Speech by the President at the Ukraine – Southeast Europe Summit

11 June 2025 – 19:12

Welcome everybody!

So, dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, I sincerely thank each of you for being here today in Odesa. And thank you that we started your visit to our summit from a very heroic place where we can see our heroic people and our patriots from Odesa. Thank you very much for this moment.

Odesa is a very important city for all of us and not just a symbol of southern Ukraine; it’s a crossroads between Northern and Southern Europe, between the Balkans and the Caucasus, and between European stability and the threats to undermine it. Odesa has always been a gateway and today stands as a gateway to our shared security.

The security of Southeastern Europe and the Black Sea is indivisible. And this has been obvious to Ukraine since 2014 and became clear to the entire continent in 2022. Yet, even today, we are compelled to fight not only for our country but to ensure this reality becomes the cornerstone of a new regional policy.

And I am pleased to welcome the following leaders here today in Odesa: Presidents of Moldova, Maia Sandu; Montenegro, Jakov Milatović; Romania, Nicușor Dan; Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić; Prime Ministers of Bulgaria, Rossen Jeliazkov; Croatia, Andrej Plenković; and the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis; and the Speaker of the Parliament of Albania, Elisa Spiropali; and First Deputy President of the Government and Minister of Environment and Physical Planning of North Macedonia, Izet Mexhiti; and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovenia, Tanja Fajon.

Our today’s agenda will cover the following issues: regional security, resilience to hybrid threats, bolstering trade and transport networks, energy security, demining, post-war reconstruction, rehabilitation, health improvement, and support of military personnel, children and veterans.

Dear friends, dear leaders,

I’m glad to welcome you to our very beautiful city, to Odesa, again, and we continue our regular meetings with the countries of Southeastern Europe.

Sadly, our region is one of Russia’s main targets – main targets for causing chaos. We’ve seen this before – across the Balkans, where Russia fueled ethnic tensions, sabotage, and even coup attempts. We’ve witnessed attempts to manipulate public opinion in Romania, with Moscow’s involvement. And for three decades now, Russia has tried to keep Moldova in poverty and instability, to bring it fully under its control. If Europe loses in Moldova this year, it will embolden Russia to interfere even more in your countries – taking from you your resources, your sovereignty, even your history. That’s why supporting a European Moldova – not pro-Russian or oligarchic forces – is a critical task for all of us. And the same goes for Ukraine. Moscow doesn’t see Ukraine as a country, just as a pile of resources and a military staging ground for its next invasions. We all in the region are dealing with the same source of destruction.

Today, I suggest we focus – and especially I will focus –  on three things: defense, unity, and real development.

You can all see – Putin does not want to end this war. He believes that as long as he can fight and dominate his neighbors, he stays politically alive. But no matter what he believes, our job is to force Russia into a position where they must seek peace and political survival by non-military means. This is absolutely possible.

Defense support for Ukraine. We need it to protect our cities and villages from Russian attacks, and to make Russia feel the real cost of war at home. Air defense systems and drones are crucial. Another key tool is, of course, sanctions. Your support for joint EU sanctions decisions is vital. The EU announced its 18th sanctions package. It can be stronger, especially in targeting Russian oil tankers and its financial sector. And on the oil price cap – a cap of $45 is better than $60. Anyway, it’s understandable. It’s true. But real peace comes with a $30 cap – that’s the level that will truly change thinking in Moscow.

Next point.

We all share the same interest in EU enlargement and the strength of NATO. The EU gives Europe the power to compete globally. Without it, European nations could be overwhelmed by other big global players. That’s why we must support each other – those of you moving toward the EU, and Ukraine in its membership talks. This year, Ukraine needs a clear decision on the negotiating clusters. We’ve met every condition. Blocking progress now only wastes time for all of Europe. All our nations count and deserve fair enlargement. The same applies to NATO. Yes, Europe has to do more for its own defense. But everyone in the United States should remember – twice before, destabilization in Europe dragged American soldiers into devastating wars. That’s why it’s so important for America to stay engaged in European security. NATO holds the security structure of Europe together. And every European country has the right to choose its own security path. The upcoming NATO Summit must confirm that.

Just as the EU and NATO are essential, so is our cooperation in infrastructure. Transport routes, energy, communications, digital systems – we need to show people clear annual progress in all these areas.

Russia’s war and its blockade of Ukrainian ports showed us how vital alternative routes through neighboring countries are. We already have those alternatives thanks to you, of course, dear guests. And every country should have the same readiness for any crisis.

And finally, again, we’re here in our beautiful city, in Odesa. This beautiful city is a target for Russia. It wants to destroy it like it did countless cities and villages in occupied territories. Russian war plans point to this region – Odesa, and then toward the borders with Moldova and Romania. Of course, we need protection now. But even more, we need long-term guarantees that this can never happen again. That’s why I’m asking all of you to treat security guarantees after this war as a practical need. From air defense to cyber threats – we need real tools for deterrence and rapid response. Let’s look at our agreements, armies, and infrastructure – and strengthen everything that keeps our nations safe.

Thank you again for coming. Thank you very much.

Glory to Ukraine!

Georgia:

Just one day in Georgia, and it’s not even evening in Tbilisi:

The first thing we learned upon waking was that Temur Katamadze, a Turkish citizen of Georgian descent, was forcibly expelled to Turkey overnight, unable to notify anyone or even say goodbye to his wife. 1/

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— Anna Gvarishvili (@annagvarish.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM

Katamadze, 56, who lived in Georgia since 2012 and sought citizenship, gained attention during ongoing anti-government, pro-EU protests. Known as “Batumi’s flag bearer” for proudly waving a Georgian flag at daily rallies in the coastal city, he became a symbol of resistance. 2/

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— Anna Gvarishvili (@annagvarish.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM

He was arrested on January 11 for allegedly disobeying police and again on January 16 for what officials claimed was illegal residence. Katamadze endured a 48-day hunger strike in detention. 3/

— Anna Gvarishvili (@annagvarish.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM

GD’s Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze said the expulsion was carried out “with force” and “in accordance with Georgian legislation,” citing a court order. In April, the Tbilisi Court of Appeals denied Katamadze refugee or humanitarian status. 4/

— Anna Gvarishvili (@annagvarish.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM

Meanwhile, half of GD’s leadership, including Ivanishvili’s PM, his MFA, Tbilisi Mayor, and several MPs, attended a lavish “opening” of the Georgian consulate in Milan. HOWEVER, the consulate has been operating since November 2023. 5/

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— Anna Gvarishvili (@annagvarish.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM

The British embassy in Tbilisi announced it canceled grants for civil society aimed at voter education and election monitoring for the upcoming municipal elections. The GD failed to finalize a decree for grant approvals, leaving no mechanism or timeline for decisions. 6/

— Anna Gvarishvili (@annagvarish.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM

A criminal case was launched against activist Nino Datashvili over an incident at Tbilisi City Court during a sham hearing for regime prisoners. The regime claims Datashvili attacked a court security employee. 7/

— Anna Gvarishvili (@annagvarish.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM

Last week, GD slapped activists with a lawsuit for using insulting language against them on social media. Today, numerous activists and politicians got called in for questioning.

The terror in Georgia grows every single day. 8/END

— Anna Gvarishvili (@annagvarish.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM

2/ The head of the Social Justice Center (SJC), Tamta Mikeladze, wrote on social media that Katamadze was deported to Turkey last night.

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM

2/ “The deadline for voluntary departure expired yesterday, and he couldn’t use that right because he did not have a valid document — the Turkish side had revoked his passport in 2020. It was also not possible to issue a one-time travel document”.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM

3/ “This morning, a friend of ours living in Turkey, with whom I am in constant contact, informed me. The police had contacted him at Temur’s request and informed him that he is now on Turkish territory”.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM

4/ “He is in the city of Ardahan and will be transferred to the city of Ordu, where the absurd case against him has been launched and where questioning and investigation will begin,” Katamadze’s wife, Nino Kakulia, said on air with Formula TV.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM

5/ Temur Katamadze is a descendant of Georgian Muslims who were exiled to the Ottoman Empire by the Russian Empire in the 19th century. He has been living in Georgia since 2012 but has not been granted citizenship despite repeated attempts.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM

6/ According to his family, in Turkey Katamadze faces imprisonment, as turkish authorities consider him a member of FETO, the movement led by Fethullah Gülen, which is designated as a terrorist organisation in Turkey.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM

The UK:

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced that Ukraine will receive nearly £1.7 billion from the United Kingdom for additional weapons purchases, including Rapid Ranger air defense missile systems and Martlet lightweight missiles.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM

The US:

Bipartisan House Members Urge Secretary Rubio to Save Program Tracking Kidnapped Ukrainian Children
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— Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM

They simply do not care.

McConnell: “Who’s the aggressor and who’s the victim in the conflict?”

Hegseth: “Russia is the aggressor.”

McConnell: “Which side do you want to win?”

Hegseth: “This president is committed to peace.”

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— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) June 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM

He’s committed to acquiring a piece of Donetsk and Luhansk. And a few slices of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson too.

