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Chronology of the Russian war against Ukraine: Thursday, June 8 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[VESTI] June 8 is the 470th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .  07:00 . Kherson region. The Russians were not prepared for the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam, and therefore suffered losses in manpower, weapons and military equipment , they say in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the units of the 7th Airborne Assault Division and the 22nd Army Corps of the RF Armed Forces, there are injured, dead and missing. The Russians also lost several field depots with ammunition and provisions, vehicles and armored vehicles. In the morning, the average level of flooding in the Kherson region is 5,615 meters. Under water is 600 square kilometers, of which 32% is the right bank and 68% is the left bank. A total of 1999 people were evacuated. RF. Air defense has been operating in the Belgorod region since the morning. As a result, 2 air targets were shot down, windows were blown out in the houses, there is damage to the power lines, Governor Gladkov said. 08:00 . Dnipropetrovsk region. The Russians fired twice at the Nikopol region. With heavy artillery, they hit the Mirovskaia and Marganetskaya communities. No casualties. Kherson region. 34 times the Russians shelled the Kherson region, firing 193 shells from mortars, artillery, Gradov and UAVs. 2 shells were fired at Kherson: they hit the residential areas of the settlements of the region, without casualties. In the Kakhovka reservoir, water continues to drain - minus 1 meter per day . The destruction of the spillway dam, the earth insert between the station building and the lock continues. On June 7, 2 Russian drones, the Orlan-10 UAV and the Lancet attack UAV were destroyed, the Yug OK reported. 09:00 . Zaporozhye region. The Russian Federation carried out 148 attacks on 21 settlements in the line of fire: it attacked from UAVs, from MLRS and artillery. In Kamenskoye, a 68-year-old man received mine-explosive injuries. Donetsk region. On June 7, the Russians killed 3 residents of Ukrainsk. Another 7 people in the area were injured. Kharkov region. During the day, the Russians from artillery, mortars, tanks and rocket weapons fired at the settlements of Kharkov, Kupyansky and Chuguevsky districts. 10:00 a.m. Sumy region. At night and in the morning, the Russians shelled the Sumy region: 19 explosions were recorded. The Russians hit the territory of the Miropol community with Shahed drones: one hit the school premises (a fire broke out in an annex to the 2-story school building), the second hit a grocery store, and the third hit a non-residential building. In the Nikolaev rural community, the Shahed UAV hit the hangar and granary of an agricultural company - several units of tractor equipment were damaged. 11:00 am . Kherson region. President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Kherson region. A coordination meeting was held to eliminate the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP dam. They discussed the evacuation of the population from potential flood zones and the elimination of an emergency, as well as the prospects for restoring the region's ecosystem and the operational military situation in the zone of a man-made disaster. 12:00 . Nikolaevkskaya area. In Nikolaev, the water level has risen by 102 cm. The administrations of the districts are strengthening the lowest sections of the coastline, and, where necessary and expedient, they block the path of water to residential buildings. 13:00 . Nikolaevkskaya area. In the Nikolaev region, 1 person died as a result of flooding of territories caused by the explosion of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. This is a 53-year-old man from the village of Vasilyevka, who on June 7 refused to be evacuated. 14:00 . Kherson region. 2198 people were evacuated from the Kherson region. People are settled in hostels, those with limited mobility are taken to hospitals. From places where vehicles cannot reach, policemen and rescuers take people out on boats and with the help of Bogun special vehicles. The Russians are shelling Kherson : they are hitting the coastal areas and the central part of the city. The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported 3 victims : a woman, a policeman and a rescuer. The shelling began during the evacuation of citizens whose houses were flooded. 15:00 . Kherson region. The UN will send groups to the flooded occupied territories of the left bank to evacuate people and humanitarian aid when Russia provides them with safe passage from Ukraine and other security guarantees. It was also agreed that the organization will increase the amount of assistance for Ukrainians affected by flooding in the regions. 16:00 . Kherson region. As a result of the shelling of Kherson, 9 people were injured : 2 employees of the State Emergency Service, a policeman, a doctor and a volunteer from Germany. They are provided with medical care. 17:00 . Kherson region. 8 bodies of drowned residents were brought to the hospital from the occupied flooded Oleshki . 18:00 . The authorities of the Odessa region recommended not to visit the sea coast and beaches due to pollution of the Black Sea in the region after the tragedy at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. 18:37 . As a result of today's shelling of the Kherson region, one person was killed, 18 were injured. This was stated by the governor of the region Prokudin. 18:59 . During the day, the enemy launched 1 missile and 27 air strikes, made about 30 attacks from the MLRS on settlements. Operational summary of the General Staff for the evening of June 8. 19:31 . Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Anna Malyar reported on the fighting in the south of the country. “Fighting continues for Bolshaya Novoselovka in the Novopalovsky direction. In the Zaporozhye direction in the Orekhov region, the enemy is on active defense,” she wrote. 19:58 . As a result of today's shelling of the Kherson region, one person was killed, 18 were injured. This was announced by the governor of the region. 20:23 . In one sortie, fighters of the Army of Drones destroyed three Russian tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles and an ammunition depot, - said the head of the Mintsfira, Mikhail Fedorov. 20:51 . 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