Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,199

These are the important thing occasions on day 1,199 of Russia’s struggle on Ukraine.

Right here’s the place issues stand on Saturday, June 7:

Preventing

At least six people were killed in Russian missile and drone strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and throughout the nation on Friday.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned three of the victims had been emergency responders who had been killed in a missile and drone assault on Kyiv, whereas an additional 80 individuals nationwide had been injured in the attacks.
Two individuals had been killed in Ukraine’s northern metropolis of Chernihiv, and at the very least another individual was killed within the northwestern metropolis of Lutsk.
Ukraine’s air pressure mentioned Russia had used 407 drones, one of many largest numbers recorded in a single assault, in addition to 45 cruise and ballistic missiles within the assault.
The Ukrainian navy mentioned it had launched a preemptive strike in a single day on the Engels and Dyagilevo airfields within the Russian areas of Saratov and Ryazan, along with hanging at the very least three gas reservoirs.

Ukraine’s International Minister Andrii Sybiha mentioned Russia had “responded” to Kyiv’s audacious drone assault that destroyed Russian heavy bombers at airfields in Siberia final weekend by attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence mentioned its forces had carried out the strikes, which focused navy and military-related targets in response to what it referred to as Ukrainian “terrorist acts” in opposition to Russia.
Western navy aviation consultants informed the Reuters information company that Russia will take years to exchange the nuclear-capable bomber planes that had been hit in Ukrainian drone strikes on airfields in Siberia.
Russia’s Nationwide Guard mentioned it killed a person as he tried to organize a drone assault on a navy website in Russia’s Ryazan area, southeast of Moscow.
Russian air defence items intercepted and destroyed 82 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory, together with the Moscow area, Russia’s Defence Ministry mentioned early on Saturday.

Moscow’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, mentioned six drones headed for the capital metropolis had been destroyed or downed.
In complete, Russia’s Defence Ministry mentioned that air defences had downed 174 Ukrainian drones over 13 areas. Three Ukrainian Neptune missiles had been additionally shot down over the Black Sea.
A locomotive prepare was derailed in Russia’s Belgorod area after the monitor was blown up, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov mentioned.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz mentioned some US legislators don’t perceive the dimensions of Russia’s navy rearmament marketing campaign: “They clearly do not know what is occurring there proper now,” he mentioned after a gathering with US President Donald Trump.
Merz mentioned he had been reassured by President Trump’s “resounding no” to a query on whether or not the US had plans to withdraw from NATO.

The Kremlin reacted angrily to comments by Trump, who likened the struggle in Ukraine to a bitter dispute between toddlers in a park.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov mentioned it was potential Trump believed his personal feedback, however for Russia, the struggle on Ukraine was “existential”.
“For us, it’s an existential subject, a difficulty on our nationwide curiosity, security, on our future and the way forward for our kids, of our nation,” Peskov informed reporters.
Russia has requested the UN nuclear watchdog to mediate between Moscow and Washington to resolve the query of what to do with US nuclear gas saved at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is beneath Russian management.
Russian nuclear power chief Alexei Likhachev mentioned that Russia was prepared both to make use of the gas, equipped by US firm Westinghouse, or to take away it totally and return it to america.

President Trump mentioned that he had not determined whether or not to deploy sanctions in opposition to Russia which are being thought-about by the US Senate.

The Russian central financial institution has minimize its key rate of interest by a full share level, a shock transfer by the financial institution, which it justified by pointing to declining inflation strain and a extra strong rouble. It was the primary easing since September 2022 by the financial institution, which has confronted strain from enterprise leaders and prime authorities officers to start chopping charges.