Jun 7, 2026, 01:30 PM UTC

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

Further casualties have been reported in Ukraine's Sumy region following Russian attacks on June 7. Beyond the previously reported fatality of a 48-year-old man from a drone strike, three additional individuals were injured and hospitalized. One man sustained injuries after a drone struck a gas station in the Hlukhiv community. Separately, in the Vorozhba community, a civilian on a moped and another pedestrian were also wounded. These incidents occurred amidst nearly 100 shellings across 41 settlements in the region. Meanwhile, explosions were again heard in Russian-occupied Crimea, with suspected fires at oil depots near Kerch and in Feodosia, while Russia's Ministry of Defense claimed drone interceptions over the peninsula. Drone attacks also injured two people in Kherson and two in Kharkiv, as previously reported.

Sources: Suspilne Novyny

A Russian military strike reportedly damaged an administrative building belonging to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at Ukraine's Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage facility near Chernobyl. The incident also affected a building used for receiving and transshipping spent nuclear fuel. Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has classified the event as a war crime. The facility, located close to the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant, holds radioactive waste. Details regarding the extent of the damage or potential radiological impact were not immediately available.

Sources: Українська правда

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned a drone strike near the Chornobyl nuclear plant, ahead of his scheduled talks in London. Kyiv officials reported that a Russian drone hit a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in northern Ukraine, leading to a fire that was later extinguished. President Zelensky is expected to meet UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Downing Street later on Sunday. The leaders are set to discuss continued European support for Ukraine, with the Chornobyl incident potentially adding urgency to security discussions.

Sources: BBC News

The European Union has recently given its preliminary green light for the official commencement of accession negotiation chapters with Ukraine and Moldova. This significant step forward in their respective bids for EU membership was enabled by Hungary's decision to lift its prior veto. The decision restarts the accession process for Moldova, which has set an ambitious target for EU integration by 2030 and is recognized as one of the more advanced candidate nations in implementing the required reforms. Despite this progress, a key unresolved issue for Moldova's accession remains the long-term status and future of the separatist Transnistria region. Sources: Le Monde