Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of June 8
Photo: Ukrainian military continue to hold back enemy advance (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
As of 4:00 PM Kyiv time on June 8, there were 75 combat clashes along the front line during the day. The heaviest fighting took place in the Kursk and Pokrovsk directions, informs the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Enemy shelling
Border settlements continue to suffer shelling from Russian territory, including:
- Hirsk in the Chernihiv region;
- Kucherivka, Velyka Pysarivka, Hirky, Petrushivka, Myropilske, Uhroidy, Porozok, Tymofiivka, Prokhody, Turiya, Bila Bereza, Novodymytrivka, and Bobylivka in the Sumy region.
Frontline situation
In the Kharkiv direction, Russian forces carried out an airstrike near the settlement of Slatyne.
In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy attempted four times to break through the Ukrainian forces' lines near Stepova Novoselivka. One battle is ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, Russian forces launched nine attacks near Hrekivka, Novyi Myr, Ridkodub, Zelena Dolyna, and toward Cherneshchyna and Torske. Three clashes continue.
In the Kramatorsk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled three enemy attempts to advance toward Bila Hora.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked eight times near Dachne, Dyliivka, Toretsk, and toward Yablunivka. One battle is still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, since the start of the day, the enemy made 25 attempts to push our defenders from their positions near Myroliubivka, Malynivka, Yelyzavetivka, Lysivka, Zvirove, Udachne, Horikhove, and toward Myrne, Mykolaivka, Novoserhiivka, Oleksiivka. Ukrainian forces held the line and repelled 24 attacks. One battle is ongoing.
In the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian forces repelled seven enemy attacks near Bahatyr, Odradne, Rivnopil, Vilne Pole, and toward Zaporizhzhia, Voskresenka, and Shevchenko. One battle continues. An airstrike hit the settlement of Olhivske.
In the Huliaipole direction, Ukrainian forces successfully stopped two Russian attempts to advance near Malynivka. Another battle is ongoing. Russian forces also conducted airstrikes on Huliaipole, Malynivka, and Zaliznychne.
In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian forces stopped two enemy assaults. The enemy tried to advance toward Novoandriivka and Pavlivka.
In the Prydniprovskyi direction, the enemy made two attempts to advance but failed.
In Russia's Kursk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled 11 enemy attacks. Since the start of the day, Russian forces have conducted 15 airstrikes. They dropped a total of 28 guided bombs on Ukrainian forces' positions and settlements. Russians also carried out 106 artillery shellings.
On other front lines, the situation remained largely unchanged.
Russian losses in the war in Ukraine
From June 7 to June 8, Russian forces lost an additional 1,120 soldiers in battles against Ukraine. Since the full-scale invasion began, the enemy's losses have exceeded 996,000 troops.
In the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed one aircraft, 42 artillery systems, and 146 enemy vehicles.
