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A Russian Shahed drone struck the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone overnight on June 7, damaging the container reception building. No spent fuel was present and no radiation spike was detected. Ukrainian President Zelensky called the strike 'extremely vile' but confirmed radiation levels remain normal.
Ukraine accused Russia of 'nuclear terrorism' after a drone struck a spent nuclear fuel storage facility near Chernobyl. The IAEA confirmed significant damage to a fuel-reception building and will send an inspection team. Radiation levels remain normal. Russia has not commented.
Ukraine struck the Kronstadt naval base and Russian Navy arsenal in the Leningrad region on the final day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Russia intercepted 376 drones, but debris sparked an oil depot fire and killed one person. Three people sustained minor injuries, and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiha warned there are 'no safe places in Russia' from long-range attacks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a private meeting with former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Moscow on June 5, described as "good and friendly." Putin had previously floated Schroeder as a potential mediator for Ukraine peace talks, a suggestion rejected by the EU and Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly thanked Donald Trump for humiliating Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office in February 2025, and urged Trump to continue such behavior, referencing the film 'Rambo'. Putin's remarks came during a televised speech at an economic forum in St. Petersburg, shortly after Ukrainian drone strikes near the venue.
Robert Fox argues that Vladimir Putin's mental and physical decline, evidenced by his erratic behavior and wild claims at the St. Petersburg forum, makes him more dangerous. Fox contends that Putin's unpredictability, reminiscent of Donald Trump, combined with Russia's lack of progress in Ukraine, is provoking new provocations and should alarm the West.
Russia has launched an aggressive recruiting drive targeting university and technical college students, using quotas and coercion to enlist them for the war in Ukraine. Secret recordings show officials pressuring students, with a quota set for 2% of male students. Over 250 institutions are participating.
Ukraine launched drone strikes overnight, hitting oil depots and electrical substations in occupied Crimea, Mariupol, and western Russia. The Grushevaya Balka oil depot in Novorossiysk, Russia's largest in the Caucasus, was struck and seen with thick black smoke. An oil depot near Simferopol also caught fire.
Ukraine requested the meeting after two large-scale Russian aerial attacks on May 24 and June 2. The May 24 attack killed four and injured nearly 100, while the June 2 attack killed at least 23, including two children.
A Ukrainian drone strike overnight damaged the bridge near Chonhar, a key land route linking occupied Crimea with Russian-controlled southern Ukraine. Traffic through the Dzhankoi checkpoint was suspended, disrupting a vital logistics corridor for Russian supplies.