New details emerge on Balabyne strike, other attacks reported

New details emerged regarding the June 7 Russian strike on Balabyne, Zaporizhzhia, indicating a school and public transport stop were damaged, and fatalities occurred at the latter. Other attacks by both sides were also reported.
New reporting on the June 7 Russian guided aerial bomb strike on Balabyne village in Zaporizhzhia district specified that a school and a public transport stop sustained damage, with the two reported fatalities occurring at the latter location. Meanwhile, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) confirmed hitting 26 Russian targets in occupied Ukrainian territories and Russia's Bryansk region overnight into June 7. Russian forces also damaged a building at Ukraine's Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage facility on June 7, though Energoatom stated no spent fuel was impacted and a subsequent fire was swiftly extinguished. Additionally, a June 6 drone attack in Kherson injured three police officers, and an agricultural enterprise in Chernihiv was struck by a Russian drone on June 7.
Sources: Радіо Свобода, Суспільне Новини, Громадське
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