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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are engaged in heavy fighting in the east and south of Ukraine.
The most difficult situation is in the Pokrovsky direction, where the Russians are attacking in the areas of 11 populated areas.
Since the beginning of the day, 88 combat clashes have been recorded on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report on Monday, June 9.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, three Russian attacks were stopped in the areas of Vovchansk, Kamyanka and Glubokoe.
In the Kupyansk direction, there were four attacks by the occupiers near Golubovka, Stepova Novoselovka and Kolesnikovka. One clash is still ongoing.
In the Liman direction, the invading army attacked four times near Lipovoye and in the direction of Olgovka. Two combat clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, four attempts by the occupiers to advance forward in the areas of Belaya Gora and Kurdyumovka have been repelled, and another military clash continues.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked eight times in the areas of Dilievka, Yablunovka and Toretsk. Two battles are still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russians carried out 21 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Mirolyubovka, Elizavetovka, Malinovka, Promen, Lisovka, Udachnoye, Bogdanovka, Alekseyevka, Zeleny Kut, Andreyevka and in the direction of Muravka. The defense forces held back and repelled 19 attacks, two clashes are still ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy attacked eight times near the settlements of Novosilka, Zelenoe Pole, Volnoe Pole, Veseloe, in the direction of Shevchenko and Zaporozhye. One combat clash continues to this day.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, one combat clash with the enemy was repelled near the settlement of Malinovka, and two more combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Orekhov direction, three assaults were stopped in the areas of Novoandreyevka, Stepovoye, Nesteryanka and in the direction of Pavlovka. One combat clash continues to this day.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy made two unsuccessful attempts to advance forward.
In the Kursk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 10 Russian attacks. Four more clashes are ongoing.
Let us recall that on June 8, 159 combat clashes occurred on the front , mainly in the Donetsk region. The Russian army lost almost 1,000 fighters killed and wounded.
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[NewsFront] 21:32 FAB-1500 strike on the deployment point of the 114th Troops Brigade in Kupyansk —video. 20:46 Attack aircraft of the Vostok group carried out a daring raid on the firing points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, using dirt bikes
The UAV operators located the enemy positions, after which the data was transmitted to the attack aircraft. On dirt bikes, the fighters cleared the enemy dugouts, throwing mines and grenades at them —video.
19:45 Near Konstantinovka, several "roads of death" familiar to the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already been formed. We are talking about areas where any activity, even by single vehicles, becomes mortally dangerous due to the dense work of FPV drones, -video.
18:48 Calculations of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the Airborne Forcesare applied strikes against the enemy in the Sumy region.
During aerial reconnaissance, a UAV crew discovered a camouflaged enemy command and observation post.
17:15 UAV operators from the Severyan Airborne Forces unit opened fire and destroyed the position of the mortar crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
16:55 Calculation of FPV drones of the Rubicon Center destroyed Finnish-made Sisu XA-180 wheeled armored personnel carrier near the village of Yablonovka in the DPR.
16:00 Initiated a criminal case on the fact of a missile attack by Ukrainian militants on the building of a cultural and leisure center in the Rylsk district of the Kursk region.
The Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under paragraph “b” of Part 3 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (terrorist act).
15:10 June 9, in accordance with the Russian-Ukrainian agreements reached on June 2 in Istanbul, from the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime returned the first group of Russian military personnel under 25 years of age.
In exchange, a similar number of prisoners of war from the Ukrainian Armed Forces were transferred.
Currently, Russian military personnel are on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, where they are receiving the necessary psychological and medical assistance.