What Hegseth means is that he doesn’t care if Ukraine perishes, as long as the war ends. In fact, that outcome is preferable to him because it’s fast and requires no effort from his side.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM

Moscow on the Potomac:

Having a weapon doesn’t entitle someone to murder their neighbors at will.
Possessing tanks doesn’t grant them the right to loot other people’s homes.
Operating warplanes doesn’t justify abducting children—not ours, and not yours.
Even possessing nukes doesn’t entitle them to any of the above.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM

Once we allow that line to be crossed, simply because it’s us being murdered, our homes looted, or our children abducted instead of yours, then no one will ever be safe again.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM

Gabbard is just delusional. We are not closer to nuclear annihilation than ever before. We are not closer than during the Cuban missile crisis when the cool head of the Soviet submarine fleet commander stopped a nuclear launch, nor during Able Archer 1983 when another cool headed Soviet officer recognized he signals the Soviets were intercepting were from a war game and not actual US nuclear forces beginning a strike.

Back to Ukraine.

Last night, russia turned most of its terror arsenal on Kyiv alone — 322 air threats in a 5h nonstop assault.
The Defence Forces neutralized 284, incl:
– 213 drones & 64 jammed/lost,
– 2 ballistic missiles,
– 5 cruise missiles.
Ukraine needs #SkyShieldNow and more air defences.

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— Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM

The Ukraine war shows countries don’t need a small amount of the best equipment. They need a huge quantity of less-impressive gear.

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— Business Insider (@businessinsider.com) June 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM

From Business Insider:

Ukraine’s defense industry is urging the West to abandon its longtime fixation on high-end, expensive weaponry in favor of cheaper, mass-produced arms, the kind needed to survive and win a grinding war of attrition against an adversary like Russia.

Serhiy Goncharov, the CEO of the National Association of Ukrainian Defense Industries — which represents about 100 Ukrainian companies — told Business Insider the West’s long-standing focus on fielding limited numbers of cutting-edge systems could be a serious disadvantage in a protracted conflict. Those systems are good to have, but mass is key.

The war in Ukraine shows that instead of a handful of ultraprecise, expensive weapons, countries need a massive supply of good enough firepower, Goncharov said.

He said the expensive weapons such as the US military’s M982 Excalibur guided munition (each shell costs $100,000) “don’t work” when the other side has electronic warfare systems and the kind of traditional artillery rounds that are 30 times cheaper in tremendous supply.

Goncharov pointed to the M107, a self-propelled gun that was first fielded by the US in the 1960s, as an example of inexpensive firepower that can be effective in large numbers.

“You don’t need 10 Archers from the Swedish that are probably one of the best artillery systems in the world,” he said, referring to the artillery system made by BAE Systems that was given to Ukraine by Sweden. Instead, you need 200 cheap howitzers, such as the Bohdana one that Ukraine makes.

The significant rate of ammo and equipment attrition in a fight such as this means a constant supply of weaponry is needed to keep fighting, especially when there isn’t any guarantee the high-end weapons will be the game changers promised.

Russia’s invasion has chewed through equipment. The UK Ministry of Defense said in December that Russia had lost more than 3,600 main battle tanks and almost 8,000 armored vehicles since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022.

The Russians have the mass to absorb those losses. Ukraine has struggled with weapon and ammo shortages, as well as deficiencies in manpower. Ukraine turned to small, cheap drones as an asymmetric warfare alternative; Russia has employed uncrewed systems in battle as well.

China, another concern in the West, has built a similar kind of force, one with the mass to take losses.

The West, on the other hand, has spent the past two decades and change fighting lower-level adversaries where its forces can win the day with superior capabilities.

Goncharov’s warning is one that has been echoed by other Western defense officials and companies.

Countries have been keen to learn lessons about fighting Russia from the conflict in Ukraine, particularly in Europe, where many countries warn Russia could pursue further aggression in the future, and defense spending is growing rapidly.

Gabrielius Landsbergis, the former defense minister of Lithuania, a NATO ally bordering Russia, previously described the war to BI as one of “high quantities.”

He said that while the West had largely focused on new and expensive weaponry that takes a long time to manufacture, Russia had been “building something that’s cheap, that’s expendable, that’s fast.”

He said the West had “been preparing for a different kind of war” than what it would face in one against Russia, focusing on impressive equipment that is “very expensive.”

Troels Lund Poulsen, the Danish defense minister, previously told BI that “one of the lessons” from Ukraine was that the West needed far greater quantities of inexpensive weaponry to meet the threats posed by Russia and China.

More at the link!

What the Ukrainians are demonstrating and, based on demonstration through actual operations, talking about is change to the character and characteristics of war. A very 21st century tweak to older concepts.

🇺🇦 Wounded Ukrainian soldier rescued by unmanned ground vehicle.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM

Consider this.

During the February “Oval Office Ambush”, Zelensky was fully aware of SBU plans to launch a big attack on fascist Russia’s strategic bomber fleet in Operation Spiderweb.

Sitting there, being told he had “no cards” to play, Zelensky must have thought Trump and Vance were utter fools.

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— Euan MacDonald (@euanmacdonald.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM

Overnight, russia bombed residential houses across Ukraine, burying people in the ruins of their homes.
Ukraine hit the Tambov gunpowder factory — a key supplier of propellants for russian weapons.
Is it really that hard to tell who the villain is in this war?

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— Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM

More of GBU-62, AASM HAMMER 250 and GBU-39 air strikes on Russian targets. t.me/utac_team/138

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM

Kyiv:

Defense Express: Russia’s new jet-powered Shahed drone hits Kyiv for the first time — 3X faster than earlier models

Russia’s Geran-3 — its jet-powered version of the Iranian Shahed drone — reaches speeds of up to 600 km/h.

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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM

From EuroMaidan Press:

Russia has likely used a new jet-powered attack drone, the Geran-3, in a recent missile and drone strike on Kyiv, according to Ukrainian defense outlet Defense Express.

The development comes amid a sharp escalation in Moscow’s drone warfare. Russia is now deploying high-altitude, dive-bombing Shahed drones at scale—reportedly producing thousands monthly using Iranian designs and domestic assembly lines. These drones increasingly strike civilian infrastructure, overwhelming Ukrainian defenses and causing mounting casualties and destruction.

Photos of the downed UAV show several key components, including a compact jet engine, indicating that the drone was likely the Geran-3 — a Russian variant of the Iranian Shahed-238. This model marks a significant upgrade over the slower Shahed-136 (Geran-2), boasting reported speeds of 550–600 km/h and a range of up to 2,500 km, compared to the Shahed-136’s 185 km/h.

Residents of Kyiv reported hearing a distinct whistling sound during the strike, consistent with a jet-powered drone and unlike the quieter propeller-driven models previously used.

Among the wreckage, investigators found an avionics panel nearly identical to those used in the Shahed-136 — responsible for flight programming, engine control, and onboard systems — suggesting a shared design lineage.

Though the drone was heavily fragmented, Defense Express says the evidence points to either an imported Shahed-238 or a Russian-produced version built with Iranian-sourced components.

More at the link.

Kharkiv:

Russian drones over Kharkiv right now ‼️ air defense is working

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM

Russian drones over Kharkiv again‼️ The air defense is working. It’s the second attack on our city tonight.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM

Homes in Kharkiv still smolder from last night’s russian drone strikes — and already, the city is under attack again. Multiple explosions reported.

— Iryna Voichuk (@irynavoichuk.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM

More explosions in Kharkiv ‼️ just fuck off already, you murderous bastards!

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM

Kharkiv is mourning as a russian drone attack killed three people last night. Another 60 were injured, including seven children. The terrorist state struck the city with 17 drones, destroying residential buildings, houses and civilian enterprise.

But the world won’t even flinch.

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— Iryna Voichuk (@irynavoichuk.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM

The death toll following tonight’s Russian drone attack on Kharkiv has risen to 4.
A 65-year-old woman has died in the hospital.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM

Russian drone strike on Kharkiv last night collapsed two floors of the apartment building. Killed at least 3 people and injured over 60

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM

Police have released the first minutes of bodycam footage following last night’s Russian drone strike on Kharkiv.

Collapsed structures, efforts to pull a person from the rubble as fire spreads, and the Ukrainian anthem he sings on the brink of death.

Turn your sound on.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM

Saratov Oblast, Russia:

Something is on fire in russian Engels again 👀

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Russian public channels report an explosion in Engels – a large column of smoke can be seen.

According to some Telegram channels, the explosion occurred at the 9th Central Automobile Repair Plant, which is located less than two kilometers from the “Kristall” oil depot.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM

Tambov Oblast, Russia:

In Kotovsk, Tambov region, Russia, around 10 explosion sounds were heard.
Russian Telegram channels report that unidentified drones are attacking a gunpowder plant.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM

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🐶 Together, they are an unbeatable team, ready to defend their homeland! 🇺🇦

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— Vitalis Viva (@vitalisviva.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM

Open thread!

— Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM

Russia has targeted more civilian residential facilities in Kharkiv in the past couple of hours.

Pure nightmare in Kharkiv.

Attacking civilians at night when they are sleeping in their homes is russia’s bloody strategy.

But the world doesn’t give a damn about these innocent people.

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— Iryna Voichuk (@irynavoichuk.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM

At least 2 people were killed by russian drones in Kharkiv tonight. At least 28 are injured. Apartment buildings are on fire.

This happens almost every night! This is madness!

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM

Kharkiv right now ‼️ at least 2 people died in russian attack on our city, 37 others were injured, including 5 children.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM

Kharkiv tonight ‼️
Kharkiv almost every night for the fourth year.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM

As flames still rage in Kharkiv, a russian reconnaissance drone circles overhead — the final act of the strike. Somewhere, russian officers are watching the live feed of Ukrainian homes burning… and smiling. To them, burning civilians is victory.

