It has been the 1567 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 positions of the Defence Forces 51 times.
Artillery shelling of border areas continues. Today, in Sumy oblast, the settlements of Sopych, Rohizne, Korenok, Budky, Malushyne, Atynske, Bachivsk, Ulanove, Yastrubshchyna and Seredyna-Buda were hit by the invaders’ fire, whilst in Chernihiv oblast, Luzhky came under attack. In addition, Pustohorod and Vilna Sloboda in Sumy oblast were subjected to air strikes.
Three combat engagements took place towards Northern Sloboda and Kursk, one of which is still ongoing; the enemy also carried out one air strike using four guided bombs and conducted 27 shelling attacks, including two from multiple launch rocket systems.
Three attempts to breach our defences were recorded towards Southern Sloboda near Prylipka and Zapadne, with one battle still ongoing at this very moment.
Towards Kupiansk, the enemy attacked our positions once today in Shyikivka.
Ukrainian troops repelled six attempts by the invaders to advance towards Lyman near Borova, Chervonyi Stav, Novoselivka, Drobysheve and Ozerne; three engagements are ongoing.
Towards Sloviansk, the Defence Forces successfully halted four attempts by the invaders to advance near Zapadne and towards Rai-Oleksandrivka.
Towards Kramatorsk, the enemy did not carry out any offensive operations.
Our defenders repelled four attacks towards Kostiantynivka near Ivanopil, Illinivka and Rusyn Yar; one engagement is still ongoing.
Towards Pokrovsk, since the start of the day, the occupiers have attempted 16 times to dislodge our troops from their positions in the areas of Shakove, Zolotyi Kolodiaz, Vilne, Bilytske, Rodynske, Shevchenko, Hryshyne, Serhiivka, Kotlyne, Udachne and Novopavlivka; one engagement is still ongoing.
The enemy attempted to advance only once in Oleksandrohrad towards Oleksandrivka.
Defence forces successfully repelled seven enemy attacks towards Huliaipole in Rybne, Vozdvyzhivka, Rizdvianka, Dobropillia, Zaliznychne and Huliaipole; two engagements are ongoing.
The enemy stormed our defenders’ positions twice towards Orikhiv in Stepove and Stepnohirsk.
Towards Kherson, the enemy did not carry out any offensive operations today.
No significant changes in the situation are currently taking place in other directions; no attempts at enemy advances have been recorded there.
Ukrainian troops are wearing down the enemy along the entire line of contact and in the rear.
Three children have been successfully returned from the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson oblast. The children are aged between 4 and 16. They are undergoing reintegration at the Hope and Recovery centres, where they receive psychological support, assistance with document restoration, shelter and the necessary care.
In Donetsk oblast, the mandatory evacuation zone is being expanded. The new restrictions apply to certain districts of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk and the village of Bilenke. The evacuation also applies to all residents with children living in Pryvillia and Malotaranivka.
For the third month in a row, the SBU’s Alpha Special Operations Centre unit has ranked first among the Defence Forces in terms of the number of enemy targets hit and destroyed. In May alone, special forces neutralised over 8,000 occupiers and struck a significant number of russian vehicles and facilities.
Recent war events in the east of Ukraine
Kharkiv oblast
Over the past 24 hours, 260 combat engagements were recorded along the front line, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the South Slobozhanskyi direction, Russian forces launched 10 attacks against Ukrainian defensive positions near Vovchanski Khutory, Lyman, Starytsia, and toward Izbytske, Ternova, and Volokhivka. In the Kupiansk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled five Russian attempts to advance toward Kupiansk, Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, Kivsharivka, Hlushkivka, and Novoplatonivka.
During the night, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv with missiles and drones. As a result of the strikes, 16 people were injured, including three children. In the Kholodnohirskyi district, a 48-year-old woman and a 71-year-old woman were wounded, while a 14-year-old girl suffered an acute stress reaction. A strike near a private house caused its roof to catch fire. Eight private homes, an apartment building, and three vehicles were damaged.
In Kharkiv’s Slobidskyi district, a UAV struck an open area, igniting dry grass. The fire was contained, and no casualties were reported. In the Kyivskyi district, an apartment building was damaged, and an 86-year-old woman and a 69-year-old woman suffered acute stress reactions. No damage or casualties were reported in the Osnovianskyi district. In the Shevchenkivskyi district, drone debris damaged a passenger vehicle.
