Intensified assaults continue in eastern Ukraine, civilian areas severely affected

Russian forces have intensified assaults in the Sloviansk direction and continued daily small group and drone attacks in the Lyman sector, aiming to deplete Ukrainian defenses and disrupt logistics to Sloviansk via Drobysheve. Frontline communities across eastern and southern Ukraine remain severely impacted. In Oleksiiovo-Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, a 56-year-old woman sustained injuries from a mine-blast and shrapnel following an FPV drone attack on June 7. The population of Zhovta Krucha, Zaporizhzhia region, has dwindled to approximately 15 residents due to persistent guided aerial bomb strikes since winter 2025-2026. Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk region, faces almost daily attacks by guided aerial bombs and FPV drones, prompting a mandatory 30-day evacuation order issued on May 18, with residents reporting extensive destruction and casualties.

Sources: Suspilne Novyny