— Iryna Voichuk (@irynavoichuk.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM

Here’s President Zelenskyy’s address from earlier today. Video below, English transcript after the jump.

For Months Now, Russia Has Been Steadily Increasing the Number of Means of Destruction Used in Its Attacks – Address by the President

10 June 2025 – 19:54

Dear Ukrainians!

Today is another day of exchanges. We brought home our wounded, including those with very severe trauma. These are warriors from various components of our Defense Forces. All of them require serious medical care. We will make sure to provide all the support they need. We expect the exchanges to continue, and, for sure, there will be separate updates on that. The task is to find all of our people in Russian captivity and to free them all. I thank everyone who is helping us in this effort. I also want to thank all political figures, public leaders, and every media professional – everyone who continues to spread information about Russian strikes on our cities and our villages. It is vital that there is no silence in response to Russian escalation – and it is clear that escalation is underway. For months now, Russia has been steadily increasing the number of means of destruction used in its attacks. This is a consistent trend. And it means that Moscow fears no one in the world – no one among those who have called for an end to the killings and for meaningful negotiations on ending the war. Putin wants to continue killing and exploits the lack of a strong response. They don’t listen to Washington. And that says a lot to the world – to everyone.

The European Commission has taken an important step by announcing a new sanctions package. I am grateful that this 18th package is focused on Russian energy resources and banks. That is the right direction for pressure. But this package still needs to be filled with strong details. Russia’s ability to continue the war equals its ability to sell oil and circumvent financial restrictions. That is why it is essential to maximally restrict the Russian tanker fleet, their technological capabilities for extraction and processing, and to do everything possible to keep the price of Russian oil below what they can sustain. Each of our partners knows what the necessary price cap is – no more than USD 30. That price level would mean real pressure on Russia – they must be forced to seek peace, as they don’t understand any other incentives. I know that partners are currently discussing a compromise price, but enough compromising with Russia. Every such compromise only delays peace. We call for a real reduction in the price of Russian oil – in other words, a real step toward ending the war. And I especially want to thank those in the United States who are relying specifically on strength, including the strength of diplomacy through sanctions.

Today, our military officials delivered their reports. I had a separate discussion with Defense Minister Umerov on our efforts to counter drones, protect against missiles, and reinforce our air defense. The Russians have once again used ballistic missiles from North Korea. We are also tracking evidence that Russian-Iranian drone technologies have spread to North Korea. This is extremely dangerous both for Europe and for East and Southeast Asia. The longer this war continues on our territory, the more warfare technologies evolve, and the greater the threat will be to everyone. This must be addressed now – not when thousands of upgraded “Shahed” drones and ballistic missiles begin to threaten Seoul and Tokyo.

And one more thing.

Today’s Russian strike damaged ordinary residential buildings in various regions of Ukraine. In Odesa, a maternity hospital was hit. The Odesa Film Studio suffered major damage – decades of history destroyed. In the capital, even Saint Sophia Cathedral was damaged: part of the cathedral’s façade collapsed under the blast wave. To all those who truly know history and feel connected to Christianity, even the slightest threat of damage or destruction to Saint Sophia is utterly unacceptable, indeed catastrophic. But not for Russia. Possessed maniacs with their “Shaheds” and the red button. Catastrophe is the very purpose of their existence. They produce nothing else – and will leave nothing behind. This must be addressed. They must be stopped. And it is not only we in Ukraine that need this – the whole world will benefit when Russia is forced into peace. I thank everyone who stands with Ukraine.

Glory to Ukraine!

Today, First Lady Zelenska participated in and addressed the all-Ukrainian “Barrier-Free Means When You Can” social change campaign, which promotes accessibility.

Georgia:

#GeorgiaProtests
Day 195 of continuous protests in Georgia.

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM

Day 195 of daily protests in 8+ cities across Georgia. #GeorgiaProtests

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— Rusudan Djakeli (@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM

Giorgi Akhobadze is one of the detainees from the pro-European rallies who is being accused of drug possession and faces a sentence ranging from 8 to 20 years or life imprisonment. He denies the charges and says he is being punished for participating in the protests.

#TerrorinGeorgia

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM

“She saw the red flags, trained the people now dismantling democracy—and stayed silent too long.”

This is a great article. How the domestic illusion of security (that 🇬🇪 could never be Russified) got us where we are in a record time – and how Western money trained and enabled the dictatorship. 1/

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM

Thank you, @euromaidanpress.bsky.social, and thank you, Nino Robakidze, for speaking up. 2/2.

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM

From EuroMaidan Press:

“We fucked up.” It’s not often you hear a democracy activist open with those words, but Nino Robakidze, a veteran democracy activist with over 15 years fighting for Georgian freedom, isn’t interested in pretty narratives.

Speaking at the “FuckUp Night” panel at the Lviv Media Forum 2025, Robakidze laid bare how Georgian civil society enabled the fastest documented democratic collapse in modern European history.

The timeline is breathtaking: December 2023, Georgia receives EU candidate status. Eighteen months later, dozens of political prisoners, including four high-profile politicians, fill Georgian jails, independent media faces criminal prosecution, and the government has abandoned European integration entirely. Over 200 public servants were fired simply for posting pro-European statements on Facebook.

“Georgian civil society is in a perfect storm,” she says. “We saw the red flags. We really saw the red flags. But it was so uncomfortable to really talk about that.”

Twenty-one years after the Rose Revolution promised Georgia a European future, the country has achieved something unprecedented: the fastest documented slide from EU candidate to authoritarian crackdown in European history.

But Robakidze, former Country Director for IREX Georgia, isn’t just analyzing the crisis—she’s dissecting how democracy defenders like herself enabled it through a fatal dependency that made Georgian freedom hostage to foreign funding.

For two decades, the US government poured millions into Georgian civil society—building the independent media, NGOs, and democracy programs that became the envy of the former Soviet space. That investment created something genuinely remarkable: a vibrant civil society that helped Georgia become a beacon of democratic progress in the region.

For two decades, Georgian civil society lived on life support: US government funding. Independent media, NGOs, democracy programs—all relied heavily on American largesse because local businesses feared government retaliation for supporting critical outlets.

“This was mainly the US government funding because there was not enough advertising money in independent media,” Robakidze explains. Vulnerable to state pressure, “big business did not want to work with media outlets like this because they were investigating government corruption.”

The dependency created a catastrophic vulnerability. When Georgian Dream wanted to crush civil society, they had a ready-made weapon: the “foreign agent” narrative borrowed directly from Putin’s playbook.

But the irony runs deeper—and darker. Western funding didn’t just create the vulnerability; it actively trained the oppressors.

Georgian Dream created Western-funded strategic communication units across government ministries. “And then this communication in the crisis, when the crisis was approaching, was used against those who were actually protecting Western values—civil society, media, free media, etc.”

The absurdity was complete: civil society trained its own oppressors. “We were inviting representatives of this group to different trainings, on strategic communication, on public opinion research, and they learned the lesson really well. Maybe they were the best in their class, actually.”

The students became the masters, using Western-funded skills to dismantle Western values.

Much more at the link.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Zviad Kharazishvili (Khareba) has left his position – Roman Khartsivadze has been appointed as the new Director of the Special Tasks Department.

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM

Norway:

Norway transfers over twice the number of F-16s promised to Ukraine

Norway’s arms report indicates eight more aircraft than declared.
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM

The US:

‼️In the US, Dmitry Gugnin, the founder of the crypto company Evita, has been accused of laundering over $500 million for Russia.

From 2023 to early 2025, Gugnin used his company to transfer ~$530 million through banks and cryptocurrency exchanges, concealing their origin and destination.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM

/2. According to the FBI, he helped sanctioned Russian companies move money and gain access to export-controlled western technology for the Russian government: www.justice.gov/opa/pr/found…

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM

Back to Ukraine.

Our people are home!

This time, Ukraine returns injured defenders from russian captivity.

Welcome home, heroes! 🇺🇦❤️‍🩹

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM

🇺🇦🫂 Birthday on the day of release—a Ukrainian soldier is free and celebrates this day with his loved ones, who have been waiting for him for so long.
Sincere congratulations to our hero!

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— Vitalis Viva (@vitalisviva.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM

HUR commented on the condition of prisoners released from Russian captivity.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM

2xAASM Hammer air strike on Russian base.
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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM

Kyiv:

This is one of the worst and largest russian drone attacks on Kyiv I can recall, the buzz of incoming drones and air defences firing is literally non-stop. God, save us all.

— Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM

Kyiv last night. This is terrorism

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM

🔴 Russian forces launched a massive attack against Kyiv overnight.

The capital was attacked with drones. There is destruction in seven districts of the city, with high-rise buildings and private homes damaged.

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— UNITED24 Media (@united24media.com) June 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM

The Kyiv Patrol Police have released footage capturing the first moments of a Russian strike hitting a residential building.
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM

🚁 A helicopter was deployed to extinguish fires in Kyiv that erupted as a result of a nighttime attack by the Russian army.

❗️As of this morning, the sky in the capital remains thick with smoke.

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— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM

Russia launched a mass air attack on Kyiv for the third night in four days. Ukraine’s air force said Russia had fired 315 kamikaze drones, two ballistic missiles and five cruise missiles towards Ukraine, with Kyiv as the main target. @fabricedeprez.bsky.social
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— Christopher Miller (@christopherjm.ft.com) June 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM

From The Financial Times:

Russia has launched a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv for the third night in four days, following Moscow’s vow to avenge an audacious Ukrainian operation that destroyed Russian strategic bombers at air bases on the ground hundreds of kilometres from the front line.

