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Russo-Ukraine War - 08 June 2025 - Day 1201

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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 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that since the beginning of this day, there have been 144 combat clashes.

Russian zagarbniki made one rocket and 60 aviation strikes using 1 rocket and 91 cab. In addition, the Russian enemy used 1252 kamikaze drones and carried out 4246 shelling positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

In the Kharkiv direction of combat clashes were not recorded.
In the Kupyansky direction, the Russian enemy four times tried to break through the defense of Ukrainian defenders in the area of Stepova Novoselivka and Zagrizovoye, unsuccessful.
15 clashes were recorded in the Lyman direction during the day near the settlements of Grekivka, New Mir, Ridkodub, Green Valley and in the direction of Cherneshchyna, Torsky, Serebryansk.
In the Sívers ціїkomu direction throughout the day, Russian forces made four assaults at the position of Ukrainian units near Grigorivka, Verkhnyokamâns верkogo and Viiyimka.
In the Kramators чиkomu direction, five Russian attempts to advance in the direction of the White Mountain, Predtechniny and in the Kurdyumivka area were recorded.
In the Torec бkomu direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled nine attacks near Dachnyo, Dilíivka, Torec реko and towards Yablunívka. The six clashes are still going on.
In the Pokrovsky direction, Russian forces tried 41 times to break through the defense in the areas of settlements Mirolyubivka, Malinivka, Elizabethtivka, Lisivka, Zvirove, Udaachne, Gorikhove, Andriyivka and in the direction of Mirny, Mykolaivka, Novosergiyivka, Oleksiyivka. Defense forces repelled 38 attacks, three more combat clashes are ongoing.
Only in this direction Ukrainian warriors zneszkodili 157 Russian occupiers, 99 of them - irrevocably. Destroyed nine cars, six motorcycles, 12 bpla, four communication antennas and damaged one motorcycle of the Russian occupiers.
In the Novopavlovsky direction, Ukrainian units are holding back attacks of Russian occupation troops near the settlements of Bagatyr, Odradne, Rivnopil, Novosilka, Novopil Free Field and in the direction of Zaporizhia , Voskresdenki and Shevchenko. Today, there have been 19 clashes in this direction, six of which continue so far.
In the direction of the defense forces successfully stopped two Russian attempts to advance near Malinivka. The fights don't subside yet.
In the Orihívs суkomu direction, Ukrainian defenders three times stopped the advancement of Russian troops towards Novoandriivka.
In the direction of the Pridniprovsk, Russian forces made two futile attacks.
In the Kurs мкуkomu direction Ukrainian warriors fought off 27 attacks, two combat clashes are still ongoing.
In other directions, the situation has not changed significantly.