Russia War of Ukraine: List of the main events, today 1200 | Russia-Ukraine, news war

These are the main events of the 1st day of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is the place where things stand on Sunday, June 8:

Fighting

• The Russian forces attacked the city of Kharkiv Ukrainian at night and in the evening with drones, missiles and grenades, killing at least four people and wounding more than 60, including a child, according to local officials.
• “Kharkiv is currently witnessing the most powerful attack since the beginning of the war on a large scale,” Mayor Ih Yerikov said in a post on Telegram.
• Elsewhere in Ukraine, three people were killed in the Donetsk region in the front line, which witnessed the most intense fighting of the war, and three others in the Jeresson region, which are partially occupied by the Moscow forces.
• Russian forces took control of a part of the Yanjevka-Sudza Highway in the Sumerri area of ​​Ukraine, which “used the Ukrainian forces one day supplying their group in the Korsk (Russian) region”, according to TASS in Russia, citing a military analyst.
• The Ukrainian army said that Russia fired 206 drones, two ballistic missiles and seven other missiles in Ukraine all night. Kyiv said that the air defense units had shot down 87 drones, while 80 other drones were lost.
• On Telegram also said that a Russian Su-35 fighter plane was shot down after a “successful air force in the direction of Kursk”.
• Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski said that Kiev forces recently destroyed three ISKANDER missile systems and caught Russian military helicopters. He said in his evening statement: “This helps our defense – all complications for Russia is important to us.”
• Meanwhile, German Major General Christian Freuding, said, The last Ukrainian attack A 10 percent damaged of the long -range launchers in Russia, but said the attack will only have an “indirect effect” because Moscow still retains 90 percent of its strategic bomber.
• In Russia, officials said that the Ukrainian drone attack in the Moscow region had wounded two people.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the air defense units had intercepted and destroyed 36 Ukrainian drones on Russian soil on Saturday, including the Moscow region.

Prisoners exchange

• Russia and Ukraine accused each other of being exposed to the plans of 6000 bodies of soldiers who were killed, and agreed during the direct talks in Istanbul on Monday.
• Vladimir Medinski, who led the Russian delegation, said that Kiev was called at the last minute that stopped at an imminent exchange. In a telegram post, Medinski said that the refrigerated trucks carrying more than 1,200 bodies from the Ukrainian forces from Russia have already reached the agreed exchange site on the border when the news came.
• In response, Ukraine said Russia was playing “dirty games” and manipulating the facts.
• According to the main Ukrainian power that deals with such bodies, no date for the restoration of the bodies has been determined. In a statement on Saturday, the agency also accused Russia of submitting the lists of war prisoners to return to the homeland that are not compatible with the agreements reached on Monday.

arms

• Zelinski appealed to the United States to send “positive signals” regarding Ukraine’s request Buy air defense systemsFollowing the latest deadly Russian attacks on Kharkiv. Zelenskyy first publicly Purchase request Air defense systems in the United States in mid -April this year.
• The Minister of the Armed Forces in France, Sebastian Likorno, told France Linhus News that a French car maker is preparing to manufacture drones in Ukraine.
• Canadian Minister of National Defense David McGoini announced a military aid of $ 35 million ($ 25.5 million) for Ukraine, including armored vehicles Coyote and BIMON.

diplomacy

• Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov Tass told Russia that Russia had asked US officials to resume direct flights between the two countries and raise the restrictions of Russian diplomats in the United States.
• “In the words of what is said, at this point, they are not very excited,” said Ryabkov with regard to the proposal to resume self -trips.