Ukraine’s air force said Russia had launched 315 kamikaze drones, two ballistic missiles and five cruise missiles towards Ukraine, with Kyiv as the main target. All the cruise and ballistic missiles and 220 of the drones were reportedly shot down.

The Ukrainian capital emerged from the night under thick plumes of smoke after dozens of drones had flown into the city over several hours, hitting several residential buildings and industrial areas, according to city officials. At least four people were injured in the attack.

The latest Russian aerial assault also targeted the seaside city of Odesa, in the country’s south. Two people died and nine were injured in that attack, with the drones damaging a maternity ward, residential buildings and a zoo, city officials said.

Russia has stepped up its bombing campaign and such attacks now routinely involve hundreds of kamikaze drones and decoy unmanned aerial vehicles at a time. It launched a record 479 drones and 20 missiles across Ukraine the day before, with the Ukrainian air force claiming to have intercepted the majority of those.

“Russian missile and Shahed strikes drown out the efforts of the United States and others around the world to force Russia into peace,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a message published on X.

Russia’s Ministry of Defence said earlier that a strike conducted overnight last week had been made in response to Kyiv’s “terrorist acts” committed on June 1 when Ukraine’s security service attacked four Russian airfields in several corners of the country, destroying at least 12 military aircraft.

Russian President Vladimir Putin also told Donald Trump that Moscow would have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields, the US president said on June 4.

“But Russia has done this sort of attack before and without any justification, just because they can do it,” said Pavlo Narozhny, a Ukrainian military analyst.

“They understand we lack sophisticated air defence systems, that we don’t have enough planes, and they want us to run out of all of this,” he added.

More at the link.

What a symbolic photo: the light vs the darkness in Kyiv. The light shall eventually prevail. Otherwise, the consequences will be felt globally…

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— Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM

Kupyansk, Kharkiv Oblast:

A 70-year-old man was killed in an airstrike on Kupyansk when the Russians dropped a guided aerial bomb on the city today, according to Kharkiv region police.

Two other people, aged 68 and 38, were injured, and over 30 private homes were damaged.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM

Tsapivka, Russia Oblast:

At approximately 10:40 AM, Russian aircraft dropped two guided aerial bombs on Tsapivka in the Kharkiv region, hitting a densely populated private residential area. The strike damaged at least 10 homes, with two completely destroyed.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM

Odesa:

🔥🇺🇦 As a result of the night attack by russian Shaheds on our Odesa, two people were killed. Nine people were taken to the hospital: five were hospitalized, four are undergoing outpatient treatment.

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— Vitalis Viva (@vitalisviva.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM

🙏 Residential buildings, a maternity hospital, an emergency medical station, a private medical clinic, a sports complex, a zoo, and a railway station building were damaged in the city.
The pavilions of a film studio were also damaged.

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— Vitalis Viva (@vitalisviva.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM

At least 2 people died in last night’s russian attack on Odesa, and 9 others were injured.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM

The Ukrainian Air Force has released footage showing how mobile fire teams in Odesa region destroyed seven Shahed drones overnight.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM

Tatarstan, Russia:

There was no calm in Russia either. Some unknown drones carried out an attack on a Shahed drone production facility in Tatarstan.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM

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Kharkiv after the Russian drone attack‼️

survival means choosing life over belongings. In the chaos, stuff stay behind, but our little friends never do.

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Open thread!

Every One of Our Units That Successfully Fulfills Its Mission on Its Front Is Protecting the Entire Country – Address by the President

9 June 2025 – 20:10

I wish you health, fellow Ukrainians!

Today, the first stage of the prisoner exchange agreed in Istanbul has begun. More stages will follow – at least, that’s what was discussed with the Russian side. This exchange is to include the wounded, the severely wounded, and also those aged 25 and younger. The exchange process is expected to take place over multiple days. The details of the process are quite sensitive, so for now, there is less information than usual. I thank everyone who is helping to carry out the exchange and working to ensure that all our people can return home from Russian captivity.

I held a meeting on June’s international agenda – much has already been planned. And one of the key issues will be precisely this: speeding up diplomacy and achieving real decisions. No meeting should be hollow – in Ukraine, we must always feel the exact value of each negotiation, each format. If a meeting doesn’t bring us closer to decisions that can end the war through diplomacy, then there must be decisions that will help strengthen our defense, our active operations, or increase pressure on Russia. Severe pressure on Russia or real, effective diplomacy to end the war – those are the only possible options.

Today, I held a meeting of the Staff. There were also separate discussions with Defense Minister Umerov, Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi, and Chief of the General Staff Hnatov. Intelligence and the Security Service of Ukraine delivered their reports. The primary focus was the frontline, the formation and development of corps, and our strikes on Russian military targets: all their assets contributing to strikes against Ukraine. Our precision matters and should not only spoil the mood in Moscow, but also undermine the real capacity of military production, army supplies, and strategic potential. I thank all our warriors and companies who make this possible. I am also grateful to all our warriors for their tenacity.

The fiercest and most intense fighting continues in the Pokrovsk direction, in the areas of the Kursk operation, and along the border in the Sumy region. Russian tactics remain the same everywhere: ignore losses and try to advance, storming our Ukrainian positions in an attempt to seize even a single meter, anything at all. But their potential is not infinite. That’s why a certain level of Russian casualties – and our actions – should and do hinder their advance. Every one of our units that successfully fulfills its mission on its front is protecting the entire country. The Pokrovsk direction: the 117th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade and the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade – thank you, warriors, for your strength! The Kursk direction: the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade and the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade – thank you! And every unit in the Sumy region, in the Kharkiv region – all those defending Ukraine’s border areas and doing so effectively – thank you! Thank you!

Glory to Ukraine!

Georgia:

Day 194 of #GeorgiaProtests

“No justice, no peace!”

📷 George Burjanadze

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM

Speaking about Ambassador Fischer, who’s been attending journalist Mzia Amaglobeli’s court hearings, Tsulukiani says that he “doesn’t miss the trials of opposition leaders” and offers him “the opportunity to attend the GD investigative commission’s sessions instead”.

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM

🟥Tina Bokuchava, leader of the UNM party, has stated that her husband, Kote Ioseliani, was abducted and threatened with harm to their children shortly before recording a video apology to Uta Ivanishvili, the son of Georgian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili. Acc/to her, abduction aimed to intimidate her.

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— Batumelebi&Netgazeti (@netgazeti.org) June 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM

I am not afraid, I will not be silenced, and I will fight till the end to demolish your violent regime!”

– UNM Chair Tina Bokuchava states after the Georgian Dream regime kidnapped & blindfolded her husband; threatened with their 3 children in order to silence her.

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM

1/ The UNM chair Tina Bokuchava said her husband was kidnapped and beaten, and that he was threatened — including threats to their children’s safety — to force him to record a video denying his seven-year-old statement about Ivanishvili’s son’s sexual orientation.

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM

2/ Tina Bokuchava said: “My husband was attacked at night by five masked men near the entrance to our house, close to Vake Pond. Fortunately, they were unable to inflict serious physical injuries”.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM

3/ “During the physical confrontation, he was forced into a car, blindfolded, handcuffed, and abducted in an unknown direction. As she was blindfolded, it is impossible for us to determine the exact location”.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM

4/ “However, based on the distance and trajectory, we believe he was taken to the Module building, where he was held for many hours”.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM

5/ Tina Bokuchava claims that the pressure is intended to silence her in her role as the leader of the UNM, and that is why her family is being subjected to it.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM

Head of Patrol Police Vazha Siradze steps down for real, confirming it with a post of gratitude to the regime.

The Georgian Dream is getting rid of all those sanctioned. At the same time, it isn’t really able to recruit people of the same caliber, downgrading.

More sanctions!

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM

Giorgi Bachiashvili said today that Anri Okhanashvili, the current head of the State Security Service, was also on the plane that brought him back to Tbilisi from Abu Dhabi following his kidnapping.

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM

Back to Ukraine.

We’ve become basically desensitised to successive record breaking air attacks by Russia against Ukraine. “Russia launched almost 500 drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian forces said on Monday.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/w…

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— Shashank Joshi (@shashj.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM

From The New York Times:

Russia launched 499 drones and missiles overnight, Ukraine said on Monday, the largest air assault of the war as Moscow intensifies attacks and peace talks stall.

Russia has been stepping up attacks in recent months, an effort that appears to have escalated further after Ukraine mounted a large-scale, coordinated assault on Russian air bases on June 1. In the days since, Russia mounted one of the biggest aerial assaults of the war — which Moscow described as retaliation for the surprise Ukrainian strikes on its bombers.

On Monday, the Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia had launched 479 drones and 20 missiles overnight — the largest number of drones recorded since the war began more than three years ago. Most were intercepted, but 10 strikes were recorded, according to the air force.

One person was killed in the Rivne region of western Ukraine and a Russian strike damaged a private home in the Kyiv region, according to the local authorities. Officials in the Sumy region said that nine people had been injured over the past day. There were no other immediate reports of further damage or casualties.

Amid the intensified bombardment, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine urged civilians to pay attention to air-raid warnings.

“Please take care of yourselves,” he said in his overnight address. “Take care of yourselves and Ukraine.”

More at the link.

