Ukraine reports continued combat, Russian losses, and strikes on Kharkiv and Chornobyl
Ukrainian military command reported 260 combat engagements on June 8, detailing Russian missile, drone, and shelling activity, alongside significant personnel and equipment losses. Strikes on Kharkiv on June 9 caused fatalities and damage, while a drone hit a Chornobyl facility o
Ukrainian military command reported 260 combat engagements across the front on June 8. During this period, Russian forces reportedly launched three missiles, conducted 88 air strikes with 282 guided aerial bombs, deployed over 10,000 kamikaze drones, and carried out 3,725 shellings. The General Staff also stated that Russia sustained approximately 1,370 personnel losses, four tanks, five armored combat vehicles, 75 artillery systems, and four multiple rocket launchers over the preceding day. Separately, 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. 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
