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Current information on the situation on the front line: June 9 (updated)
2024-06-10
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:35 At 20.30 Moscow timesuppressedan attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.

20:41 Donetsk direction.

Our units of the "Center" group of troops today improved tactical position and move on. It is reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost several combat vehicles today, including up to a platoon of personnel.

19:50 On the situation in the Kurakhovsky direction, NGP intelligence reports:

“Our troops continue to fight forward in the western part of the city, in particular, they managed to push through the enemy’s defenses north of the Refractory Plant and advance up to 250 meters in depth, while at the same time pushing out the enemy from positions on Sumskaya Street continues.

The enemy continues to make efforts to hold the bridgehead in Krasnohorivka and prevent the destruction of its garrison, trying to secure the main transport hub in the south of the Donetsk Republic from the front line approaching closely.

However, the enemy’s resources are not endless and, first of all, manpower, they will definitely be forced to leave Krasnogorovka in the near future.”

18:49 Artillerymen of the “West” group of troops destroyed a 120mm mortar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces along with the crew -video.

18:15 “Molniya” 137 RAP hit, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Fedorovka area in the Seversky direction. We are talking about the latest Russian-made kamikaze UAV “Molniya”.

17:52 Soldiers from the 24th Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade knocked out MRAP - a vehicle with enhanced mine protection.

17:25 Numerous explosions were heard in Khar'kov. This was reported by the publication “Zerkalo Nedeli”.

16:49 NGP intelligence reported about the situation in the Donetsk direction:

“Our troops are west of the village. Umanskoye occupied a number of new positions, thus moving more than a kilometer closer to the enemy fortifications in the area of the settlement Skuchnoye. Also, to the south, units of the Russian Army approached the settlement Yasnobrodovka from the east. There are clashes going on.

The territory of the Donetsk Republic continues to rapidly lose its strategic importance for the enemy. There cannot be a living and armed enemy on Russian soil; this is impossible.”

15:54 The situation in the Chasov Yara area is reported by SVO Reports and Analytics:

“The Russian Army is currently clearing the western outskirts of the Kanal microdistrict.

The enemy is retreating to the Novy microdistrict to the west of the Seversky Donets - Donbass canal, and fierce clashes are taking place.”

14:49 Several apartments burned out in a residential building in Dnepryany in the Kherson region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the village with 15 kamikaze drones, the head of the region, Saldo, said.

14:15 A successful missile strike on a military airfield in the Mirgorod area of the Poltava region is reported by SVO Svobod i Analytica:

“The enemy was preparing the aircraft for departure, in advance, to strike Belgorod and the region. There are two hits, there are fires at the arrival site. The planes did not have time to leave the airfield.”

13:50 In Sumy region by FPV calculation destroyed electronic warfare post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

13:27 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

The Center group improved its tactical position; the Ukrainian Armed Forces in its area of responsibility lost up to 300 military personnel and Marder infantry fighting vehicles;

Air defense systems shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force;

The “North” grouping of forces inflicted defeats on four enemy brigades, repelled 7 counterattacks in one day, and the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to up to 225 military personnel;

The “Southern” group of the RF Armed Forces improved the position along the front line and repelled the counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;

The Vostok group occupied more advantageous positions; the Ukrainian Armed Forces in its area of responsibility lost up to 140 military personnel and a tank;

During the day, 66 UAVs and 13 HIMARS missiles were intercepted;

The “West” group occupied more advantageous positions; in one day the enemy in their zone lost up to 400 military personnel, a tank and two armored vehicles;

The Dnepr group hit the forces of the 121st Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region, the enemy lost up to 35 soldiers.

13:10 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned boats heading towards Crimea.

Paratrooper's Diary publishes footage of the destruction of an unmanned Ukrainian Armed Forces boat from small arms fire from aboard a Ka-27PS helicopter of the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet in the Black Sea.

13:04 Above the center of the Canal microdistrict in Chasov Yar raised Flag of Russia. Reporter Andrei Rudenko reported this:

“The traffic is heading towards the city center. The enemy is retreating, since from this direction the “Germans” withdrew reserves towards Kupyansk. In fact, the remaining forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Chasov Yar were simply abandoned,” the journalist’s publication says.

12:57 Video from Chasov Yar from the soldiers of the 98th Guards Airborne Division, who by this moment are moving forward with difficulty, but persistently.