The Ministry of Defense also released a video from the first stage of the prisoner exchange involving servicemen under the age of 25.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM

Welcome home, heroes.
The first group of Ukrainian soldiers under 25 has returned from russian captivity.

Today marks the beginning of a long-awaited exchange that will unfold in stages.According to the plan, Ukraine is set to bring home the wounded, the severely wounded, & young defenders under 25

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— Iryna Voichuk (@irynavoichuk.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM

Welcome home! ❤️‍🩹🇺🇦

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM

💔 “Mom, you are the most precious thing I have. Thank you for being there for me”: the first call from a young soldier released from enemy captivity!
May every mother receive the long-awaited news 🙏

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— Vitalis Viva (@vitalisviva.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM

WARNING!! WARNING!! GRAPHIC IMAGERY!! WARNING!! WARNING!!

Russia has no place in the civilized world

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— Iryna Voichuk (@irynavoichuk.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM

Almost 500 drones – a record I think. Not so missiles – could fascist Russia be short of bombers for some reason?

Also worth noting that Ukrainian intelligence was warning weeks ago, long before the present “escalation and retaliation” nonsense, that Russia was planning 500+ drone attacks.

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— Euan MacDonald (@euanmacdonald.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM

Switchblade 600 strikes on Russian BMPs and a tank.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM

Fiber optic FPV drone destroys hidden Russian military engineering equipment.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM

Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence has published a detailed analysis of the new Russian strike UAV V2U on the War&Sanctions portal.

This drone is actively used by Russian forces near Sumy and features AI-based autonomous target detection and selection.
war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/page-uav-v2u

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM

According to HUR, Russia is currently producing over 5,000 long-range drones per month — 2,700 of them are real “Shahed-136” drones, while the rest are decoys.

This is five times more than in August 2024, when Russia was producing around 500 drones per month.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM

Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk invited Donald Trump to come to Ukraine, live in his home, and experience the daily Russian terror firsthand.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM

Kyiv:

Kyiv is under massive russian drone attack right now

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM

Kharkiv:

Kharkiv rescuers have been working tirelessly for several days without sleep, amidst smoke, ruins, and pain, to clear the aftermath of Russian attacks.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM

After the massive June 7 bombing of Kharkiv, 6 people remained missing in an enterprise fire. For 2 days, our heroic firefighters fought tirelessly, making a titanic effort against the raging flames and rubble.Their perseverance paid off today. 2 people have been rescued alive!

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM

You guys, this fire has been burning for two days—I had completely lost hope that any workers could still be alive, trapped under the rubble, surrounded by flames and smoke for so long. But they made it. I’m so unbelievably happy right now.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM

This is a Kharkiv firefighter — right after rescuing people from a russian airstrike that set a civilian enterprise on fire. Covered in ash, exhausted yet decisive.

Siding with russia means siding with terrorists who unleash horror on innocent people — every single day.

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— Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM

Zaporizhzhia:

Zaporizhzhia following the russian glide bomb attack. At least two people got injured.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM

Russian occupied Kharkiv:

At the Saky airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea, the Russians are building concrete shelters to protect their aircraft.
Interesting… wonder why that might be.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM

The Kursk cross border offensive:

HIMARS rockets struck a Russian military deployment site near Rylsk in the Kursk region, and everything is burning beautifully.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM

Moscow:

Errol Musk in Russia alongside Lavrov, just hours after their country unleashed nearly 500 drones and missiles on sleeping Ukrainian cities.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM

Cheboksary, Chuvashia, Russia:

A Russian plant VNIIR-Progress in Cheboksary, approximately 1000km from the frontline, under drone attack.

VNIIR-Progress is producing components for S-300/400/500 air defense systems, T-90M and Armata tanks, BMPs, Terminator, Orlan-10 and Orion UAVs, Su-34 aircraft, etc.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM

Russia, Cheboksary, a factory that produces electronics for their army.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM

Kazan, Russia:

A large fire erupted at a factory in Kazan, Russia. While Russian sources haven’t identified the facility, Ukrainian Telegram channels suggest it may be a gunpowder plant.

Russian officials claim the blaze originated in a “paint and varnish workshop,” allegedly due to a solvent tank issue.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM

Nizhny Novgorod, Russia:

On June 9, Ukrainian SOF, with other Defense Forces, struck Russia’s “Savasleyka” airfield in Nizhny Novgorod.

The site is used for attacks on Ukraine, including MiG-31K fighters with “Kinzhal” missiles. Preliminary reports suggest two Russian aircraft – likely MiG-31 and Su-30/34 – were hit.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM

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🐶🇺🇦 His hands, calloused from holding weapons, gently cradle her trembling body, and his quiet whisper—“Don’t be afraid, little one, I won’t leave you”—sounds like a promise, warming them both in the cold silence of war.

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Russia’s Intentions Remain Unchanged, and Everything Depends on Our Warriors and on Everyone Who Helps the State – Address by the President

8 June 2025 – 19:58

I wish you health, fellow Ukrainians!

We are already preparing for the upcoming international events in the coming weeks. Important meetings and negotiations will take place in Ukraine. We are also doing everything to ensure that the June summits – the G7 Summit in Canada and the NATO Summit in the Netherlands – are not hollow. A lot depends on Europe’s resolve, as well as on our relations with the United States. I’m grateful to everyone helping to keep those relations grounded in reality. We must increase pressure on Moscow. We must tighten sanctions. We must explore ways to use frozen Russian assets to support our defense. Russia only truly understands one language — the language of force. That is precisely the language that must become the working one across all formats of international engagement in the coming months.

I’ve spoken both today and yesterday with Defense Minister Umerov, Chief of the Defense Intelligence Budanov, and Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Maliuk – Ukraine continues to do everything possible to secure the release of our POWs and the return of our fallen Ukrainian warriors. Unfortunately, the full lists from Russia for the exchange of over one thousand people, as agreed in Istanbul, have still not been provided. In typical fashion, the Russian side is once again trying to turn even these matters into a dirty political and information game. It’s important to achieve the result. It’s important that people be brought back home. We believe we’ll be able to keep the exchange track moving forward. And for our part, we are doing everything we can to make it happen. And if the Russians fail to comply with agreements even on such humanitarian issues, it will cast serious doubt on all international efforts – in particular those of the United States – regarding negotiations and diplomacy.

Today, Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi delivered a report. The Pokrovsk direction, the Lyman direction, other directions in the Donetsk region, as well as the situation along Ukraine’s border in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions. In some areas, the situation is very difficult, but everything depends on the resilience of our units. I want to thank each and every one who ensures Ukraine’s defense. Russia’s intentions remain unchanged, and everything depends on our Defense and Security Forces of Ukraine – on our warriors and on everyone who helps the state. This week, I would like to especially commend the warriors of the 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade and the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade for their results in the Pokrovsk direction. In the areas of the Kursk operation, the 33rd and 225th Assault Regiments have been particularly effective. In the Lyman direction, special thanks go to our warriors of the 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade. I thank everyone who is fighting for Ukraine and everyone who works for our state and our people. And be sure to pay attention to air raid alerts these days. Please take care of yourselves. Take care of yourselves and Ukraine.

Glory to Ukraine!

Georgia:

1/ Bishop Giorgi (Jamdeliani) of Marneuli and Hujabi says that a member of the current government was planning to poison him and that they had a nun under their influence who was passing information from the diocese. He spoke about this during his sermon.

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM

2/ The bishop claims that the person involved is a representative of the security service. According to him, for a year, the nun was instructed either to put poison in his food or to apply it to his hand, which would have resulted in his death within an hour.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM

3/ Jamdeliani also told the parish that this nun was expelled from the diocese two months ago, that the person who was ordering his poisoning was beaten along with the security guards, and that now any provocation can be expected from her.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM

France:

Renault to launch drone production in Ukraine with two French defense firms, per Franceinfo. Located away from the frontline, it’ll leverage Ukrainian drone expertise.
www.franceinfo.fr/monde/europe…

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM

The US:

We agreed with Biden on transferring 20,000 missiles to Ukraine to fight ‘Shaheds.’ We counted on them, but the US recently sent them to the Middle East instead, says Zelenskyy.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM

The Biden administration’s strategic incoherence and malpractice, let alone their cruelty, of announcing weapons shipments to Ukraine and then not actually sending them continues to impede Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russia’s genocidal re-invasion. Biden and his natsec team didn’t do what they said they were doing when they said they were doing it and, as a result, this has allowed the Trump administration to do nothing, which is what the latter wants to do anyway.

Back to Ukraine.

Somewhere in the southern area of responsibility:

AASM Hammer air strike by the MiG-29 on Russian base with ammunition. Judging by the explosion pattern something with solid rocket fuel was stored there. t.me/soniah_hub/1…

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM

RBC Ukraine has details on other Ukrainian action in the southern AOR:

Ukrainian forces struck a Russian railway convoy with a powerful attack. The strike destroyed more than 10 tanks, informs the Southern Defense Forces of Ukraine.

The Southern Defense Forces said they successfully hit a locomotive carrying a column of Russian military equipment. The enemy’s losses included:

• 13 tanks;
• more than 100 armored and automotive vehicles.

