 June, russians attacked the border village of Zhadove in Chernihiv oblast for the third time that day. An attack drone struck the premises of a private agricultural enterprise. The company’s hangar and about 10 pieces of agricultural machinery were damaged, while a grader was completely destroyed.
Viacheslav Chaus, Head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, said that as a result of enemy attacks on 7 June, equipment belonging to an enterprise and the roof of a residential building were damaged in Koriukivka. In Snovsk, a 28-year-old man was injured, and trucks, a car and a trailer were damaged. In Zhadove village, Semenivka community, a 57-year-old local resident was injured, a lorry caught fire, and an enterprise’s hangar and agricultural machinery were damaged. In Novhorod-Siverskyi, trucks belonging to an enterprise and a filling station were damaged, while in Semenivka a drone struck an administrative building.
Chernihiv Border Guard Detachment reported that russian forces attacked four border communities in Chernihiv oblast over the course of 7 June: Novhorod-Siverskyi, Semenivka, Horodnia and Snovsk. The enemy carried out mortar attacks (29 explosions), tube artillery strikes (16 explosions), FPV drone attacks (5 explosions), Gerbera-type UAV strikes (1 explosion), Molniia-type UAV strikes (2 explosions), and dropped explosive devices from UAVs (4 explosions). A total of 13 settlements came under enemy fire.
Chernihiv Regional Military Administration informed that six medical facilities across the oblast have opened modern outpatient rehabilitation departments. The initiative was implemented as part of a pilot project by Momentum Wheels for Humanity in Ukraine. The new departments will help civilians, veterans and military personnel undergo rehabilitation within their own communities. Patients will receive support from specialists in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, as well as psychologists.
Recent events in the central regions of Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk oblast
16 enemy UAVs were shot down over the oblast.
Dnipro. In Dnipro, a UAV attack damaged transport infrastructure, a cafe and a private house.
Nikopol region. 4 people were injured in Nikopol as a result of artillery shelling. The occupiers attacked the regional centre, Chervonohryhorivka, Pokrovske rural and Marhanets communities by drones and artillery. Fires broke out. 7 private houses, an outbuilding, a garage and a vehicle were damaged.
Synelnykove region. 4 apartment buildings and 4 vehicles were damaged in Shakhtarske due to an FPV drone attack.
An outbuilding was damaged in the Dubovykivska community by an FPV drone. Also, drones targeted Petropavlivka community. A fire broke out and infrastructure was damaged. In Zaitseve community, a drone damaged a private house.
Mykolaivka community came under FPV drones and UAVs attack. 6 vehicles caught fire. A private house and infrastructure were damaged.
Pavlohrad region. A UAV attack in Pavlohrad caused a fire. 6 vehicles and an office building were damaged.
Nikopol region. A 49-year-old woman was killed in Nikopol. 7 people were injured. The enemy attacked the regional centre, Marhanets, Pokrovske rural and Myrove communities by drones and artillery. An apartment building, 2 private houses, a bank, a shop, enterprises, 3 vehicles and a trailer were damaged.
Synelnykove region. The occupiers attacked Slovianka and Mykolaivka communities by FPV drones and UAVs. A 40-year-old man was injured. A fire broke out and 2 vehicles and infrastructure were damaged.
Pavlohrad region. 2 men were injured in Bohdanivka community as a result of a UAV attack. A fire broke out. 2 vehicles and a gas station burned.
Kryvyi Rih region. A UAV strike in Kryvyi Rih damaged an enterprise.
Kirovohrad oblast
During a prisoner exchange, 33-year-old Oleksandr Saulenko from Smoline settlement in Novoukrainka region was returned from russian captivity. He had been held captive for more than 4 years. Oleksandr signed a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine in September 2021. He served in the 36th Marine Brigade, which was stationed in Mariupol. He was taken prisoner there on 12 April 2022.
Poltava oblast
2 servicemen were laid to rest in Poltava oblast. They were Junior Sergeant Dmytro Mykytan from Khorol community and Soldier Valerii Popovych from Zavodska community.
Dmytro Mykytan was killed on 2 June 2026, while carrying out a combat mission near Tsyrkuny settlement in Kharkiv oblast.
Valerii Popovych was killed on 3 June 2026, while carrying out a combat mission near Yastrubyne settlement in Sumy oblast.
Soldier Serhii Petrus from Hlobyne community was also killed. This occurred on 17 October 2025, while he was carrying out a combat mission near Hrekivka settlement in Luhansk oblast.
Following another russian attack on Poltava oblast, a strike drone was discovered. Due to the high danger to residents, explosives experts from the regional police were called to the scene. The munition had not detonated and posed a deadly threat. Law enforcement officers neutralised the drone’s warhead.
