Ukraine’s HUR hackers crash Siberian internet on Russia Day
Hackers from Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) attacked the Siberian internet provider Orion Telecom on Russia Day.
12 June 2025
Hackers from Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) attacked the Siberian internet provider Orion Telecom on Russia Day.
Russian troops continue active combat operations in the Kharkiv sector of the front, particularly near Vovchansk, but there is currently no threat of a breakthrough on this front.
The Russian leadership may be tempted to test NATO’s unity. To force Putin to end the war in Ukraine and abandon further ambitions, economic pressure on Russia must be intensified to make prolonging the war impossible.
On the Orikhiv front, Russian forces are conducting assault operations near the settlements of Mala Tokmachka, Stepove, and Lobkove. They are also trying to break through Ukrainian defenses to secure a foothold near Orikhiv.
The Ukrainian industry has the capacity to increase drone production by 40% this year, but lacks the necessary funds to do so.
Emergency crews discovered the bodies of two more workers at an industrial facility in Kharkiv on the morning of June 12, according to the Main Department of the State Emergency Service in the Kharkiv region.
Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General and former National Security Advisor Herbert Raymond McMaster suggested that Russia's war against Ukraine is closely tied to a broader campaign by a coalition of authoritarian states, which continue to support Moscow and share a goal of reshaping the global order toward an authoritarian model of governance.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius arrived in Kyiv on Thursday, June 12, for talks with Ukrainian officials on the current security situation and further military assistance, according to dpa.
Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General and former National Security Advisor Herbert Raymond McMaster said that Russia's ability to continue sending people into the war is not limitless, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to replenish the losses of trained military personnel, especially among junior officers.
In the early hours of Thursday, June 12, the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces and other branches of the Defense Forces struck a key military-industrial target in Russia's Moscow region, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 49 out of 63 drones launched by Russia during an overnight attack that began late on June 11, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
On June 11, Russian forces killed two civilians and injured six others in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, according to Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration.
Fourteen people were injured in an overnight Russian drone attack on Kharkiv, including four children.
Fourteen people were injured in an overnight Russian drone attack on Kharkiv, including four children.
Fourteen people were injured in an overnight Russian drone attack on Kharkiv, including four children.
On June 11, Ukrainian forces engaged in 220 combat clashes with Russian invading forces, with the heaviest fighting reported in the Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka sectors.
We have to teach Europe not to fear Russia – psychologically and militarily
On the evening of June 11, Russian troops attacked a resident of the village of Havrilivka in the Kherson region with a drone. She was wounded and is now in the hospital.
Intelligence officers intercepted a conversation in which a Russian soldier refuses to carry out a combat mission due to the high-quality work of Ukrainian artillery.
The special operation “Spider Web” to destroy Russian strategic bombers deep inside Russian territory has significantly strengthened Ukraine's reputation and the authority of its Defense Forces.
11 June 2025
The participants of the Ukraine-Southeast Europe Summit reaffirmed their support for Ukraine's path toward full Euro-Atlantic integration, including NATO membership, and called on the international community to strengthen sanctions against Russia.
The recent wave of intensified Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities is a reaction to successful operations carried out by Ukrainian forces on Russian territory. Poland is actively advocating for a new package of sanctions against Russia in response to its crimes in Ukraine.
The war between Russia and Ukraine has demonstrated that unmanned aerial vehicles are a powerful weapon in modern warfare.
Russia is the main source of threats for all countries in Southeast Europe, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine has already developed various types of interceptor drones and is currently working to secure additional funding for their mass production.
After the destruction of the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the cruiser Moskva, it became clear that the era of large ships was over. Ukraine, even without a full-fledged fleet, managed to rethink its approach to naval warfare—and now sets the tone on the world stage in the use of naval drones.
On the evening of June 11, Russian troops struck the Saltivsky district of Kharkiv with a Molniia drone.
Putin's Russia has become even more brutal, so it is now important to strengthen support for Ukraine, primarily from the European Union, and to increase sanctions pressure.
Russian military attacked rescuers with a strike drone while they were clearing mines from agricultural land in the liberated territories of the Izium district of the Kharkiv region.
The Kremlin is well aware of the capabilities of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. At the same time, Moscow is no longer perceived as untouchable: it increasingly looks less like a global center of power and more like a permanent target for drone strikes from Kyiv.