Six people sustained injuries during the attack on Kharkiv, four of whom were hospitalized in moderate condition. A 53-year-old woman suffered cuts from shattered glass, a 56-year-old woman sustained blast injuries and a knee contusion, and a 62-year-old woman was hospitalized with a closed forearm fracture. A 28-year-old pregnant woman was also taken to hospital after being injured by broken glass. An additional 10 people, including three children, experienced acute stress reactions and received assistance on site.
Approximately 10 impact sites and debris fall locations were recorded across Kharkiv. Nine apartment buildings, a municipal enterprise building, an administrative building, a church, a café, and at least 37 vehicles were damaged.
A missile strike on Chuhuiv killed three civilians: men aged 56 and 70, and a 22-year-old pregnant woman. Medical assistance was provided to a 71-year-old woman, a 65-year-old woman, and a 70-year-old man who suffered acute stress reactions. Two apartment buildings, a store, garages, and two vehicles were damaged.
According to the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Kharkiv city and 30 settlements across the region came under enemy attack during the past day. Three people were killed and 25 others were injured, including three children. In addition to Kharkiv and Chuhuiv, casualties were reported in Velykyi Burluk, Bohodukhiv, Vyshneve, Cherkaski Tyshky, and Khotimlia.
Russian forces used five Kh-59 missiles, seven guided aerial bombs (KABs), 11 Geran-2 drones, one Lancet loitering munition, six Molniya-type drones, 15 FPV drones, and 19 unmanned aerial vehicles of unidentified types against the Kharkiv region.
Damage was reported in the city of Kharkiv and in the Bohodukhiv, Kupiansk, Izium, Kharkiv, Lozova, and Chuhuiv districts. Damaged infrastructure includes apartment buildings, private homes, a municipal enterprise building, an administrative building, a church, a café, a store, garages, warehouse facilities, a farming enterprise, a cultural center, power lines, vehicles, and other civilian infrastructure facilities.
The transit evacuation center in Lozova received 198 people over the past 24 hours. Since the center began operations, a total of 38,776 people have been registered there.
Donetsk oblast
At approximately 5:25 a.m. today, Russian forces dropped three FAB-250 aerial bombs equipped with UMPK guidance kits on the city of Sloviansk. The attack targeted a residential area on the outskirts of the city. One house was completely destroyed, while more than 20 others were damaged. No casualties have been reported so far, and authorities are continuing to assess the full consequences of the strike.
On June 8, the police recorded 1,309 Russian attacks along the front line and against civilian areas in the Donetsk region. Eleven settlements came under fire: Bilozerske, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Novodonetske, Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, Shabelkivka, Iverske, Levadne, Ocheretyne, and Petrivka Persha.
A total of 53 civilian objects were damaged, including 33 residential buildings. As a result of the attacks, two people were killed and 11 others were injured, including one child.
Russian forces attacked Druzhkivka with three FPV drones and artillery. One civilian was killed, and an apartment building was damaged.
In Bilozerske, one person was killed as a result of an FPV drone strike.
Russian troops targeted Sloviansk with three KAB-250 guided aerial bombs and a Molniya-2 UAV. Nine civilians were injured, including a 17-year-old girl. Damage was reported to 12 apartment buildings, four private houses, an administrative building, a sports school, and seven civilian vehicles.
In Shabelkivka, a drone struck a private home, injuring two people.
Drone attacks also caused damage in several other settlements. In Kramatorsk, a garage was damaged. In Novodonetske, an educational institution was hit. In Iverske, a café and an infrastructure facility were damaged. In Levadne, a non-residential building was affected, while in Petrivka Persha, 14 private homes sustained damage.
From the outskirts of Sloviansk, officers of the “White Angels” evacuation unit, together with volunteers, evacuated a mother and her two children. The family has now been forced to flee shelling for the fourth time. They had previously evacuated from the Chernihiv region, then from Nizhyn, and later from Sumy, where their home was destroyed. Police transported the family to pre-arranged temporary accommodation.
Luhansk oblast
Over the past day, Russian forces shelled the territory of the Luhansk region using various types of weapons, according to the Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, Oleksii Kharchenko. Russian troops launched three mortar attacks, two strikes with tube artillery, and two attacks using automatic grenade launchers. They also directed 20 drones toward Ukrainian defensive positions. In the Lyman direction, Russian forces made 18 attempts to advance near seven settlements.
