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Russian drone attacks cause casualties and damage across Ukraine

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Posted Jun 8, 2026, 09:00 AM UTC · In the digest of 2026-06-08-0900
Russian drone attacks cause casualties and damage across Ukraine

Russian forces continued drone attacks across Ukraine, causing casualties and damage. A police vehicle was struck in Kharkiv, killing one and injuring four. A Chornobyl nuclear storage facility building was damaged, with normal radiation levels. Civilian casualties were reported

Russian forces have continued drone attacks across Ukraine, causing casualties and damage in several regions. On June 7, a Russian drone struck a police vehicle near Chystovodivka, Kharkiv region, killing an explosive ordnance disposal technician and injuring three other officers and one civilian who were responding to an unexploded drone. Earlier that day, a drone partially damaged a container reception building at the Central Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage facility in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone; authorities confirmed no spent nuclear fuel was present and radiation levels were normal. Separately, on June 6, two civilians died in Kramatorsk and Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, with six others injured. An FPV drone also hit a shuttle bus in Kushuhum, Zaporizhzhia region, that evening. Most recently, on the night of June 8, a "Shahed" drone partially destroyed an Ukrposhta hub in Kharkiv, though no casualties were reported.

Sources: Суспільне Новини, Радіо Свобода, Українська правда

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