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Russian strikes cause casualties and damage across Ukraine

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Posted Jun 8, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC · In the digest of 2026-06-08-1200
Russian strikes cause casualties and damage across Ukraine

Russian forces conducted multiple drone and aerial bomb attacks across several Ukrainian regions between June 6 and 8, resulting in casualties and infrastructure damage, including a Chornobyl facility.

Russian forces conducted multiple drone and aerial bomb attacks across several Ukrainian regions between June 6 and 8, resulting in casualties and infrastructure damage. On June 7, a drone strike near Chystovodivka, Kharkiv region, killed an explosive ordnance disposal technician and injured three other police officers and one civilian when it hit their vehicle. The same day, a drone partially damaged a container reception building at the Central Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage facility in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, though no spent fuel was present, and radiation levels remained normal. Earlier, on June 6, two civilians died in Kramatorsk and Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, with six others injured, and an FPV drone struck a shuttle bus in Kushuhum, Zaporizhzhia region. On June 8, six guided aerial bombs hit the Zolotshiv community in Kharkiv region, damaging various buildings, while a "Shahed" drone partially destroyed an Ukrposhta hub in Kharkiv without reported casualties.

Sources: Суспільне Новини, Радіо Свобода, Українська правда

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