A growing personnel crisis continues to affect the territory of the so-called “LPR.” The number of qualified specialists is steadily declining, as experienced workers seek better-paying jobs outside the occupied region, while many young people are also trying to leave. During the first five months of the year, only 300 people under the age of 35 were employed there—an average of just two people per day. Most of these positions are manual labor or temporary jobs, which fail to address even a fraction of the workforce shortages, particularly in the healthcare sector.
In Rubizhne, Russian occupation authorities are reportedly attempting to create an artificial shortage of food products. All suppliers suddenly stopped delivering bread to the city, despite no similar situation being observed in other frontline settlements. Furthermore, during four years of occupation, the occupying authorities have failed to restore the operation of local bakeries. Instead, they continue promoting bread products supplied from a bakery in Luhansk.
What is happening now in the north of Ukraine
Kyiv oblast
Plans are underway to build a new, modern shelter in the village of Chabany with financial support from Finland. Preliminary agreements on the project were reached during a visit by a Finnish delegation on 4 June. According to the village council, the future shelter is to provide an additional level of safety, first of all for people from the surrounding residential area, as well as other people from this part of the village.
The State Emergency Service reported that humanitarian demining of areas contaminated as a result of russian military operations is ongoing in the Bucha district. Deminers are surveying a potentially hazardous 8-hectare site where explosive ordnance may be found. The project aims to restore the land to safe use and resume agricultural activities for local farmers.
Kyiv Military Hub reported that in Kyiv, veterans, military personnel, defenders released from captivity and their families can receive psychological support free of charge. Specialists provide individual psychological counselling, conduct couple and family counselling, organise support groups for the families of fallen soldiers, as well as art therapy and psychological workshops.
According to the head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, Mykola Kalashnyk, more than 100 multi-purpose sports grounds are planned to be built in Kyiv oblast. Each will be supplied with sports equipment, access to an online programme featuring over 130 exercises, and specialists working directly with local residents. Such facilities are open to children and young people, veterans and military personnel, people with disabilities, and the elderly.
The Kyiv Region Open Sitting Volleyball Championship for war veterans and people with disabilities took place in Vyshhorod. Over two days, seven teams from different regions of Ukraine competed for the title of the strongest at the Vyshhorod District Children’s and Youth Sports School.
Zhytomyr oblast
Iryna Lavrenchuk, a leading specialist in support for war veterans and demobilised personnel in the Oliivska community, reported that the ‘Rokada’ Charitable Foundation is organising meetings in the Oliivska community for the families of missing and fallen servicemen. Participants take part in workshops on herbal therapy, felting toys from wool, and painting. Such meetings for families are held once every two weeks. Families are also offered excursions, tours and trips.
Sumy oblast
The Regional Military Administration reported that units of Ukraine’s Defence Forces destroyed or suppressed 1,371 enemy UAVs over Sumy oblast last week using electronic warfare systems. Among them were 1,074 attack drones and 39 reconnaissance drones. A further 258 UAVs were suppressed by electronic warfare means. During the same period, 1,538 enemy drones were detected in the skies over Sumy oblast. According to the Territorial Defence Zone Headquarters, Ukrainian defenders destroyed or suppressed 89% of all UAVs recorded over the region during the week.
The Regional Military Administration informed that on 9 June, the enemy attacked a residential area in Putyvl community by drones. One of the strikes killed a 57-year-old man, the owner of the house. His 49-year-old wife was injured. During another UAV attack on Putyvl community, russians killed a dog that was in the yard of a private household.
Serhii Kryvosheienko, Head of Sumy City Military Administration, said that an FPV drone struck a civilian vehicle in Stetskivka starosta region. Preliminary information indicates that no people were injured, but the vehicle sustained significant damage.
SMK Group reported attacks on its lorries. Three lorries belonging to Saltiv Meat Processing Plant were damaged in recent russian strikes on Kharkiv–Okhtyrka–Sumy highway. One of the company’s vehicles was severely damaged in a drone strike. The driver survived and was hospitalised.
According to the Regional Military Administration, from the morning of 8 June to the morning of 9 June, russian forces carried out more than 80 attacks on 38 settlements across 21 territorial communities in the oblast. The highest number of attacks was recorded in Sumy and Shostka regions. The enemy used mortars, artillery, MLRS, FPV drones, UAVs and guided aerial bombs. Air raid alerts in the oblast lasted for 22 hours and 25 minutes during the day.
According to the RMA, as of the morning of 9 June, one person was killed and five people were injured in Sumy oblast as a result of enemy attacks over the previous day.
