Monday, June 12

Russia’s war against Ukraine

Russian attack kills 3 and injures 23 civilians in a flooded area in Kherson Oblast on June 11, 2023. The personal features of military personnel are blurred for security reasons. (National Police/Telegram)

Ukrainian military confirms **liberation of two settlements in Donetsk Oblast.**Shortly after the Ukrainian army took control of the village of Blahodatne, another settlement Makarivka was liberated from Russian forces in Donetsk Oblast, Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar reported on June 11.

Military: Ukraine liberates Neskuchne village, reclaims position near Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast. Ukrainian forces have liberated the village of Neskuchne in Donetsk Oblast on June 10, the 7th Motorized Infantry Battalion of Ukraine’s 129th Territorial Defense Brigade reported on June 11.

International Criminal Court starts investigation into destroyed Nova Kakhovka dam. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 11 that the International Criminal Court had already launched an investigation following Russia’s destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Kherson Oblast on June 6.

Governor: Water level drops in Kherson Oblast after Kakhovka dam disaster. The total flooded area in Kherson Oblast after the Kakhovka dam disaster has nearly halved, decreasing from 139 to 77.8 square kilometers, Oleksandr Prokudin, the regional governor, reported on June 11.

Official: Russia blows up small dam in area near counteroffensive operations in Donetsk Oblast. Valeriy Shershen, spokesperson for Ukraine’s Tavria military sector, said in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda news outlet on June 11 that the Russian military had blown up a dam on the Mokri Yaly River in the Donetsk Oblast, causing flooding on both banks.

Ukraine returns 95 prisoners of war from Russian captivity. Ukraine’s Presidential Office head Andrii Yermak reported on June 11 that 95 Ukrainian prisoners of war had returned home from Russian captivity as part of another prisoner exchange.

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Governor: Russian forces attack **Kharkiv Oblast with cluster munitions.**Russian forces have shelled the town of Tsyrkuny in Kharkiv Oblast with cluster munitions, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on June 11.

Official: Russia moves troops from Kherson Oblast to other directions after Kakhovka dam disaster. Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar reported on June 11 that Russia had redeployed its elite troops from Kherson Oblast to other directions after the June 6 Kakhovka dam disaster.

Russia puts flooded town of Hola Prystan under quarantine, preventing evacuations. Russian forces announced a quarantine in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson Oblast, which suffers unprecedented flooding Russia blew up the Kakhovka dam up the Dnipro River, the local media reported on June 11.

Ukraine sanctions **Russia’s Constitutional Court judges.**President Volodymyr Zelensky on June 11 signed a decree to impose sanctions against 178 Russian nationals, including Constitutional Court judges, for five years.

UK Defense Ministry: Kakhovka dam destruction severely disrupted **water supply to occupied Crimea.**Earlier, Ukraine also reported “serious water supply problems” in occupied Crimea.

Air Force: Ukraine downs 6 Russian drones during early hours of June 11. According to the military, the drones targeted Kharkiv and Sumy oblasts. No further details have been reported.

Air Force: Iranian-made Shahed drones are still ‘headache’ for Ukraine. Iranian-made Shahed “kamikaze” drones largely used by Russia are still difficult to shoot down, Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat said in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda.

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Ukraine war latest: Ukraine liberates at least 3 settlements in Donetsk Oblast

As the counteroffensive continues, Ukrainian forces have reported the liberation of three settlements in eastern Donetsk Oblast.

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Human cost of war

Update: Number of injured **civilians after attack on evacuation boat in Kherson Oblast rises to 23.**As a result of the Russian attack on an evacuation boat in a flooded area in Kherson Oblast, 3 people were killed and 23 civilians were injured, Kherson Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported on June 11.

Media: Displaced Bakhmut family killed **in Russian June 10 air attack on Odesa.**Russia’s June 10 kamikaze drone attack on Odesa killed two displaced people from Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainska Pravda reported on June 11, citing their neighbor.

General Staff: Russia has lost **215,640 troops in Ukraine.**The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on June 11 that Russia has lost 215, 640 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in February 2022, with an estimated 980 casualties on June 10.

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