6/8/24-6/10/24 Ukrainian General Update LanguageLearner

6/8/24-6/10/24 Update, day 836-838 of Russian invasion.


Belarus/Western Border:

There was an explosion at a rocket fuel plant in southern Poland, killing one person.

The pro-RU Moldovan opposition held its second meeting in Moscow, and reaffirmed their support for RU-friendly policies and dislike for EU centric policies.

A number of western provided F-16 will be located at foreign bases to protect them from RU strikes, per UA Air Force Command. Specifically, these will be used for training new UA pilots. RU threatened to target any bases hosting these aircraft.

Austria stated that UA allies "crossed a red line" by allowing the targeting of RU military facilities in RU territory by western weaponry.

Petr Fiala, Prime Minister of Czechia, has suggested that Russia may be behind last week’s attempted arson of city buses in Prague.


Kyiv/Central Ukraine:

UA intercepted 9/13 Shahed drones and 1/1 missiles overnight.

Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi was appointed commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the ZSU.

Over 80,000 veterans ID cards have been processed in the last 3 days since such service became available in the UA digital passport/ID system.

More than 67,000 women serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 19,000 of them are civilian employees, the rest are military personnel.

As of May 2024, the damage caused to Ukraine’s energy sector in the full-scale Russian invasion is equal to US$56.2 billion. Direct damage in Ukraine’s energy sector as of May 2024 amounted to more than US$16.1 billion, with the rest being a loss in profits and the cost of debris removal.

Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren has arrived in Ukraine on an unannounced visit.

In a few weeks, UA will begin testing glide bombs of domestic production.



Northeast Ukraine/Kharkiv city:

RU Kadyrovite forces launched a raid into Ryzhivka in NE Sumy, broadly viewed as a propaganda stunt. The small village is functionally connected to a village on the russian side of Tetkino, and lies on the far side of a river seperating it from the rest of UA territory. It is unlikely this will serve as a bridgehead for future RU assaults, as the village has been functionally abandoned since July of last year. Only 9 people remain in the village, the majority of which are elderly pensioners, down from a population of 700.

The number of RU recon activities along the sumy border has decreased
RU launched a glide bomb attack on a coal power plant in Sumy.

Approximately 500 people live in the small Kharkiv border village of Kozacha Lopan, which sits some 2km from the RU border.

RU advances to the NE of Kharkiv city appear to have broadly stalled, as RU launched 3 attacks towards Vovchansk, launched 12 S-300/400 ballistic missiles along this axis. Some 8 people were injured in Kharkiv city.

RU lost some 220 soldiers and 32 pieces of equipment on this axis in the last day. RU launched 8 assaults today.



Kupyansk/Lyman:

RU has contested additional territory to the SE of Kupyansk along the highway near Berestove, launching 8 assaults over the last day.

RU lost some 62 soldiers, 3 tanks, and 1 APC near Kupyansk today.

RU launched 9 assaults towards Lyman.

There was an assassination attempt on the former UA may of Kupyansk, who betrayed the city to RU during occupation. He was shot in Belgorod and is in critical condition.



Kramatorsk/Bakhmut:

RU launched 4 assaults towards Siversk.

RU launched 5 assaults near Bakhmut. RU has not yet crossed the canal separating the E districts from the city proper, despite claims of such from RU channels. RU launched some 58 assaults in this direction last week.

RU forces currently appear to control the E half of the Kanal microdistrict and are further contesting along the forest to the NW and some of the central industrial streets. RU strikes hear are heavy in the direction if Kalinina, as they seek to advance around to N of Chasiv Yar.

UA strikes continue in and around Bakhmut city, targeting long range MLRS systems.


Avdiivka/Pokrovsk:

RU continues to focus on this area, launching some 20 assaults to the W of Avdiivka.

RU further contested territory near Novo-Oleksandrivka, as they push along the highway NW of Ocherytne. UA airstrikes remain at their heaviest in this area.

RU forces advanced W of Orlivka along the river near Umanske.

Currently the UA 47th brigade is arranged against at least 3 RU brigades on this front.


Donetsk city/Occupied regions:

RU launched 20 assaults to the NW and SW of Marinka, including further contesting central Krasnohorivka and broadly assaulting from the industrial southern portion into the residential N.

RU has further gained control in Krasnohorivka, advancing further in the W residential sector following heavy bombardment

In the occupied Luhansk region, miners have not been paid their salaries since the winter


Zaporizhia/Southern Axis:

RU launched 12 assaults towards Staromaiorske and Robotyne. RU launched 523 attacks on 8 settlements, 204x with drones and 314x with artillery.

RU has recently been launching very heavy helicopter airstrikes towards Staromaiorske, near the site of UA's Eastern counteroffensive attempt.



Kherson:

RU launched 3 assaults on the UA bridgehead at Krynky.

UA has reportedly increased its operations towards Kozachi Laheri to the SW of Krynky, as RU strikes increase around the Dnipro river on vehicles.

RU attacked an ambulance evac team in a double tap strike in kherson, injuring 2 medical personnel.

A UA Yak-52 propeller training aircraft was used trying to shoot down an RU drone near Odesa, with a backseat passenger apparently using small arms.

Ukraine’s National Resistance Center has reported that the Russians have exported at least 30,000 tonnes of agricultural products from Kherson Oblast.



Odessa/Black Sea/Crimea:

RU air defense forces in Crimea have reportedly received recommendations to take their family out of Crimea following transfer of air defense systems from Crimea to Belgorod and the targeting of SAM sites in Crimea proper reducing interceptions against future UA drone strikes.

UA targeted 1 S-400 system and 2 S-300 systems.

There remains only one RU combat ship in the Black sea. There are allegations that UA targeted an RU landing ship in the Black sea overnight.

UA Nationalized the PJSC oil refinery, owned 99.6% by RU interests.


Russia:

UA drones targeted an SU-57, one of Russia's most modern aircraft often used in propaganda. There are reports of damage to 1-2 aircraft, out of about 10 total in service. They are projected to cost some $35 million USD apiece.


General:

Over the last day UA forces conducted 12 airstrikes and RU forces conducted 53 air strikes (including drones), and 69 MLRS strikes. 529 RU kamikaze drones were used.

Yesterday Ukrainian forces eliminated:

1190 x soldiers (Total 519,750 day avg 1231 last 7 days)
13x APC
10x Tank
52x Artillery (1xMLRS)
2x Air Defense
1x Aircraft
56x vehicles
28x UAV

estimated cost: $111.1 million USD

Last week (from June 3 to 9), the Russian army lost 8,620 soldiers, 100 tanks and 142 armored vehicles in the war in Ukraine.4

personnel — 8,620;
tanks - 100;
armored fighting vehicles — 142;
artillery installations — 364;
UAVs of the operational-tactical level — 271.


total estimated cost- $113.9 Million/day per last 30 days, $3.4 Billion USD over last 30 days.


Overseas:

US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron supported the use of profits from frozen Russian assets for the benefit of Ukraine.

This is stated in a joint statement published on the White House website following the meeting between Biden and Macron in Paris after the ceremony of the 80th anniversary of the landing in Normandy.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has abandoned plans to create a five-year military aid fund for Ukraine after facing opposition from Alliance members. According to a new proposal that could gain the support of NATO defence ministers when they meet in Brussels next week, Alliance members will commit to spending at least €40 billion annually on lethal and non-lethal aid for Ukraine.