Ukraine Invasion Day 1,566: intermediate-range strike campaign succeeding against RU supply lines in occupied areas

Key Takeaways The Russian military command is reportedly withdrawing forces from the Kinburn Spit in Mykolaiv Oblast as Ukraine’s intermediate-range strike campaign against Russian supply lines in occupied Ukraine is rendering defenses in the area increasingly untenable. * The Kremlin continues to reject peace negotiations with Ukraine despite recent repeated Ukrainian offers for direct negotiations. * NATO forces downed a drone over Latvia for the first time on June 8 after Russian electronic warfare (EW) systems diverted it into Latvian airspace. * Russian forces launched 155 drones against Ukraine overnight Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of June 7 to 8. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 155 Shahed-type, Gerbera-type, and Italmas-type strike drones; Banderol-type loitering munitions; and Parodiya-type decoy drones from the directions of Bryansk, Kursk, and Oryol cities; Millerovo, Rostov Oblast; Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai; and occupied Hvardiiske, Crimea.[74] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 124 drones, that 20 drones struck 17 locations, and that debris fell on six locations. Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces struck residential, industrial, agricultural, energy, and transportation infrastructure in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv oblasts.[75] DTEK, Ukraine’s largest energy company, reported on June 8 that Russian forces struck four DTEK energy facilities in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast between June 6 and 8 and that the strike on the night of June 7 to 8 left more than 30,000 consumers without power.[76] Ukraine’s air defenses downed or suppressed 124 of 155 Russian drones launched overnight, including Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas, Banderol and Parodiya types. Impacts were recorded at 17 locations, with debris falling at 6 others. Ukrainian forces continued long-range drone strikes against energy infrastructure in Russia on the night of June 7 to 8. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that a Ukrainian strike started a fire at the Grushovaya oil terminal (just east of Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai and roughly 350 kilometers from the frontline).[16] The Ukrainian General Staff noted that the oil terminal is part of the Sheskharis transshipment system, the end point of the main oil pipelines in southern Russia, and that the oil terminal receives, accumulates, stores, and ships oil products through the Novorossiysk seaport. Geolocated footage published on June 7 and 8 shows fires near the Grushovaya oil terminal, and NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) data from June 8 shows heat anomalies at the oil terminal.[17] The Krasnodar Krai Operational Headquarters acknowledged on June 8 that a drone strike caused a fire at a transshipment facility in Novorossiysk.[18] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces also struck and started a fire at the Krasnyy Yar linear production and dispatching station in Krasnyy Yar, Volgograd Oblast (roughly 350 kilometers from the international border), a part of the oil supply routes to the Volgograd Oil Refinery and the Sheskharis export terminal.[19] Volgograd Oblast Governor Andrei Bocharov claimed that falling drone debris started a fire at the linear production and dispatch service building in Zhirnovsky Raion, which is where Krasnyy Yar is located.[20] The Ukrainian General Staff confirmed that the June 6 Ukrainian strike against the Ust-Labinsk oil depot in Krasnodar Krai damaged the automobile loading and unloading overpass, fuel tanks, and two tanks with fuel and lubricants.[21] Ukrainian forces continue to strike military assets, including air defense elements and locomotives, in Russia. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian radar station near Kabardinka, Krasnodar Krai (just southeast of Novorossiysk), a Russian drone control point near Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Kursk Oblast (roughly eight kilometers from the international border), and a Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) command post near Volokonovka, Belgorod Oblast (roughly 22 kilometers from the international border).[22] Geolocated footage published on June 7 confirms the strike against a radar station near Kabardinka.[23] A Ukrainian regiment reported on June 7 that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian locomotive that transports military cargo near Pantusov, Belgorod Oblast (roughly 40 kilometers from the international border).[24] Geolocated footage published on June 7 confirms the strike west of Pantusov.[25] Geolocated footage published on June 8 shows a drone strike against the Protasovo Airfield (roughly 470 kilometers from the international border) near Ryazan City.[26] Russian opposition source Astra noted that the airfield is home to the Protos Ryazan Research and Production Center, a drone development, production, and training facility.[27] General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Operational update as of 10:00 PM on June 7, 2026, regarding the repulsion of the Russian invasion Since the start of this day, 196 combat engagements have been recorded on the front lines. During the day, the aggressor carried out 50 airstrikes, using 148 guided bombs. Additionally, to fire upon our positions and nearby settlements, the invaders deployed 6,242 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,338 attacks using various types of weaponry. In the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, one combat engagement took place; the enemy carried out one airstrike using one guided bomb, conducted 64 shelling attacks on settlements and our troops’ positions, five of which involved the use of multiple launch rocket systems. In the Southern Slobozhansky direction, the occupiers stormed our units’ defensive lines five times near Vovchanski Khutory and in the direction of Okhrimivka. Three combat engagements are ongoing. In the Kupiansk direction, the invaders attacked the positions of the Defense Forces once in the