Russian strikes hit Kharkiv region, Chornobyl facility, as combat continues

Russian forces conducted drone and missile strikes on Ukraine's Kharkiv region on the night of June 9, targeting Kharkiv city and Chuhuiv. These attacks resulted in at least three fatalities and seven injuries, alongside damage to residential buildings in Kharkiv's Shevchenkivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi districts. Separately, Ukrainian military command reported 260 combat engagements across the front on June 8. During this period, Russian forces reportedly used three missiles, 282 guided aerial bombs, over 10,000 kamikaze drones, and conducted thousands of shellings. The General Staff also stated that Russia sustained approximately 1,370 personnel losses, four tanks, five armored combat vehicles, and 75 artillery systems over the preceding day. Additionally, on the night of June 7, a Russian drone partially damaged a container reception building at the Central Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage facility within the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. Officials confirmed no spent nuclear fuel was present at the site and radiation levels remained normal.

Sources: Громадське, Українська правда, Суспільне Новини, Радіо Свобода