At a meeting of the executive committee of Poltava City Council, officials plan to consider compensation payments for owners of real estate damaged or destroyed as a result of russian armed aggression. The commission recommends approving 24 compensation payments totaling UAH 3.372m. 23 payments concern the restoration of damaged housing, while one compensation payment is for a destroyed property.
Poltava sapper-dog handlers have returned from a 3-month training program in Cambodia, where they worked with local instructors to train dogs for mine detection operations. Representatives of the international organisation APOPO donated 2 Belgian Shepherds to Poltava State Emergency Service canine unit.
Cherkasy oblast
In Kamianka, residents paid tribute to fallen defender Andrii Petiurenko. He was killed on 23 May 2026, near Lyman settlement in Chuhuiv region, Kharkiv oblast, while carrying out a combat mission as a result of an explosive injury caused by a drone strike.
Latest news from the front of the southern regions of Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia oblast
Today, russian forces attacked one of Zaporizhzhia’s residential districts with a drone. According to the head of the Regional Military Administration, Ivan Fedorov, two people were killed and 15 people were injured.
Today, 8 June, russian forces also attacked a route taxi in Zaporizhzhia with a drone. According to Ivan Fedorov, Head of Regional Military Administration, one person was injured. The vehicle sustained significant damage.
Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration reported that yesterday, 7 June, occupying forces carried out 949 strikes on 51 settlements in Zaporizhzhia oblast. russian forces launched 32 airstrikes on Kushuhum, Mala Katerynivka, Balabyne, Veselianka, Novooleksandrivka, Yuliivka, Liubytske, Orikhiv, Chervona Krynytsia, Dolynka, Novoselivka, Mykilske, Chervonyi Yar, Verkhnia Tersa, Omelnyk, Zalyvne, Mala Tokmachka, Lisne, Danylivka, Kopani, Varvarivka, and Charivne. 695 UAVs of various types (mostly FPV drones) attacked Zaporizhzhia, Kushuhum, Balabyne, Komyshuvakha, Shevchenkivske, Kanivske, Trudove, Lysohirka, Spasivka, Rozumivka, Stepnohirsk, Prymorske, Stepove, Pavlivka, Lukianivske, Mali Shcherbaky, Huliaipole, Zaliznychne, Shcherbaky, Novoandriivka, Novodanylivka, Mala Tokmachka, Charivne, Huliaipilske, Bilohiria, Staroukrainka, Sviatopetrivka, Vozdvyzhivka, Dobropillia, Preobrazhenka, Rybne, Pryluky, Varvarivka, Novoselivka, and Tsvitkove. One MLRS strike hit Dobropillia. Another 221 artillery strikes targeted Stepnohirsk, Prymorske, Stepove, Pavlivka, Lukianivske, Mali Shcherbaky, Huliaipole, Zaliznychne, Shcherbaky, Novoandriivka, Novodanylivka, Mala Tokmachka, Charivne, Huliaipilske, Staroukrainka, Dobropillia, Rybne, Bilohiria, and Pryluky. Authorities received 86 reports of damage to infrastructure, housing, and vehicles. Five people were killed, and another 14 were injured as a result of attacks on Zaporizhzhia city and Zaporizhzhia region.
According to the General Staff, as of 4pm on 8 June, Ukraine’s Defense Forces successfully repelled 22 enemy attacks near Dobropillia, Olenokostiantynivka, Vozdvyzhivka, Kosivtseve, Tsvitkove, Verkhnia Tersa, Huliaipilske, and Charivne towards Huliaipole. One engagement is still ongoing. The enemy twice assaulted Ukrainian defensive positions near Shcherbaky and Plavni towards Orikhiv. During the previous day, 7 June, Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled 38 russian attacks towards Huliaipole, and one more towards Orikhiv.
On 7 June and overnight into 8 June, Ukraine’s Defense Forces carried out strikes against several russian military facilities in Zaporizhzhia oblast. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the targets included drone control buildups, a UAV workshop, logistics depots, and an area where russian personnel had been concentrated.
Mykolaiv oblast
Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration reported that yesterday, 8 June, the enemy attacked the region with Shahed-type UAVs. As a result of the attack, a warehouse belonging to an agricultural enterprise was damaged in Bashtanka district, and a fire broke out. There were no casualties.
Yesterday, the enemy attacked Snihurivka community with a Molniya-type strike drone. As a result of the attack, the local house of culture was damaged. There were no casualties.
During the night, the enemy attacked Kutsurub community with a Molniya-type strike drone. There were no casualties.
The partisan movement “ATESH” claimed that russian troops were allegedly leaving their positions on Kinburn Spit in Mykolaiv oblast due to logistics issues and personnel losses. Spokesperson for the Southern Defense Forces of Ukraine, Vladyslav Voloshyn, stated that he could neither confirm nor deny the information circulated by the partisan movement.