12:25 Explosions occurred in Mirgorod, Poltava region, where the military airfield of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is located.

12:10 Personnel assault with artillery preparation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fortified area in the Avdeevsky direction.

11:55 Two people were injured this morning as a result of an Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attack on the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Mayor Kulemzin said.

11:30 Destruction of the UAV control point in the Kherson direction -video.

10:55 Counterbattery struggle in the Seversky direction. Detection and destruction of enemy self-propelled guns using a combination of an adjustable 152mm projectile "Krasnopol" and an UAV "Orlan-30".

10:34 As a result of active actions of the unit of the “Southern” group of forces improved position along the front line, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 24th, 30th, 41st, 93rd, 115th Mechanized, 5th Assault, 56th Motorized Infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Zaliznyansky, Grigorovka, Kalinin, Chasov Yar and Krasny.

The enemy lost more than 400 troops wounded and killed. An infantry fighting vehicle, four vehicles and two field ammunition depots were hit by artillery and loitering ammunition.

During the counterbattery fight, the 152mm D-20 howitzer, the 122mm D-30 howitzer and the 105mm M119 gun were destroyed.

09:52 News from the Ugledar direction:

Along the Shirokaya ravine, our assault groups expanded control of the territory by 1.5 km and also took control of a section of the Ugledar-Konstantinovka road, writes the Paratrooper’s Diary.

In Vugledar itself, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a FAB attack on the southern part of the city, where the enemy command post was located.

09:05 Summary as of June 9, 2024 from military correspondent Evgeny Lisitsyn

Kupyansko-Svatovskoe direction: The Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the direction of Stepova Novoselovka. West of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, the crossing of the Oskol River was destroyed during an air raid;

Bakhmut direction: in the suburb of Chasov Yar, the Russian Armed Forces advanced into the central part of the Kanal microdistrict, occupying an enemy stronghold;

Kherson direction: according to some reports, Ukrainian formations left Krynki. On the Kherson front, the enemy acknowledged the loss of Krynoki, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces are making forays from the islands;

South Donetsk direction: the Russian Armed Forces, having occupied the heights, advanced to the Mokrye Yaly River, attack and squeeze out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the northern part of the village of Staromayorskoye. The lowland near the river between Staromayorsky and Urozhayny has been cleared. Armored vehicles are fighting in the center of Urozhayny;

Donetsk direction: The Ukrainian Armed Forces depart from the outskirts of Paraskoveevka to Konstantinovka. The Russian Armed Forces are trying to reach the Konstantinovka-Ugledar highway, where fighting is taking place near Vodyanoy. In the Avdeevsky sector there was fierce fighting in the center of Sokol and near Novopokrovsky. North of Ocheretino, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are still holding their lines;

Seversk direction: Russian troops repulsed an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Vyemki. Fierce fighting is taking place near Razdolovka; a fortified area of ??the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been taken. Local success in the Verkhnekamensky region. Advancement in the Nevsky area and north of Ivanovka;

Khar'kov direction: fierce fighting in Volchansk, the Russian Armed Forces are holding the line and evacuating civilians. Liptsy repelled an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Glubokoe. The Ukrainian Armed Forces failed to change the front line. Our UAV operators cause damage to the enemy near Volchansk and villages. Liptsy.

08:17 Attack drone crews destroyed long-term firing points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction

The strike drone squad of the Vostok group of troops has hundreds of combat missions and dozens of targets hit. Our fighters conduct reconnaissance around the clock, identify and destroy enemy strongholds, personnel and military equipment.

08:15 Detonation of ammunition depot at an enemy stronghold as a result of a mortar strike.

08:12 Enemy reports:

“The Russian Armed Forces occupied almost the entire territory of the quarry near Vladimirovka, advanced into the Kanal microdistrict in Chasovoy Yar, and the green zone changed to gray in the Stepnaya Novoselka area.”

08:05 Tankers of the 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed a firing point of Ukrainian nationalists in the Orekhovsky direction in the Zaporozhye region -video.

08:00 Su-30SM fighter crew destroyed an enemy UAV in the area of responsibility of the Vostok group of troops.

Also, during the combat mission, the pilots patrolled a given area and provided cover for aviation operations when striking military targets and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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