Russo-Ukrainian war main facts

  • 8 June 2023

  • Ukrainian troops are active in the Bakhmut region, fighting is ongoing
  • The chief rabbi of Ukraine came under fire in Kherson
  • Almost 20% of displaced persons in Ukraine do not plan to return home
  • Britain expanded sanctions against Belarus for supporting the Russian Federation
  • During the evacuation in Kherson, 9 people were wounded as a result of shelling by the Russians
  • The energy system of Ukraine could not cope with the load again: emergency assistance was provided by Romania
  • Zelensky visited the flooded Kherson region
  • The world is discussing the possible delivery of F-18 fighter jets to Ukraine together with the F-16
  • 25% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine needs more than a year to win, 37% - six months to a year
  • The Russians are shelling the flooded Kherson
  • The US Congress renewed pressure on Biden with the demand to provide Ukraine with ATACMS
  • A direct line with Putin was postponed due to the situation at the front
  • The Ukrainian Red Cross distanced itself from the international community after criticizing the Ukrainian authorities
  • Russia filed a lawsuit against Ukraine in The Hague for the alleged destruction of the Kakhovskaya HPP
  • About 20,000 consumers in Kherson and the region are without electricity due to flooding
  • Bloomberg: The Russian elite no longer believes that Putin will win the war
  • The Bank of Canada raised its key rate to a 22-year high
  • The EU was unable to agree on a new package of sanctions against Russia
  • Lukashenko accused Ukraine of undermining the Kakhovskaya HPP
  • The Dnipro ceases to be navigable below Zaporizhzhia
  • Orbán convened the Defense Council of Hungary due to the "escalation of fighting" in Ukraine
  • Explosions are reported in occupied Luhansk
  • Ukraine and the Netherlands are putting pressure on Spain to supply Kyiv with Patriot batteries
  • A protest against their inaction was held near the UN Office in Kyiv
  • British intelligence: In most areas of the front, the initiative lies with Ukraine

  • 7 June 2023

  • Over the course of a day, the Kakhov reservoir shallowed by 1 meter, in the Kherson region the average level of inundation is 5.6 m
  • The Russian army shelled Nikopolshchyna twice
  • During the day, there were 30 combat clashes with the Russians
  • Over Belgorod, the anti-aircraft missile system worked for 2 purposes
  • The flood destroyed many Russian positions on the left bank of the Kherson region
  • The invaders suffered losses as a result of the detonation of the hydroelectric power station
  • White House: The Russian Federation is responsible for the destruction of the Kakhovskaya HPP
  • IAEA: The water level in the Kakhovsky Reservoir drops by 5-7 cm every hour
  • During the day, the occupiers shelled Sumy Oblast 17 times: there is destruction
  • Blowing up the hydroelectric power plant: the rate of water rise decreased, more than 1.9 thousand people were evacuated
  • Occupiers fired at Ukrainians in Donetsk region: 3 killed
  • Zelenskyi: The Red Cross must rescue people in the flooded occupied territories
  • Zelenskyi is shocked by the reaction of the UN and the Red Cross to the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP
  • The French parliament supported a record increase in defense spending: 413 billion euros for seven years
  • Poland deported a former FSB employee to Russia
  • Zelenskyi spoke by phone with Macron about the destroyed HPP and defense cooperation
  • Russian soldiers blocked all evacuation routes from the Cossack Camps
  • The number of Russian troops in Belarus has decreased significantly
  • Russian troops tried to advance on Bakhmut and two other directions
  • Germany reported sending all-terrain vehicles and ammunition to Gepard to Ukraine
  • Austria has pledged 1 million euros to support nuclear security in Ukraine
  • In Shebekino, Russia, a powerful fire broke out at a paint factory
  • After Zelensky, Erdogan called Putin and also proposed a commission on hydroelectric power plants
  • Erdogan suggested to Zelensky to create a commission to investigate the explosion at the Kakhovskaya HPP
  • The town hall of Energodar near the ZNPP advised local residents to leave the city
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