Odesa oblast
Odesa Regional Military Administration reported further enemy attacks on the region on 8 June. At present, three people are known to have been injured in Odesa while near a public transport stop. Doctors assess the condition of two of them as serious. The attack damaged the bus stop infrastructure and several shuttle buses. The enemy shelling destroyed and set fire to a private residential house, and also damaged a critical infrastructure facility In the Odesa region.
As a result of the enemy attack in the south of the region on the evening of 7 June, equipment at one of the energy facilities was damaged. More than one thousand consumers experienced power supply disruptions. In Chornomorsk, a UAV hit a residential building.
The Southern Regional Directorate of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported that border guards in Odesa oblast destroyed ten drones on 7 June, 2026, which russian forces had launched toward civilian and critical infrastructure facilities in the region. In particular, servicemembers of Odesa Border Guard Detachment shot down nine Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs. One additional drone was destroyed by border guards from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi detachment.
At the Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park in Odesa oblast, more than 30 dead dolphins were recorded in just the first days of June. Ecologist Ivan Rusev described this as the highest number recorded since the beginning of the full-scale war.
Kherson oblast
According to Kherson Regional Military Administration, on 8 June, one person was killed and at least five others were injured as a result of russian attacks, including one child. russian forces attacked Korabelnyi and Tsentralnyi districts of Kherson, Zarichne in Dariivka community, and Dariivka. Also today, two residents of Bilozerka sought medical assistance after being injured during russian shelling of the settlement on 6 June.
The Police of Kherson oblast reported that today, an evacuation team consisting of police officers and volunteers came under attack by a russian drone. The incident occurred while they were rescuing five elderly residents and their pets from frontline Bilozerka. The enemy drone deliberately attempted to strike the vehicle used to evacuate civilians. No one was injured.
According to the Police of Kherson oblast, yesterday, 7 June, russian forces attacked Kherson, Antonivka, Inzhenerne, Mykilske, Prydniprovske, Molodizhne, Poniativka, Komyshany, Dniprovske, Romashkove, Bilozerka, Rozlyv, Tomyna Balka, Yantarne, Kizomys, Veletynske, Zelenivka, Stanislav, Oleksandrivka, Shyroka Balka, Sofiivka, Beryslav, Stepne, Kostyrka, Novomykolaivka, Osokorivka, Novoraisk, Urozhaine, Rakivka, Davydiv Brid, Borozenske, Vysoke, Virivka, Kozatske, and Vesele. Police documented damage to two apartment buildings and five private houses, critical infrastructure facilities, a farming enterprise, seven vehicles, and a gas pipeline. As a result of russian aggression, seven civilians and one police officer were injured.
Latest news for today in the western regions of Ukraine
Volyn oblast
Lutsk community was notified of the loss of a serviceman who was previously considered missing. Andriy Lepsky was 42 years old. Lutsk resident was killed on 29 May 2026 in the area of the settlement of Sadovod, Kharkiv oblast.
Zakarpattia oblast
The Combatant’s Cross honorary badge by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was posthumously awarded to soldier Bohdan Khodanych, volunteer who defended Ukraine as part of the territorial defense.
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
Over UAH 32m in state compensation was received by farmers of the Precarpathian region for the purchased Ukrainian machinery and equipment. Within the framework of the state policy Made in Ukraine, agricultural enterprises of the region actively use the program of partial compensation for the cost of agricultural machinery and equipment of domestic production.
Lviv oblast
In Boryslav, Drohobych region, the memory of the fallen Hero Volodymyr Rentiuk was immortalized. A memorial plaque to the coach and defender was unveiled at Boryslav Youth and Sports School and a memorial volleyball tournament was held.
Rivne oblast
In Rivne oblast, over 180 participants joined the Day of Solidarity as part of the mental health program How are you?. The key topic of the meeting was self-help as a daily practice of maintaining mental health in wartime.
Ternopil oblast
The fighters of the National Guard of Ukraine unit received 4 Autel MAX 4T quadcopters from Ternopil community.
Khmelnytskyi oblast
Khmelnytskyi community has planned to transfer the necessary equipment to the military (FPV drones, copters, electronic warfare, etc.). worth UAH 60m.
Chernivtsi oblast
The Dovzhot branch of Novoselytsky Lyceum №3 commemorated the memory of a graduate who was killed defending Ukraine. Relatives, teachers, students, and government representatives together honored the Hero.
International support of Ukraine in the russian-Ukrainian war (russia’s invasion of Ukraine)
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, met with Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. They discussed steps needed to intensify diplomacy and the current needs of Ukraine.
Materials compiled by Tetyana Pidgorna, Olena Reka, Yana Hushchyna, Tamara Moshkovska, Sofia Ratynska, Ioanna Kryvenko, Helena Albahachiieva, Kristina Maknynia
Translated by Tetyana Pidgorna, Yana Hushchyna, Alla Litrovnyk, Liudmyla Stadnykova, Ilona Korolevska, Tetiana Moiseienko, Marharyta Koval, Tetiana Kurbatova
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