Kharkiv:

Russian drones in Kharkiv skies right now ‼️

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM

Two explosions have been heard in Kharkiv ‼️ russian glide bombs.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM

The drone attacks on Kharkiv are relentless, daily, and people are dying almost constantly. It’s the same grim reality across all frontline regions. Russian drones are killing people every single goddamn day here.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM

Kherson:

Russia murdered 4 people in the Kherson region today, when shelled the area with FPV drones and artillery. 15 others were injured.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM

Kyiv:

Rumors abound in Kyiv of coming Russian mass air attack on night of June 8-9. Record-breaking 500 Shahed drones, followed by waves of cruise and then ballistic missiles feared to strike civilian infrastructure. Shakespeareanly, there’s a thunderstorm in Kyiv.

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— Euan MacDonald (@euanmacdonald.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM

Russian occupied Crimea:

Russia reinforces Crimean Bridge with two lines of anti-drone defenses, notes Supernova.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM

The Toretsk front:

Azov 12th Brigade air defenders down Russian drones with UAR-15 rifles and FPV drones on the Toretsk front.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM

Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast:

Fire breaks out at the Hydromash factory in occupied Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM

The Kursk cross border offensive:

Russians confirmed that one Su-35S was destroyed in the Kursk sector. According to Ukrainian sources the Russian plane was downed by a F-16.

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— (((Tendar))) (@tendar.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM

New footage shows a Russian Su-35 fighter jet destroyed yesterday by Ukrainian Air Forces.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 5:02 AM

Saratov Oblast, Russia:

Oil depot in russian Engels is burning for the 3rd day 👀🔥

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM

Belgorod Oblast, Russia:

Logistics of the Russians moving toward Ukraine’s border destroyed in Belgorod region. Losses include a BRDM and various vehicle types. Ukrainian pilots of the Perun unit, 42nd Mechanized Brigade, carried out the strike.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Tula:

Russians claim Ukraine hit the Azot plant in Tula with drones overnight, sparking a fire. They say air defense downed 61 drones over Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Tula, Oryol, Kursk, Moscow, and Crimea. Novomoskovsk reported up to 12 explosions.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM

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Today, we have a duck of war that swam peacefully along the Dnipro River in Kyiv, unfazed by the massive Russian attack overnight on Friday. It showed its friendliness to Mariana and her friends by diving playfully into the water every minute!

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— Tim Mak (@timkmak.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM

Open thread!

Just as Pressure Forced Russia Into the Negotiation Process, Pressure Can Force Russia to Become Realistic in Negotiations – Address by the President

7 June 2025 – 20:33

Dear Ukrainians!

Right now, assistance is being provided in Kharkiv to those wounded by Russian bombs. This was a brutal strike on the city, right in the middle of the day. And they have been shelling our city of Kharkiv for almost 24 hours straight. Last night, Kharkiv suffered a massive drone strike, and now it is aerial bombs. Dozens of people have been injured in just one day. Tragically, there are fatalities. My condolences to the families and loved ones.

And no matter what anyone says, these Russian strikes are not “retaliation” but acts of destruction. The complete destruction of life – that is what they want. And in absolutely every city and village on the occupied territory, it is clearly seen what the arrival of Russia means. The only thing the occupiers care about is military infrastructure and their ability to remove all valuables from Ukraine.

In more than eleven years of Russia’s war against us, against Ukraine, they have brought only one new thing to our land – and it is indeed the most widespread Russian “legacy:” ruins and death. We must continue resisting this.

I thank everyone around the world who is helping, who is doing this. No form of pressure on Russia can be eased – neither the formats that are already in place nor the methods of pressure that are being prepared. The Russians are preparing to continue the war and are ignoring all peace proposals. They must be held accountable for this.

We are working to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense. We urgently need positive signals from the United States – concrete signals regarding air defense systems. We are still waiting for a response to our request to purchase systems that can help — concrete signals, not words.

I would like to thank the European countries for the supplies. We must also achieve results in the joint production of air defense systems and missiles for them – this is absolutely essential for our whole Europe. Only time separates us from that result, and what matters most is shortening that time.

And one more thing. Today, Minister of Defense of Ukraine Umerov and Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi reported primarily on the actions of our guys on the frontline. There is much to be thankful for. This week, our warriors successfully destroyed Russian positions – specifically those from which they launched strikes on Ukraine, our communities, and our people. In recent days, three Iskander missile systems were destroyed – this was the destruction of outright killers. There is also a downing of a Russian Su-35 military aircraft and damage to their military helicopters. There have also been new strikes on Russian military logistics and airfields. This helps our defense – every complication for Russia matters to us.

We are aware that the Russians are now trying to show that they are allegedly immune to any pressure. But it is very important for the world to understand: just as pressure forced Russia into the negotiation process, pressure can force Russia to become realistic in negotiations. This is possible precisely because of the pressure, and above all, sanctions on Russian oil and those who still trade with Russia. Russia must end this war that it started. They must be pushed into this outcome.

I thank every one of our partners, all the leaders, and all the countries that help us specifically with this – with new restrictions on Russia and new sanctions. Please do not remain silent about what is really happening, and let us work together for the real result of diplomacy – not just words, but peace. Upcoming are the summits of Southeast Europe, the Group of Seven, the NATO Summit, and other international events – all of which can help, must help, save lives and bring peace closer. Let it be so.

Glory to Ukraine!

Here’s a but more from ABC News’ interview with President Zelenskyy:

First Lady Zelenska visited a mental health program at a hospital in Dnipro today.

She also participated in the opening of a Superhumans regional center in Dnipro:

Georgia:

None of the usual Georgian accounts I follow have posted anything today.

Back to Ukraine.

Allegedly, russian Su-35 had to lay down to rest a bit

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM

Statement of the Air Force of Ukraine:

💥 This morning, June 7, 2025, as a result of a successful operation by the Air Force in the Kursk direction, a Russian Su-35 fighter jet was shot down!

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM

Drone Wars: Tonight’s situation- 3 groups of UA drones heading NE into fascist Russia, one SE into Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Crimea. Russian/Iranian drones heading west from S and E directions. Missile alert Odesa region.

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— Euan MacDonald (@euanmacdonald.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM

🇫🇷🥖ASSM Hammer air strike by MiG-29 on the positions of Russian FPV drone operators. t.me/soniah_hub/1…

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM

🎥 More Footage from SBU’s “Spiderweb” Operation

The video shows the full flight of one of the SBU’s FPV drones — from launch on the rooftop of a modular building all the way to its successful strike on a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber at the “Belaya” airbase.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM

💥 The Switchblade 600 delivers a devastating strike, obliterating a high-value Russian Buk-M3 air defense system in a spectacular detonation.х

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM

Ukraine’s 137th Territorial Defense Battalion uses a homemade rocket launcher on a BMW sedan to target Russian forces.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM

Video by the 11th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of Ukraine showcasing the IRIS-T SLM air defense system in action. In the footage, a Ukrainian soldier describes an episode when he successfully intercepted eight incoming Russian cruise missiles within just 30 seconds, achieving a 100% success rate.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM

Kharkiv:

WARNING!! WARNING!! GRAPHIC IMAGERY!! WARNING!! WARNING!!

Here’s the butcher’s bill that Putin and Russia ran up last night:

If I could, I would scream it into the world — but instead, I write it with shaking hands: RUSSIA STRUCK KHARKIV with 53 DRONES, 4 BOMBS & a MISSILE. It was the LARGEST & MOST RUTHLESS attack on the city since the war began. Three people were killed, 21 injured. THIS IS TERROR.

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— Iryna Voichuk (@irynavoichuk.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM

3 people have been found dead in Kharkiv following tonight’s Russian attack on our city. 6 more remain trapped under the rubble and are unresponsive.

22 are injured, including a 14-year-old girl and a two-week-old baby.

The search and rescue operation continues.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM

And this morning:

Kharkiv this morning

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM

16 people have been injured in Kharkiv due to Russian glide bomb strikes, including a 14-year-old boy. 1 person was also killed.

The attack damaged a children’s railway building and a private residence.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM

The harsh reality of russian terror in Kharkiv: as flames rise from a drone strike, sirens scream overhead — and the threat of another attack hangs in the air like smoke.

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— Iryna Voichuk (@irynavoichuk.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM

Ukraine attacks aircraft, russia attacks civilians. Feel the difference.

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— Iryna Voichuk (@irynavoichuk.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM

If Kharkiv were Chicago, this would be called what it is — terrorism.
But it’s Ukraine.
So russia burns cities and calls it liberation.

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— Iryna Voichuk (@irynavoichuk.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM

ALL CLEAR!!!!!

Somewhere in the southern area of responsibility (AOR):

Southern Defense Forces: A locomotive with a column of enemy equipment was hit, destroying 13 tanks and over 100 units of Russian armored and automotive vehicles in a single strike 👀

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM

The Kakhovka Dam:

Two years ago yesterday, russia blew up the Kakhovka dam — unleashing one of the worst disasters of this war.
The international response? Nothing. No accountability. No consequences.
This is how impunity is built — and why it keeps spreading further.

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— Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM

Kyiv:

This shatters my heart into hundreds pieces.
Kyiv first responders paying tribute to their fallen colleagues — murdered by russia while saving lives — at the very site of the war crime.
There are no words strong enough for this pain and grief.
Only justice must speak now.

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— Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM

The Pokrovsk front:

Ukrainian Spartan brigade, backed by Black Sky drones and artillery, took out two Russian tanks and a mortar on Pokrovsk front.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM

Pokrovsk:

Footage shows Pokrovsk’s Svyato-Varvaryns’ka plant, Ukraine’s largest enrichment facility, opened in 2009, employing thousands in Donbas, destroyed by Russian “liberators.”