In Seredyna-Buda community, a 71-year-old man was killed in enemy attacks, while a 68-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman were injured.
In Trostianets community, a russian UAV strike injured a two-year-old boy and a 25-year-old woman.
In Hlukhiv community, in addition to the men aged 51, 54 and 54 reported injured on the morning of 8 June, a 52-year-old man was also injured in russian UAV strikes. Furthermore, a 47-year-old woman was injured as a result of a UAV strike on 7 June.
Civilian infrastructure was damaged or destroyed:
▪️ In Mykolaivka rural community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged;
▪️ In Bilopollia community, private homes, a non-residential building and a vehicle were damaged;
▪️ In Velyka Pysarivka community, private homes, a utility structure, a non-residential building and an educational institution were damaged;
▪️ In Konotop community, a non-residential building, private homes and vehicles were damaged;
▪️ In Shostka community, a church building and a civilian infrastructure facility were damaged;
▪️ In Hlukhiv community, private homes, non-residential buildings and a vehicle were damaged;
▪️ In Sumy community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged;
▪️ In Znob-Novhorodske community, a shop building and a tractor were destroyed, while a non-residential structure was damaged;
▪️ In Seredyna-Buda community, a private home and a non-residential building were damaged;
▪️ In Yunakivka community, a private home was damaged;
▪️ In Trostianets community, private homes, a non-residential building, a vehicle and a civilian infrastructure facility were damaged;
▪️ In Krasnopillia community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged;
▪️ In Vorozhba community, a private home was damaged;
▪️ In Berezivka community, private households and utility structures were damaged;
▪️ In Stepanivka community, a private home and a vehicle were damaged;
▪️ In Sad community, lorries were damaged;
▪️ In Esman community, private homes were destroyed and households were damaged;
▪️ In Shalyhyne community, a private household was destroyed.
Over the past day, local authorities, together with units of the State Emergency Service, National Police and non-governmental organisations, evacuated eight people from border communities.
The Regional Military Administration announced that more than 6,500 residents of Sumy oblast have completed first aid training over the past year. The project, Knowledge Saves Lives, was launched a year ago to help as many residents as possible acquire skills needed to respond effectively in critical situations. Since then, 6,597 residents of Sumy oblast have completed first aid training. Participants included parents of kindergarten and school pupils, as well as staff from 226 educational institutions across the oblast. The project was later expanded to include mine safety training.
Chernihiv oblast
Oleksandr Seliverstov, Head of Novhorod-Siverskyi Regional Military Administration, reported that at around 11:10am on 9 June, russian forces attacked a residential area of Novhorod-Siverskyi by a UAV. The extent of the damage and the full consequences of the attack are being clarified.
Oleksandr Seliverstov, Head of Novhorod-Siverskyi RMA, said that at around 4am on 9 June, russian forces struck Semenivka town by an FPV drone. They targeted a civilian Renault vehicle delivering bread to the town. The 55-year-old driver of the bread delivery vehicle sustained blast injuries and was taken to a medical facility. The vehicle was damaged.
Chernihivoblenergo informed that a russian attack on an energy facility in Koriukivka region on 8 June left more than 48,000 subscribers without electricity in Koriukivka and Novhorod-Siverskyi regions.
According to the National Police in Chernihiv oblast, police explosives experts neutralised the warhead of a russian attack drone that had been shot down by Ukraine’s Defence Forces in Koriukivka region. The UAV was discovered in an open area near one of the settlements. Its warhead had failed to detonate.
Chernihiv Border Guard Detachment reported that russian forces attacked four border communities in Chernihiv oblast during 8 June: Novhorod-Siverskyi, Semenivka, Horodnia and Snovsk. The enemy carried out mortar attacks (27 explosions), tube artillery strikes (4 explosions), FPV drone attacks (13 explosions), and dropped explosive devices from UAVs (5 explosions). A total of 12 settlements came under enemy fire.
Viacheslav Chaus, Head of the Regional Military Administration, announced that the United Nations Development Programme is implementing the EU4Recovery – Empowering Communities in Ukraine project in Chernihiv oblast. The first phase began in 2022 and covered 11 communities in the oblast, as well as providing emergency assistance to the State Emergency Service, National Police and the social services centre. Chernihiv oblast received buses, vehicles and equipment. The second phase of the project has now started, focusing on Chernihiv, Nizhyn, Pryluky, Ivanivka, Ripky and Horodnia.
