The leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church, including Patriarch Kirill, is tasked with convincing the world religious community that it is Ukraine, not Russia, that violates the principles of religious freedom, despite Russia's bloody crimes against freedom of conscience and destruction of religious monuments in Ukraine.
Russia fired a cruise missile at Odesa region at night, causing no casualties or damage.
In the Kherson region, Russian forces shelled residential areas, damaging buildings and infrastructure, killing two civilians.
Russian troops attacked the central district of Kherson, killing at least one person.
Russian troops are attacking Kherson from the occupied left bank, explosions are heard in the city, said the head of the Kherson MVA Mrochko.
A passenger bus in the Kherson region was attacked, temporarily suspending transportation on the Kherson-Kizomys route until about June 20.
Occupants shelled residential areas in Kherson region, damaging 7 private houses, a gas pipeline and a private car, injuring 2 people.
The Russian dictator's latest ultimatums demanding that Ukraine withdraw its troops from its territories and refuse to join NATO were not taken seriously by the participants of the Global Peace Summit.
Enemy troops shelled residential areas and a gas pipeline in Kherson region, damaging 3 private houses and a gas pipeline, but causing no casualties.
Russia is dissatisfied with the West's reaction to Putin's statements about the terms of peace talks with Ukraine, calling it "unconstructive" and hoping for a more "substantive and promising" discussion next time.
Scholz accused Putin of trying to undermine support for Ukraine among European countries by pretending to be open to peace talks.
President Zelenskyy said that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin must be put in his place by all possible means: strengthening Ukraine, imposing powerful sanctions, and politically isolating him and his society.
President Zelenskyy criticized Putin's call to lift sanctions against Russia as demonstrating his inadequacy, saying that the world imposed sanctions because of Russia's occupation of Ukrainian territories and killing of people, and that sanctions can only be lifted when Russia withdraws from the occupied territories.
One person was killed and another wounded in Kherson region as a result of russian strikes on 18 settlements, including the city of Kherson.
Over the weekend, it will rain in most regions of Ukraine, with severe thunderstorms expected in many areas, while the west will remain dry with comfortable temperatures.
In Kherson region, Russian troops shelled residential areas, damaging 9 private houses, a cultural institution and a private car, killing one person, and the air defense forces destroyed one Shahed-131/136 drone during a night raid.
Russian troops shelled residential areas and critical infrastructure in many settlements in the Kherson region, hitting gas pipeline, outbuilding, hangar and agricultural machinery, but there were no civilian casualties.
In May alone, the Russian military fired more than 26,000 shells at the Kherson region. Since the beginning of a full-scale war, almost 29 thousand civilian objects have been damaged or destroyed in the region
Russian troops shelled several settlements in the Kherson region, damaging residential buildings, critical infrastructure, educational institutions and wounding one person.
The enemy struck a residential area of Kherson, causing a fire in a residential building, which was quickly extinguished by rescuers.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than 1,600 medical facilities have been damaged by enemy attacks.
Explosions were reported in the center of Kherson, Ukraine, and residents were urged to seek shelter immediately.
A 102-year-old woman was wounded as a result of the shelling of a residential building by the Russian army in the Dnipro District of Kherson and was hospitalized.
As a result of enemy strikes on the Kherson region, 2 people were injured and private homes were damaged.
In the Kherson region, as a result of Russian shelling, 1 person was killed and 4 others were injured.
The Russians continue to forcibly deport Ukrainians from the occupied Kherson region, evicting them from their homes and replacing them with Russian military personnel, while increasing the number of roadblocks to control and move the population.
The Russian military attacked an ambulance with explosives dropped from a drone in the Kherson region, wounding the driver and a 50-year-old civilian.
According to the investigation, on June 8, at about 12:40, the enemy covered the village of Belozerka, Kherson region, with fire. Two civilians were injured in various degrees of severity, they were hospitalized.
As a result of Russian shelling in the village of Dudchany, Berislavsky district, Kherson region, a 60-year-old woman was killed.
In the Kherson region, the Russian army shelled 15 settlements, damaging a critical infrastructure facility, a high-rise building and seven private houses, injuring one person.