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Russo-Ukraine War - 08 June 2024 - Day 836

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On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

The UK Ministry of Defence reported that analysis of imagery has identified the installation of eight barges on the southern side of the Kerch Bridge. Installation had begun by 10 May 24 and was completed by 22 May 24.

These barges were placed by Russian forces in an attempt to defend the bridge and shipping channel, reducing the angles of approach for Ukrainian Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV).

Previously installed barriers have been damaged by storms, reducing their effectiveness.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that 76 combat clashes have taken place so far. During the current day, Russian zagarbniki carried out 44 aviation strikes on the territory of Ukraine with the use of 52 CABs, carried out 481 kamikadze drone. Russians carried out more than 2,800 shelling on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements using different types of weapons. Ukrainian soldiers continue to give a break to the offensive actions of Russian occupiers.

In the Kharkiv direction from the beginning of the day, four Russian attacks in the areas of Liptsiv, Glibokoye and Vovchansk.
Eight attacks of Russian invaders in the areas of populated areas of Sinkivka, Pishchnya, Andriyivka, Grekivka and Makiyivka were repelled in the Kupiansky direction. The situation is tense - the battle near Nevsky continues. Defense forces are taking measures to stabilize the situation.
For today in the direction of Russian forces lost 87 people killed and wounded, destroyed a combat armored vehicle, car and anti-tank missile complex.
In the Lyman direction, Russian forces tried seven times to advance in the direction of settlements Nevske, Terni, Ivanivka, Torske and Dibrova. Six attacks repelled, the battle is ongoing in the Ivanivka area. The situation is controlled, the loss of Ukrainian positions is not allowed.
In the Kramators Наkomu direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped three Russian attempts to push out Ukrainian soldiers in the areas of Chasovoye Yar, Ivanivsky and Andriyivka. At the same time, the situation near Ivanivsky remains tense - the battle is ongoing.
In the pokrovsky direction, Ukrainian grouping repelled 27 attacks of the occupiers. Twenty Russian assault attempts in the areas of Novooleksandrivka, Evgenivka, Sokola, Novopokrovskog, Novoselívka First and Jasnobrodívka repelled. Seven more Russian attacks are ongoing. The situation has escalated. In particular, the zagarbniki continue to try to break through on the side of očheretynogo on evgenívka and novooleksandrivka. Defense forces are taking measures to prevent the Russian enemy from advancing deep into Ukrainian territory.
In the rest of the directions, there were no significant changes in the environment.

Ukrainian defenders give a fiery impression, exhausting invaders across the line of combat confrontation. Yes, Ukrainian Air Force and Missile and Artillery units today inspected 21 personnel and military equipment concentration areas, control point, four PPOs, REB station and three Russian occupant radiolocation stations.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that units of the Sever Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of the AFU 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade and 125th Territorial Defence Brigade near Granov and Konstantinovka (Kharkov region).

Six counter-attacks of the AFU 42nd Mechanised Brigade, 71st Jaeger Brigade, 82nd Air Assault Brigade, and 13th National Guard Brigade were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 180 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, and two Bukovel-AD electronic warfare stations.

Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 14th, 63rd, 116th mechanised brigades, and 117th Territorial Defence Brigade near Sinkovka, Petropavlovka (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka and Chevonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).

Three attacks of the enemy's assault detachments were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 495 Ukrainian troops, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, three motor vehicles, four U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzers, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.

Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 24th, 30th, 41st, 93rd, 115th mechanised brigades, 5th Assault Brigade, and 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade near Zalyznyanskoye, Grigorovka, Kalinin, Chasov Yar, and Krasnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to more than 400 Ukrainian troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 howitzer.

Two AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 23rd, 24th mechanised brigades, and 68th Jaeger Brigade near Yevgenovka, Semyonovka, and Umanskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

Five counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 47th, 110th, and 118th mechanised brigades were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 340 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one 155-mm M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, one 152-mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, and three 122-mm D-30 howitzers.

Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade near Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 135 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, and one 122-mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.

Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 121st Territorial Defence Brigade and 23rd National Guard Brigade near Nikopol and Maryevka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, one UK-made 155-mm AS-90 Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, and two 152-mm D-20 howitzers.

Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 104 areas during the day.

Units of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed five uncrewed surface vehicles.

Air defence units shot down one Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force.

In addition, four ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, seven HIMARS and Olkha MLRS projectiles, one Neptune anti-ship missile, and 71 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed.

In total, 610 airplanes and 275 helicopters, 25,397 unmanned aerial vehicles, 528 air defence missile systems, 16,294 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,330 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 10,208 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 22,355 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.