New Russian strikes targeted Ukraine on the night of Thursday 8 to Friday 9 June. At least eight people were injured in Uman, in the center of the country, according to local authorities. This city had not been targeted since April 28, notes the media RBK Ukraine. In the Zhytomyr region of Zviahel, a missile was shot down by air defense, but the debris destroyed one house and damaged a dozen others. At least one person died and three were injured. Follow our live.
Zelensky hails the “results” achieved in the Donetsk region. “The fighting is very tough”, conceded the Ukrainian president Thursday during his daily address. “We are getting results and I am grateful to those who achieve them. Well done in Bakhmout. Step by step”he explained.
Six dead on both sides of the Dnipro. Ukrainian and Russian authorities have recorded six deaths after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. An area of over 600 square kilometers was flooded, according to the Kherson region governor, both on the Ukrainian-controlled right bank of the river and on the Russian-occupied left bank.
Evacuations continue. Buses and trains take turns to move the affected populations in the south of the country. According to Ukrainian emergency services, 1,995 people were evacuated, including 103 children. Many others fled on their own. On the Russian side, 4,500 people “have already been evacuated”according to the occupation authorities on Thursday.
The international community condemns the “attacks” on the evacuations. “We strongly condemn the shelling of evacuation areas and call on the Russian authorities to cease such attacks to allow evacuation teams to help the affected populations unhindered,” Ukrainian Ambassador to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya told reporters on Thursday. He was surrounded by his counterparts from several members of the Security Council (United States, France, United Kingdom, Japan).