direction of the settlement of Hlushevka. In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian soldiers successfully repelled 15 enemy attempts to advance in the areas of Novoselivka, Drobysheve, Stavky, Dibrova, and in the direction of Shyikivka and Lyman. Another combat engagement remains active. In the Sloviansk direction, the Defense Forces completely repelled eight attempts by the invaders to break through near Zakitne, Riznykivka, and toward the settlements of Kryva Luka and Rai-Oleksandrivka. Two more combat engagements are ongoing. In the Kramatorsk sector, our defenders repelled one offensive by the occupying forces in the direction of Tykhonivka. Defense forces in the Kostiantynivka sector successfully repelled 15 enemy assaults in the areas of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopil, Pleshchiivka, Rusynove Yar, and Illinivka. In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy carried out 26 attacks. The occupiers attempted to break through our defenses in the areas of the settlements of Nikanorivka, Rodynske, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, and Udachne, as well as toward the settlements of Novyi Donbas, Novooleksandrivka, Shevchenko, Bilytske, Serhiivka, and Novopavlivka. Three combat engagements are still ongoing here. According to preliminary data, 40 occupiers were eliminated and another 13 were wounded in this sector today. Our troops neutralized one electronic warfare system, one vehicle, four pieces of specialized equipment, and two enemy ammunition depots. One tank, two vehicles, three artillery pieces, and 11 enemy personnel shelters were also damaged. Additionally, 274 enemy drones of various types were destroyed or neutralized by electronic warfare systems. In the Oleksandrivka sector, the occupiers attempted to advance five times in the areas of Ternove, Vorone, and toward Dobropillia. Two combat engagements are still ongoing there. In the Huliaipole sector, 28 attacks by the occupiers were recorded near the settlements of Rybne, Varvarivka, Zaliznychne, and toward Novoselivka, Dobropillia, Vozdvyzhivka, Tsvitkove, Staroukrainka, Huliaipole, and Charivne; three combat engagements are ongoing. The enemy did not launch any offensive operations in the Orikhiv and Dnipro sectors. In other sectors of the front, the situation remains under control; there have been no significant changes in the operational situation. Let’s defeat the enemy and bring our Victory closer! Glory to Ukraine! Ukraine’s expanding intermediate-range strike campaign against Russian GLOCs in occupied southern and eastern Ukraine appears to be generating battlefield effects, which will likely continue to mature in the near future. Crimea-based Ukrainian partisan group Atesh reported on June 8 that one of its agents in the headquarters of the Russian Dnepr Group of Forces reported that elements of the Russian 337th Airborne (VDV) Regiment (104th VDV Division) are abandoning their positions on the northern and western parts of the Kinburn Spit due to “completely disrupted” supplies. The agent reported that ammunition, fuel, and food deliveries have stopped, that Russian forces on the spit have been unable to repel Ukrainian drone strikes, and that Russian losses have been growing. The agent reported that the Russian military command has begun redeploying an unspecified number of troops from the 337th VDV Regiment to an unspecified part of the “Zaporizhia sector” (possibly referring to the Orikhiv or Hulyaipole directions), but that the remaining elements on the Kinburn Spit are “virtually depleted” due to the lack of replenishment and can no longer defend the spit. Ukrainian Southern Defense Forces Spokesperson Colonel Vladyslav Voloshyn stated on June 8 that he could neither confirm nor deny the Atesh report but stated that Ukrainian forces are conducting operations to establish fire control over Russian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) in occupied Kherson Oblast so Russian withdrawals from the Kinburn Spit are possible. Russian forces have previously used their limited positions on the Kinburn Spit to conduct artillery strikes against Ochakiv, Mykolaiv Oblast (four kilometers from the tip of the spit across the Dniprovska Gulf). The Russian military command is reportedly withdrawing forces from the Kinburn Spit in Mykolaiv Oblast as Ukraine’s intermediate-range strike campaign against Russian supply lines in occupied Ukraine is rendering defenses in the area increasingly untenable. Crimea-based Ukrainian partisan group Atesh reported on June 8 that one of its agents in the headquarters of the Russian Dnepr Group of Forces reported that elements of the Russian 337th Airborne (VDV) Regiment (104th VDV Division) are abandoning their positions on the northern and western parts of the Kinburn Spit due to “completely disrupted” supplies.[1] The agent reported that ammunition, fuel, and food deliveries have stopped, that Russian forces on the spit have been unable to repel Ukrainian drone strikes, and that Russian losses have been growing. The agent reported that the Russian military command has begun redeploying an unspecified number of troops from the 337th VDV Regiment to an unspecified part of the “Zaporizhia sector” (possibly referring to the Orikhiv or Hulyaipole directions), but that the remaining elements on the Kinburn Spit are “virtually depleted” due to the lack of replenishment and can no longer defend the spit. Ukrainian Southern Defense Forces Spokesperson Colonel Vladyslav Voloshyn stated on June 8 that he could neither confirm nor deny the Atesh report but stated that Ukrainian forces are conducting operations to establish fire control over Russian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) in occupied Kherson Oblast so Russian withdrawals from the Kinburn Spit are possible.[2] Ukraine’s expanding intermediate-range strike campaign against Russian GLOCs in occupied southern and eastern Ukraine appears to be generating battlefield effects, which will likely continue to mature in the near future.[3] Russian forces have previously used their limited positions on the Kinburn Spit to conduct artillery strikes against Ochakiv, Mykolaiv Oblast (four kilometers from the tip of the spit across the Dniprovska Gulf).[4]