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Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of June 11

Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of June 11 Photo: The General Staff reported the frontline update (Vitalii Nosach / RBC-Ukraine)
Author: Oleh Velhan

As of 10:00 PM Kyiv time on June 11, a total of 195 combat engagements took place on the frontline over the day. The most intense fighting occurred simultaneously in five directions, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russian attacks

Over the past 24 hours, Russia launched 1 missile strike and 57 airstrikes, using 2 missiles and dropping 80 guided aerial bombs (KABs). Russian forces also carried out 1,292 kamikaze drone attacks and shelled Ukrainian troop positions 4,671 times.

Frontline updates

In the Kharkiv direction, Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian attack near Okhrimivka.

In the Kupiansk direction, Russian troops launched 11 attacks near Stepova Novoselivka, Zahryzove, and in the direction of Pishchane. Three combat engagements are ongoing.

In the Lyman direction, Russian forces stormed Ukrainian positions 20 times near the settlements of Nadiia, Karpivka, Ridkodub, Yampolivka, Bilohorivka, and toward the areas of Olhivka, Stepove, Hrekivka, Novyi Myr, Andriivka, Zelena Dolyna, and Torske. Fighting continues at five locations.

In the Siversk direction, Ukrainian troops repelled three assault attempts. Russian units tried to advance toward Hryhorivka and Verkhniokamianske.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the Defense Forces stopped four enemy attacks. Russian troops attempted to advance toward Stupochky and Bila Hora. One combat engagement remains ongoing.

In the Toretsk direction, Russian forces launched 20 assaults on Ukrainian positions near Diliivka, Toretsk, and Yablunivka. Ukrainian defenders held off the attacks, repelling 16 assaults; four engagements are still underway.

In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy launched 58 assaults. The most intense fighting was reported near the settlements of Malynivka, Myroliubivka, Yelyzavetivka, Lysivka, Novoukrainka, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novosergiivka, Orikhove, Andriivka, and toward Poltavka, Oleksiivka, and Muravka. Three combat engagements continue.

"Preliminary estimates indicate that in this direction, our forces eliminated 139 and wounded 135 enemy troops, and destroyed a tank, an armored vehicle, four cars, 21 motorcycles, 10 drones, five electronic warfare (EW) systems, an EW antenna, two communication antennas, a UAV control antenna, and a Starlink terminal. Additionally, 11 motorcycles, four artillery guns, and two more communication antennas were damaged," the report reads.

In the Novopavlivka direction, Russian troops attempted 31 breakthroughs near the settlements of Kostiantynopil, Bahatyr, Odradne, Komar, Novosilka, Vilne Pole, Shevchenko, and toward Zaporizke, Myrne, and Zaporizhzhia. Battles are ongoing in five areas.

In the Huliaipole direction, near Malynivka, Ukrainian defenders repelled three attacks, while another enemy assault is still underway.

In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy launched an assault toward Pavlivka but failed to advance.

In the Prydniprovskyi direction, Russian troops carried out a failed assault on Ukrainian positions.

In the Kursk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled 21 attacks, with four combat engagements still ongoing. Russian forces also conducted 11 airstrikes, dropping 22 KABs, and fired 230 artillery shells at Ukrainian positions and settlements, including six barrages from multiple rocket launch systems.

No significant changes were reported in other directions.

Russia nears one million dead troops

As of June 11, Russian forces lost another 1,120 soldiers in combat against Ukraine. Total Russian personnel losses since the beginning of the full-scale invasion have now exceeded 999,000.

Additionally, over the past day (June 10–11), Ukrainian forces destroyed 34 artillery systems, 240 drones, and 124 vehicles.