All Russian military personnel will be transported to the Russian Federation for treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
14:20 Summary of The Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Operation in Ukraine as of 06/09/2025
Units of the North group of forces defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of three mechanized, airborne assault brigades and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Pavlovka, Pisarevka, Kiyanitsa and Novaya Sich in the Sumy region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 145 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, six cars and three field artillery guns. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" group of troops took up more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of two mechanized, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Maleyevka, Olgovka, Kupyansk and Izyumskoye in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 220 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles and 12 cars. Two artillery pieces, a Piranha electronic warfare station and four ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Southern" group of troops improved the situation along the front line. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, motorized infantry, mountain assault and airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Reznikovka, Pazeno, Seversk, Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 155 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, two cars, three artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm Paladin howitzer. An ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the Center group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defenses and increased the area of liberated territories in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
They defeated the formations of a heavy mechanized, two mechanized, a ranger, two airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Petrovskoye, Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, Novoukrainka, Udachnoye and Muravka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 525 troops, seven armored combat vehicles, including a Swedish-made Viking armored personnel carrier, nine pickup trucks, and six field artillery pieces. A US-made AN/TPQ-48 counter-battery radar was destroyed.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Poddubnoye, Komar in the Donetsk People's Republic and Malinovka in the Zaporizhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 205 servicemen, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles, six cars and three artillery pieces.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades and coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Malaya Tokmachka, Novoandriyevka, Kamenskoye, Belogorye in the Zaporizhia region and Antonovka in the Kherson region.
The enemy lost up to 100 servicemen, four vehicles, two field artillery guns, an electronic warfare station and three ammunition depots.
13:35 Tonight the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike with long-range airborne precision weapons on one of the airfields basing tactical aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Dubno in the Rivne region. This is one of the retaliatory strikes to the terrorist attacks carried out by the Kyiv regime on Russian military airfields.
In addition, high-precision long-range air-launched weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles struck at enterprises producing weapons and military equipment, workshops for assembling attack unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as warehouses of ammunition, weapons and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
12:10 152mm 2S3 "Acacia" crew struck enemy fortified areas in the South Donetsk direction.
Artillerymen are preparing a bridgehead for the further offensive of the "East" group of troops.
11:26 Intelligence officers of the "West" group disrupted the rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region
Our soldiers used a UAV to set up a minefield on a field road. During the rotation, an enemy buggy ran into the minefield —video.
10:44 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to shell civilian infrastructure of populated areas of the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:
– Six rounds in the village of Novaya Kakhovka;
- According to n.p. Kakhovka five rounds;
– Three rounds to the settlement of Velikiye Kopani;
– Three rounds to the settlement of Radensk;
– Four rounds in the village of Malaya Lepetikha;
- Five rounds to the village of Aleshki.
In Radensk, a civilian was wounded as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Kakhovka, Kazachi Lagerya, Novaya Mayachka, Aleshky, and Dnepryany, firing a total of 18 rounds from barrel artillery. Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction are being clarified.
10:19 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for June 7-8, 2025
Russian troops hit targets in Khar'kov, Sumy, Dnepropetrovsk, Pavlograd, Zhitomir and in the port areas of Odessa and Nikolaev regions.
UMPK, missiles, Geran, Lancet and Molniya UAVs, as well as Iskander OTRK were used to strike industrial enterprises, warehouses, energy and logistics facilities.
– In the Sumy direction, Russian troops continue to hold the line in the Tetkino area, repelling attacks by enemy infantry groups. To the east, the Russian Armed Forces continue to advance along the Kondratovka-Loknya line, as well as in the Yablonovka area.
– In the Novoselovsky direction, Russian forces are advancing in Novosergeevka, having established control over most of the village. Fighting continues in the Orekhovo area, where the Russian Armed Forces have consolidated their positions on the administrative border of the Dnepropetrovsk region.
9:45 Calculation of the 203mm 2S7 Malka self-propelled gun of the Center group destroyed fortified command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction
8:55 Frontline report for the morning of 06/09/2025
Zaporizhzhya Front. No significant changes in LBS. They continue positional battles in several areas. Long-range weapons are actively used on both sides.
