Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of June 8, 2025.
1,121 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 4,114 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.
Operational information as of 08:00 a.m. June 8, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion.
The 1200th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.
In total, 212 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.
Yesterday, the enemy launched one missile strike on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements using 47 missiles, as well as 57 air strikes, in particular, dropping 119 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it carried out 5866 attacks, 117 of them from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 3505 kamikaze drones to strike.
The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Klimentov, Uhroidy in Sumy region; Olhivske, Hulyaipole, Malinivka, Poltavka, Mala Tokmachka, Kamianske, Orikhiv, Novoandreivka, Bilogirya in Zaporizhia region; Mykolaivka in Kherson region.
Yesterday, the aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck 13 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, three artillery systems, one command post, two ammunition depots, as well as three other important enemy facilities.
Over the past day, five clashes took place in the Kharkiv direction near Vovchansk, Krasny Pershy, Vovchanskiye Khutory and towards Kutkivka.
Four attacks by the invaders were recorded in the Kupyansk direction during the day. The Defense Forces repelled the enemy’s assault actions in the areas of the settlements of Zagryzove and Stepova Novoselivka.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 21 times. Tried to advance in the areas of the settlements of Tverdokhlibovoe, Novomykhailivka, Zelena Dolyna, Hrekivka, Kolodyazi and in the directions of Novosergiivka, Novy Mir, Olhivka, Ridkodub, Vovchy Yar, Hryhorivka, Torsky and Serebryansky forestry.
In the Siversky direction, the enemy twice attacked the positions of the Defense Forces in the direction of Serebryanka.
In the past day, eight clashes took place in the areas of Kurdyumivka, Chasovy Yar and towards Bila Hora in the Kramatorsk direction.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 16 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Shcherbynivka, Diliivka, Kleban-Byk, Toretsk and towards Oleksandro-Kalynovy, Rusyny Yar, Stepanivka and Yablunivka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 77 attacks by the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Kotlyarivka, Nova Poltavka, Yelizavetivka, Lysivka, Pokrovsk, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Novooleksandrivka, Horikhove, Nadiivka, Novoukrainka, Andriivka and in the directions of the settlements of Malinivka, Myrolyubivka, Poltavka, Promin, Muravka, Oleksiivka.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 24 enemy assaults near the settlements of Konstantinopol, Zaporizhzhia, Komar, Novopol, Zelene Pole, Shevchenko, Vilne Pole, in the direction of Dachny, and Bahatyr.
The enemy attacked the positions of our defenders five times near Malinivka and towards Poltavka in the Hulyaipol direction.
In the Orikhiv direction, in the Pyatikhatki area and in the Pavlovka area, the invaders carried out two futile attacks on the positions of our defenders.
In the Prydniprovskie direction, the Russian occupiers attacked once unsuccessfully, trying to get closer to the positions of our defenders.
In the Kursk direction over the past day, our soldiers repelled 39 enemy attacks. The enemy carried out 161 artillery attacks, four of them from multiple launch rocket systems. It also carried out seven air strikes, during which it dropped 15 guided bombs.
In the Volyn and Polesie directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
Ukrainian soldiers are inflicting significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces, actively undermining the offensive potential of the aggressor in the rear.
In total, over the past day, the losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 1,120 soldiers. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized 15 tanks, 52 armored combat vehicles, 56 artillery systems, four multiple launch rocket systems, an air defense system, a helicopter, 300 operational-tactical-level unmanned aerial vehicles, 37 missiles, 166 vehicles and one unit of special equipment of the occupiers.
