Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,199

On Saturday, June 7, 2018, this is how things are going.

Fighting

In a missile and drone attack on Kyiv, the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, claimed three of the victims were emergency responders who were killed, and another 80 people were hurt nationwide.
In Chernihiv, in northern Ukraine, two people were killed, and Lutsk, in the city’s northwestern region, one more.
One of the largest numbers ever recorded in a single attack, according to the Ukrainian air force, which included 45 cruise and ballistic missiles.
In addition to striking at least three fuel reservoirs, the Ukrainian military announced overnight that it had launched a preemptive strike against the Engels and Dyagilevo airfields in Saratov and Ryazan, Russia.

Andrii Sybiha, the country’s foreign minister, claimed that Russia “reacted” to Kyiv’s audacious drone attack, which targeted Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure by attacking Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure.
In response to what it called Ukrainian “terrorist acts,” Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed that its forces had carried out the strikes, which targeted military and military-related targets.
Russian replacement bombers, which were hit by Ukrainian drone strikes on Siberia, will take years, according to experts from the Western military aviation community.
A man was killed trying to launch a drone attack on a military installation in the southeast of Moscow, according to the Russian National Guard.
Russian air defense units intercepted and detonated 82 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory, including the Moscow region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry early on Saturday.

Six drones headed for Moscow were destroyed or downed, according to Moscow’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, 174 Ukrainian drones were shot down over 13 different regions by air defenses overall. Over the Black Sea, three Ukrainian Neptune missiles were also shot down.
According to regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, a locomotive train was derailed in the Belgorod region of Russia after the track was destroyed.

Merz claimed that President Trump’s “resounding no” to a question about US plans to leave NATO had given him some comfort.

Trump might have believed his own statements, according to Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Kremlin. However, according to Peskov, the conflict in Ukraine was “existential.”
According to Peskov, “for us, it is an existential issue, an issue that affects our national interest, safety, our future, our children’s future, and our country,” he said to reporters.
Russia has requested mediation with Moscow and Washington regarding the use of US nuclear fuel stored at the Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is under Russian control.
Russian nuclear energy chief Alexei Likhachev said that Russia was willing to either use the fuel, which was provided by US company Westinghouse, or to completely remove it and return it to the US.

President Trump claimed that the US Senate is considering whether to impose sanctions on Russia.

The Russian central bank made a surprise cut in the country’s key interest rate by reducing it by a full percentage point, which it justified by pointing to a stronger rouble and a declining inflation pressure. The bank, which has been under pressure from business leaders and senior government officials, began cutting rates after it eased its balance since September 2022.

Source: Aljazeera