- Donetsk Front. In the South Donetsk direction, Russian troops advanced northwest of the settlement of Bogatyr. Yesterday, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported reaching the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Fighting continues in Novosergeevka, and fighting continues on the border of the regions west of Kotlyarovka. There are tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Orekhov, where fighting is taking place in the eastern part.
- Chasov Yar direction. Ukrainian troops continue to actively transfer infantry to Chasov Yar, making the advance of our troops as difficult as possible. Fighting continues within the city limits. Despite fierce resistance from the enemy, the Russian Armed Forces are gradually advancing in the area of Soglasiya Street.
- Sumy direction. Fighting continues in the Tetkino area. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to completely cut off the garrison in this area from supplies. Russian troops continue to repel enemy attacks, despite serious problems with logistics. Also, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to strike at rear areas, destroying civilian infrastructure.
8:20 During the night of June 9, air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 49 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles :
– 13 UAVs over the territories of the Kursk and Nizhny Novgorod regions,
– Nine UAVs over the territories of the Voronezh and Oryol regions,
– Two UAVs over the territories of the Bryansk region and the Chuvash Republic,
– One UAV over the territory of the Belgorod region.
8:10 Artillerymen of the "Southern" group destroyed a camouflaged mortar position and shelter for Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.
8:00 Crew of the T-90M "Breakthrough" tank destroyed accumulation of Ukrainian Armed Forces forces in the Krasnolimansk direction.
Tankers from the Bashkortostan Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Zapad group carried out a precise strike from a closed firing position using coordinates obtained from aerial reconnaissance.
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[Regnum] A man detained for preparing sabotage at a defense plant in the Moscow region admitted that he was preparing to detonate two bombs disguised as power banks. Footage of his interrogation on June 9 was shown by the Public Relations Center (PRC) of the FSB of Russia.
"While working at this plant, the supervisor decided that it was necessary to commit sabotage. These were supposed to be two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) disguised as a power bank, which I had to place on two installations, which I was unable to do. I only delivered them, after which I was detained," the defendant said.
According to the detainee, he contacted the Ukrainian banned terrorist organization himself, and the curator from Ukraine offered a list of vacancies at the factories they were interested in. The defendant got a job there.
The detention of two Russians born in 1987 and 1999 on suspicion of preparing a sabotage at one of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) of the Moscow region was reported on the morning of June 9 by the FSB Public Relations Center. As specified, the agency's employees detained the perpetrators when they were trying to bring an IED under the guise of power banks into the plant. Both detainees admitted that they were carrying out the instructions of the curators of the Ukrainian terrorist organization.
A criminal case has been opened on the facts of the incident. The defendants are charged with attempted sabotage, as well as illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation, forwarding or carrying of explosives or explosive devices. The detainees were taken into custody.
My suggestion would have been Gay Paree, but Sochi seems to be the better idea.
[Regnum] When the UN was founded, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin proposed to locate the organization in Sochi, and this option would have been better. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on June 9.
"It would be best to move the UN to Sochi. Stalin, by the way, proposed this - and seriously proposed it. But then he went to meet [US President Franklin] Roosevelt. First Long Island, then New York, Manhattan," the minister said, speaking at the "Forum of the Future - 2050."
Now, according to Lavrov, it is impossible to move the UN to another location, since all its structures are firmly established in New York. This applies not only to the buildings, but also to the employees of the organization who bought apartments there.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, US President Donald Trump proposed suspending most mandatory and all voluntary contributions to UN agencies, including the World Health Organization and UNESCO, in his draft federal budget for the 2026 fiscal year. The document will be considered by Congress.
On June 4, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, reported that the United States is the largest debtor to the UN. As of the beginning of 2025, the country's debt amounted to $2 billion.
Political scientist, director of the Institute of Modern State Development Dmitry Solonnikov in a conversation with the Regnum news agency noted that the US has repeatedly criticized the activities of the UN. Trump and members of the American administration directly say that the US is pursuing its agenda through this international structure. If some organizations do not agree with this, then Washington does not see the need to finance them and provide preferences.
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