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM

Donetsk Oblast:

Ukraine’s 414th “Magyar’s Birds” Brigade stopped two Russian mobile “fortresses” in Donetsk.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM

Ukraine digs in, building vast trench networks, some far from the front. Kramatorsk’s trenches now stretch to Sloviansk, with new foxhole systems beyond these cities, a Ukrainian analyst reports on Telegram.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM

The Kursk cross border offensive:

A Ukrainian special ops team carried out a raid in Russia’s Kursk region, taking out four Russian soldiers and capturing another alive.
Full video: t.me/wartranslate…

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM

Moscow:

Errol Musk, Elon Musk’s Father, Arrives in Moscow for “Future 2050 Forum” 😵‍💫

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM

Tula Oblast:

At least 5-8 explosions in Novomoskovsk, Tula Oblast, fascist Russia – local Telegram channels say a drone hit Azot chemical plant, fascist Russia’s largest domestic producer of ammonia and nitrogen fertilizers. There is now a fire at the plant.

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— Euan MacDonald (@euanmacdonald.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Nizhni Novgorod Oblast, Russia:

More footages from Kstovo

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM

Moscow Oblast, Russia:

A fire broke out at a warehouse in Pushkino, near Moscow, containing flammable liquids in barrels, gas cylinders, and pallets.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM

The Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia:

Russia has moved two Tu-160 bombers to Anadyr — 6,600 km from Ukraine but only 660 km from the U.S. The move comes after Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s strategic bombers on June 1.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM

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Open thread!

The Russians Constantly Try to Drive Wedges Into the Unity of the World in Order to Prevent Stronger Pressure for Their War – Address by the President

6 June 2025 – 20:25

Dear Ukrainians!

Today, rescue and emergency operations continued all day across various regions and cities of our country. Ternopil, Lutsk, Kyiv and the region, also Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Lviv, Chernihiv, Odesa and Sumy regions. In total, 80 people have been injured – all have received assistance. Unfortunately, there are fatalities. As of now, four people have been confirmed killed – in Kyiv and in Lutsk. My condolences to their families and loved ones. There may still be people trapped under the rubble. Those killed in Kyiv were rescuers who had arrived at the scene after the first strike and were tragically killed by a second Russian strike. Danylo Skadin, Andrii Remennyi, and Pavlo Yezhor – firefighters and rescuers from the 18th State Fire and Rescue Unit. This was a cynical Russian attack on ordinary cities. Over 400 drones, more than 40 missiles were launched. A significant number were shot down – but not all.

And, unfortunately, not everyone in the world condemns such attacks. And this is exactly what Putin exploits. He is buying himself time to keep waging war. The Russians constantly try to drive wedges into the unity of the world in order to prevent stronger pressure for their war. We must clearly see the task at hand. Diplomacy must work, security guarantees must be ensured, peace must be established – and for that, initial steps are needed, particularly a ceasefire. Pressure must be applied on Russia to make that happen and to stop the attacks.

Today, I received a report from our team that was in the United States this week: our government officials, military leaders, the Office. I was briefed on the meetings held and the negotiations still in preparation. I am grateful to everyone in Congress, the U.S. Administration, and the American media who understand what is happening and how this war can be ended with dignity and in a reliable way.

I also held a preparatory meeting with our diplomats regarding events scheduled for June, involving European countries, the G7, and our partners in other parts of the world. All is aimed at upholding Ukraine’s independence and ensuring that our resilience remains firm. Thank you.

Glory to Ukraine!

President Zelenskyy also addressed the International Summit of Cities and Regions “United for Peace and Security” today. Video followed by transcript.

Speech by the President at the 3rd International Summit of Cities and Regions “United for Peace and Security”

6 June 2025 – 15:52

Dear attendees, dear representatives of cities and communities – direct representatives of the people,

President Jung, President Cools, President Tüttő,

All representatives of Eurocities,

I want to thank you for your unity and for standing with Ukraine – and therefore with all of Europe. Our continent has likely built its strength in just this way – through unity, through peaceful cooperation, and through the resilience and extraordinary potential of European cities and regions. Every part of Europe matters to the whole of Europe – and it is we who prove this through our united efforts and mutual respect.

Today, those of you who are in Ukraine – right here – witnessed yet another brutal Russian attack against Ukrainian cities across the entire territory of our state: from Chernihiv in the North of our country to Lutsk in the West, from Kyiv to our southern regions. Over just this one night, there were more than 400 attack drones and over 40 missiles – including ballistic missiles. With this strike, the Russians damaged residential buildings and ordinary, of course, ordinary city infrastructure in Kyiv. In Lutsk, Volyn region, an ordinary hotel where Ukrainian athletes were staying was destroyed. In other regions, residential infrastructure, energy infrastructure, and industrial enterprises were damaged, unfortunately. The Russians even burned down yet another warehouse with humanitarian aid. This is what the Russian war is – they are waging war against cities and against life itself. Wherever the Russian army has set foot on Ukrainian soil, wherever there is, unfortunately, Russian occupation – normal life has vanished. In some cities, tragically, nothing remains at all – only scorched ruins. Once lively cities and towns in the Donetsk region – industrial cities like Mariupol, for example – are now barely alive. And in place of many Ukrainian cities and villages — there is simply dead land. This is what Russia is – this is what it does best: killing and destroying. We must stop it together. Peace is a task not only for national-level politicians. We need the truth that mayors – and, very importantly, community leaders – can convey to their people. We need political work for peace to be supported at the level of local self-government as well. We need cities and communities to be able to support one another. And I thank you for the fact that this is truly happening. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who is here, to those joining us online, to those listening now or who will watch a bit later – thank you for your support!

Over the years of this war, many of you have truly given strong support to Ukraine, to our communities, to Ukrainians – to individuals, families, children – to all of us. We are deeply grateful for that. You are helping our resilience, helping people survive, endure, and stand strong. You are helping with recovery – and of course, full recovery is an enormous task, but we are already taking concrete steps. Hundreds of infrastructure facilities have already been rebuilt together with our friends in Europe, with our friends and partners in various countries, in the United States – thanks to cooperation between regions and cities. I am especially grateful to those of you who helped us get through the winters of this war – when the Russians did everything they could to plunge us into blackout. Thanks to our cooperation, we received over 7,000 units of energy equipment, and there are already 454 projects in alternative energy underway. We deeply value our cooperation in the field of cultural diplomacy and in supporting our people who, during the war, have found refuge in your cities and communities – our people among yours. Refuge truly matters, and I thank you for showing respect for Ukrainians, despite the length of this war. Thank you. And thank you for our shared understanding that Ukraine will undoubtedly become a full member of the European Union. We see how much Ukraine can offer to all of Europe – our experience, our aspiration to be free, our ability to provide a foundation for unity – all of this is undoubtedly needed by Europe, and by the European Union in particular. This year, we truly need progress in the accession negotiations – and I want to thank each and every one of you who supports us on this path. The most important thing we can achieve together is ending the war with a dignified peace and establishing reliable security guarantees for Ukraine and for all of Europe – so that no one in Europe has to fear being left unprotected. We can do this. Please support all efforts aimed at exerting entirely justified pressure on Russia – support diplomatic efforts, political and economic pressure. Please call for new and effective sanctions against Russia, against their regime – for the sake of stopping the killings and strikes, for the sake of achieving a true peace, for the sake of making sure that Russia’s accountability for the war is truly felt – felt in Moscow. We need resolve at all levels – and the more cities and communities speak out about this, the better. Resolve so that no one ever again dares to repeat what the Russians are doing to Ukraine and Ukrainians – and so that the Russians are forced to seek peace. Right now, they are looking for ways to drag this war out even further and, in my view, what they are doing is bargaining for it. They must feel that peace is necessary. Please help us not only with resilience, but also with important political efforts for the sake of peace. Once again, I want to thank all of you for being here today, in Ukraine – and not only today. Thank you for standing with, perhaps, one of the freest and strongest countries throughout this time, this difficult time.

Thank you for standing with Ukraine.

Glory to Ukraine!

Georgia:

A Georgian protester: out for almost 200 days now, hiding face from the Chiense surveillance cameras to avoid USD 2000 fine for simply protesting, and working simultaneously – because protest is now part of our daily life. #GeorgiaProtests

📷 Radio Liberty

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM

1/ On the 191st day of continuous protests, citizens gathered on Rustaveli Avenue and expressed their dissent through a protest song and chants. A large number of police officers were mobilized at the scene.

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM

2/ The song they chanted contains swear words. Due to the use of such language on social media against GD, the ruling party filed a complaint with the MIA today against the citizens.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM

3/P.S. They filed a complaint not only over the language used, but also over the general criticism of GD.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM

Regime MP Mariam Lashkhi (the one still sometimes considered welcome-able abroad) sent two student girls in jail for 12 days each for exclaiming “Down with Russia’s rotten Empire” and “Down with Russia’s slaves” towards her.

Today, students close the road just to chant “Mariam Lashkhi, slave.” 1/

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM

“Freedom to students,” the banner says.

📷 Iliauni Student Movement

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM

Georgian Dream has filed a complaint with the Interior Ministry, claiming citizens posted “offensive” comments about political officials on social media. The party cites a new law penalizing insults against public servants.

#RepressionInGeorgia
#GeorgiaProtests

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— Batumelebi&Netgazeti (@netgazeti.org) June 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM

Situation update: those users who normally abstained from outright swearing at the Georgian Dream hereby swear at them all day.

Great job, GD, I love when you have precise calculations.