Recent events in the central regions of Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk oblast
7 enemy UAVs were shot down over the oblast overnight.
Nikopol region. 2 men aged 42 and 43 were injured in Marhanets. The occupiers attacked the regional centre, Marhanets, Pokrovske rural and Chervonohryhorivka communities by FPV drones. A fire broke out. An apartment building, 2 private houses, an outbuilding, a pharmacy, a pizzeria, 2 vehicles and infrastructure were damaged.
Synelnykove region. A private house and a garage caught fire in Mykolaivka community as a result of a UAV attack.
Petropavlivka community was struck by an FPV drone, damaging a rescue vehicle.
Pavlohrad region. A private house and an outbuilding were destroyed in Troitska community as a result of a UAV attack. Another house was damaged. A 63-year-old woman was injured.
Nikopol region. The occupiers attacked the regional centre, Chervonohryhorivka, Pokrovske rural, Marhanets and Myrove communities by drones. A private house, 6 buses and 2 vehicles were damaged.
Pavlohrad region. Fires broke out in Bohdanivka community as a result of a UAV attack. A gas station was damaged.
Synelnykove region. The enemy attacked Mykolaivka community by UAVs. Vasylkivka community was struck by a KAB. 7 people were injured there. A sports school, 2 apartment buildings and 5 private houses were damaged.
Poltava oblast
Residents paid tribute to combat medic Anton Lysiuk from Khorol community. The soldier spent more than a month in hospital after sustaining severe injuries during combat operations. His heart stopped on 5 June 2026.
In Poltava, people paid tribute to Police Captain Vitalii Pletin. The serviceman was killed on 5 June 2026, while carrying out a combat mission in Donetsk oblast.
The death of serviceman Oleksandr Hryshko from Pyrohy village in Hlobyne community has been confirmed. He was killed on 20 October 2024, while carrying out a combat mission near Yelyzavetivka settlement. The defender was 39 years old.
Cherkasy oblast
2 fallen defenders from Khrystynivka community were honored with awards. Vasyl Syrotenko was awarded the Combatant Cross badge and Serhii Semenov was awarded the Order for Courage, III degree.
Serviceman Dmytro Shamrai from Khrystynivka community received the For Wounds distinction.
Latest news from the front of the southern regions of Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia oblast
Mykolaiv oblast
Odesa oblast
Kherson oblast
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. 48-year-old Roman Smal was considered missing for almost 2 years. The soldier fell on 20 August 2024 near the settlement of Komyshivka, Donetsk oblast.
Zakarpattia oblast
There are already 41 modern training centers for the Defense of Ukraine subject in the oblast, where young people master tactical medicine, drone control, radio communications and fire training. 109 qualified specialists work with young people, including 31 war veterans. This year, over 12,000 high school students and vocational school students studied the updated discipline in the format of intensive training.
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
As part of the regional project Caring for the Hero’s Family, the oblast organized a recreational and psychological trip to Tatariv for the relatives of fallen Defenders. It was the culmination of a six-month cycle of psychological classes under the After Loss program from the public organization Families of Heroes of IF.
Lviv oblast
Lviv oblast and the Macedonian Municipality of Kavadarci signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. The document opens up new opportunities for the development of economic ties between the regions.
Rivne oblast
The RMA reported that over 60 specialists from territorial communities, IDP temporary residences, Resilience Centers, social services, and public organizations participated in a two-day intensive training on crisis response, psychosocial support, and interagency cooperation.
Ternopil oblast
Soldiers of the 33rd Separate Assault Regiment of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received equipment and equipment, including two ASUS TUF Gaming F16 laptops and two Bluetti AC50P portable charging stations from Ternopil community.
Khmelnytskyi oblast
Khmelnytskyi community has agreed to compensate 50% of the cost of tuition at city universities for military personnel and their family members. Currently, 84 military personnel are receiving such compensation.
Chernivtsi oblast
The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the 3rd Army Corps received 33 FPV drones General Chereshnia-10 with twilight cameras from Chernivtsi community.
International support of Ukraine in the russian-Ukrainian war (russia’s invasion of Ukraine)
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, met with Petteri Orpo, Prime Minister of Finland, before the start of the Ukraine-Nordic and Baltic States summit. They discussed work in Europe on the development of anti-ballistic defense, as well as the preparation of an agreement in the Drone Deal format.
Ukraine received another €2.8bn under the Ukraine Facility. The funds will be used to finance priority state budget expenditures, including social and humanitarian needs.
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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