The enemy did not change their plans and continued the offensive in the Eastern Operations Theatre to capture Donetsk and Luhansk.
According to Oleksiy Gromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy is carrying out assault operations in the Severodonetsk area to establish full control over Severodonetsk.
About the enemy's plans for Mykolayiv and Odesa, and the situation in other regions - in our news.
Oleksiy Gromov also noted that the Armed Forces are conducting an offensive in some parts of the front, gradually liberating the territory from the occupiers.
The head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Haidai, said that the Russian occupiers had destroyed the Severodonetsk Ice Sports Palace.
"5,000 Severodonetsk residents will no longer attend a concert on the best stage of the city… Ice, figure skating, hockey, volleyball, sports school, concerts, graduation - almost 50 years of sports history and cultural development of our Severodonetsk... In pieces... " Gaidai wrote on his Telegram.
According to the General Staff, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled an enemy assault on the outskirts of Toshkivka, and artillery units of the defense forces fired on russian troops and military equipment on the outskirts of Slovyansk near Dolyna.
About the operational situation as of 6 PM on June 9 - in the news.
On June 9, the former base of the russian Private Military Company Wagner in Kadiivka, in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region, was destroyed.
The video of the fire in the facility was published by Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, military blogger Anatoliy Stefan.
According to Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, the Polish ASH Crab is ready to carry out combat missions at the front - the fifth type of 155-mm artillery that has been used to defend Ukraine.
The other four are M777 and FH70 guns, Caesar and M109A3 guns.
The Minister added that more than 1,500 Ukrainian servicemen are currently preparing or will start training to work with new weapons. More details in our news.
The European Commission will discuss granting Ukraine candidate status on June 17.
The Presidium of the European Parliament called on the heads of the EU member states to decide on granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership at the summit to be held in Brussels on June 23-24.
The EP presidium believes that the EU must show courage, determination and foresight in the context of russia's war against Ukraine.
The decision to open a regional office of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Kyiv is a recognition of Ukraine's importance for global cooperation and development, said President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his speech at the OECD conference.
The President spoke about the future post-war reconstruction of Ukraine based on the new "Marshall Plan."
Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree imposing sanctions on russian President Putin.
Control over the implementation of the decision of the National Security and Defense Council, which was given effect by decree, is entrusted to the Secretary of the Council.
What exactly are the sanctions about - in our news.
The UN has warned of an "unprecedented wave of hunger and poverty" in the world due to the war in Ukraine.
The UN Secretary General believes that the crisis will not bypass any country or community.
Three trillion hryvnias or 103.9 billion dollars is the direct losses to Ukraine's economy due to damage and destruction of residential and non-residential buildings and infrastructure.
The report of the KSE Institute (Kyiv School of Economics) also notes that over the past week, there has been an increase in losses to enterprises, education and health care institutions, kindergartens, administrative buildings and warehousing infrastructure.
In the occupied areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the so-called "court" sentenced to death three soldiers of the International Defense Legion of Ukraine.
The press service of the 72th separate mechanized brigade, Black Cossacks, confirmed that two Britons, Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner, and Moroccan Saadun Brahim, had been sentenced.
The statement of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the status of foreign nationals participating in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine states that the 1949 Geneva Conventions prohibit "any illegal acts, including violence, intimidation or inaction towards prisoners of war, and oblige to the humane treatment of captive servicemen."
By the end of 2022, Ukraine plans to attract another $ 20 billion from international partners.
This was stated by the Minister of Finance of Ukraine, Serhiy Marchenko, at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Taxation, Customs Policy and Banking, LB correspondent reports.
Loans and grants will be directed to the army, and to cover the budget deficit.
An unknown aircraft violated the airspace of Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria.
The plane did not respond to radio inquiries or visual signals from military interceptor aircraft.
Russian oligarch Mikhail Friedman wants to obtain Ukrainian citizenship and re-register his main assets with Ukraine.
According to the head of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, Oleksandr Novikov, such a scenario is possible for other prominent russian business people of Ukrainian origin. According to him, russian oligarchs will lose all property in the EU if they do not publicly condemn the war, President-aggressor Putin, and do not recognize the territorial integrity of Ukraine, including Crimea and Donbas.
In 105 days of full-scale war in Kyiv, 5,147 couples got married, and 3,145 children were born: 1,672 boys and 1,473 girls. Among the newborns are 67 twins, said the Kyiv City State Administration.
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