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM

Britain:

‘“advice I would give is the same I would give in a public setting.”…Trump [WH] “is not an administration, it is a court” in which a transactional president is driven by his “own desires and interests… listens often to the last person he talks to”.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202…

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— Shashank Joshi (@shashj.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM

From The Guardian:

Russia is at war with Britain, the US is no longer a reliable ally and the UK has to respond by becoming more cohesive and more resilient, according to one of the three authors of the strategic defence review.

Fiona Hill, from County Durham, became the White House’s chief Russia adviser during Donald Trump’s first term and contributed to the British government’s strategy. She made the remarks in an interview with the Guardian.

“We’re in pretty big trouble,” Hill said, describing the UK’s geopolitical situation as caught between “the rock” of Vladimir Putin’s Russia and “the hard place” of Donald Trump’s increasingly unpredictable US.

Hill, 59, is perhaps the best known of the reviewers appointed by Labour, alongside Lord Robertson, a former Nato secretary general, and the retired general Sir Richard Barrons. She said she was happy to take on the role because it was “such a major pivot point in global affairs”. She remains a dual national after living in the US for more than 30 years.

“Russia has hardened as an adversary in ways that we probably hadn’t fully anticipated,” Hill said, arguing that Putin saw the Ukraine war as a starting point to Moscow becoming “a dominant military power in all of Europe”.

As part of that long-term effort, Russia was already “menacing the UK in various different ways,” she said, citing “the poisonings, assassinations, sabotage operations, all kinds of cyber-attacks and influence operations. The sensors that we see that they’re putting down around critical pipelines, efforts to butcher undersea cables.”

The conclusion, Hill said, was that “Russia is at war with us”. The foreign policy expert, a longtime Russia watcher, said she had first made a similar warning in 2015, in a revised version of a book she wrote about the Russian president with Clifford Gaddy, reflecting on the invasion and annexation of Crimea.

“We said Putin had declared war on the west,” she said. At the time, other experts disagreed, but Hill said events since had demonstrated “he obviously had, and we haven’t been paying attention to it”. The Russian leader, she argues, sees the fight in Ukraine as “part of a proxy war with the United States; that’s how he has persuaded China, North Korea and Iran to join in”.

Putin believed that Ukraine had already been decoupled from the US relationship, Hill said, because “Trump really wants to have a separate relationship with Putin to do arms control agreements and also business that will probably enrich their entourages further, though Putin doesn’t need any more enrichment”.

When it came to defence, however, she said the UK could not rely on the military umbrella of the US as during the cold war and in the generation that followed, at least “not in the way that we did before”. In her description, the UK “is having to manage its number one ally”, though the challenge is not to overreact because “you don’t want to have a rupture”.

This way of thinking appears in the defence review published earlier this week, which says “the UK’s longstanding assumptions about global power balances and structures are no longer certain” – a rare acknowledgment in a British government document of how far and how fast Trumpism is affecting foreign policy certainties.

Hill was not drawn on whether she had advised Starmer or Healey on how to deal with Donald Trump, saying instead: “The advice I would give is the same I would give in a public setting.” She said simply that the Trump White House “is not an administration, it is a court” in which a transactional president is driven by his “own desires and interests, and who listens often to the last person he talks to”.

She added that unlike his close circle, Trump had “a special affinity for the UK” based partly on his own family ties (his mother came from the Hebridean island of Lewis, emigrating to New York aged 18) and an admiration for the royal family, particularly the late queen. “He talked endlessly about that,” she said.

More at the link.

Estonia:

Russia set up a projector on the Estonia border in Narva, beaming vulgarities at an Estonian fortress over “attempts to ban the great Russian language.”

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM

The US:

“They gave Putin a reason to go in and bomb the hell out of them last night,” Trump says of Kyiv’s Operation Spiderweb.

And before that, there was famously no russian bombings of Ukraine, right? Wrong. You morally rotten piece of shit they bomb us every freaking day!

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM

White House quietly pressures Senate to ease Russia sanctions, per WSJ. Trump’s team urges Sen. Graham to soften his bill, prioritizing Moscow ties over Ukraine invasion punishment. Aides say they’re pushing to change “shall” to “may.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol…

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM

Who could’ve ever possibly predicted?

Back to Ukraine.

Routes of Russian cruise missiles, drones and ballistic missiles across Ukraine in the “big attack” on June 6 by fascist Russia.

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— Euan MacDonald (@euanmacdonald.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM

Ukraine informed the EU Commission it’s completed procedures to join the EU roaming zone, per RFE/RL’s Brussels correspondent Ricard Jozwiak. The move will take effect January 1, 2026.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM

Russia plans to cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea in 2026, says Zelenskyy’s deputy Palisa. Aims to take the so-called “LNR/DNR” by fall, set a border buffer by year-end, and seize Dnipro’s left bank, Odesa, and Mykolaiv next year.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM

Chaos and horror fill Ukraine’s skies today as russian missiles and drones unleash devastation – visualized.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM

Kharkiv:

Kharkiv right now ‼️

About 55 explosions in over 2 hours of Russian attack.

Drones, missiles, guided aerial bombs.

There are fires in several places.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM

Russian attack on Kharkiv lasts almost 2 hours already, and it’s been close to 50 explosions.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM

Oh no. They do double taps. There are people burning in their apartments, and firefighters trying to help, and Russians doing double taps!

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Kharkiv is currently enduring the most powerful attack since the start of the full-scale war. In just an hour and a half, at least 40 explosions have rocked the city. The enemy is simultaneously striking with missiles, drones, and guided aerial bombs – Kharkiv mayor

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM

Explosion number 40 in Kharkiv ‼️ 40!!! 🤯 and 5 more drones incoming.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM

Kharkiv has just endured 30+ explosions, and the attack goes on‼️

Combined attack using drones, guided aerial bombs, and ballistic missiles. Without a doubt, it’s been one of the most massive ones on Kharkiv in 2025.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM

The latest explosion just now shook my home. Russia is bombing Kharkiv nonstop tonight ‼️

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM

Kyiv:

Kyiv this morning

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM

An eyewitness video captured a Russian “double tap” terrorist strike in Kyiv this dawn.
A RU missile is clearly seen targeting a building that was already hit about 30 minutes PRIOR – with first responders’ vehicles on scene.
3 Ukraine firefighters were killed, several wounded in the 2nd strike.

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— Alex Panchenko (@alexpanchenko2.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM

Meaghan Mobbs, currently in Kyiv, publicly addressed her father, General Kellogg, on Twitter:

“It might be the explosions and gunfire in the dead of the night, but I get the strange feeling the Russians don’t want peace”

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM

Kyiv, under Russian barrage overnight. (source:
@reuters.com, I think)

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— Mike Eckel (@mikeeckel.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 6:27 AM

Ukraine’s “Clear Sky” air defense unit shot down 33 Russian drones in just five hours during tonight’s Russian mass attack on Kyiv. The unit uses special Anti-Shahed interceptor drones. That brings their total to 261 intercepted targets. t.me/cleanskyusf/15

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM

Lutsk, Volyn Oblast:

Shocking footage of four Russian missile strike Lutsk

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM

Russian Kh-101 cruise missile deploys heat-seeking decoys before striking a target in Lutsk this morning.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM

A residential high-rise collapsed all the way down to the basement after russia’s overnight attack on Lutsk.

Here, two people, a couple, lost their lives. Their bodies were found in the basement, where they had fallen from the upper floors along with the building’s panels.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM

In Lutsk, the Ukrainian national track and field team came under fire. Fortunately, there were no casualties.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM

Russia launched a cruise missile directly into a residential building in Lutsk tonight. Targeting civilians is part of Russia’s war strategy. Always has been.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM

Rescuers recover body in Lutsk from beneath the rubble of a nine-story building.

This brings the total number of casualties from last night’s Russian attack on the city to 27.

Emergency workers are continuing to dismantle the collapsed structures. there may still be people under the debris.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM

Lutsk is in northwestern Ukraine and is usually not facing the same threat from drone swarms, glide bombs, or ballistic missiles as eastern and central Ukraine.

Moscow:

💥🚗In Moscow, Russian sappers are trying to demine a KIA Optima passenger car.

❗️A car belongs to a deputy from Crimea, Vitaly Desyatnik. He has been present on Mirotvorets website since 2015. The car is currently being demined.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 5:26 AM

Saratov Oblast, Russia:

/1. A major fire broke out at a Russian oil depot in Engels. This oil depot is actively used by Russia to refuel strategic aviation at the Engels military airfield.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM

/2. Engels oil depot on fire.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM

/3. Engels oil depot location. (51.4364424, 46.0915156)

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM

Moscow Oblast:

Satellite images show the aftermath of a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Kronstadt plant on May 28, with over 8 strikes confirmed. The key producer of “Inokhodets” drones and S8000 “Banderol” missiles, used against Ukraine, was heavily damaged.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 6:39 AM

Bryansk Oblast, Russia:

Russian Mi-8 helicopter destroyed, Mi-35 damaged in Ukrainian drone attack on Bryansk airport overnight, per ASTRA. Secondary explosions followed the strike, damaging admin buildings and rescue services.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM

That’s enough for tonight.

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❤️‍🩹🐈 In the village of Marlakhivka in the Kyiv region, rescuers pulled four cats from the rubble following a Russian attack on May 25

📸: Eugene Kibets, Kyiv Animal Rescue Group

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— The New Voice of Ukraine (@english.nv.ua) May 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM

Open thread!