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Russian attacks continue across Ukraine, causing casualties and damage

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Posted Jun 8, 2026, 02:00 PM UTC · In the digest of 2026-06-08-1400
Russian attacks continue across Ukraine, causing casualties and damage

Russian forces continued drone and aerial bomb attacks across Ukrainian regions between June 6 and 8, resulting in casualties, including a police technician, and damage to infrastructure, such as a Chornobyl facility.

Russian forces continued drone and aerial bomb attacks across several Ukrainian regions between June 6 and 8. On June 7, a drone strike near Chystovodivka, Kharkiv region, killed an explosive ordnance disposal technician and injured three other police officers and one civilian when it hit their vehicle. The same day, a drone partially damaged a container reception building at the Central Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage facility in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. Officials confirmed no spent fuel was present, and radiation levels remained normal. Earlier, on June 6, two civilians died in Kramatorsk and Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, with six others injured. An FPV drone also struck a shuttle bus in Kushuhum, Zaporizhzhia region, that evening. On June 8, six guided aerial bombs hit the Zolotshiv community in Kharkiv region, damaging various buildings, while a "Shahed" drone partially destroyed an Ukrposhta hub in Kharkiv without reported casualties. Sources: Суспільне Новини, Радіо Свобода, Українська правда

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