Russians deploying chemical weapons nearly daily on Southern front — military
On the southern front, Russian invading forces are using munitions with chemical agents just as they do in the northern sectors of the front.
17 June 2025
On the southern front, Russian invading forces are using munitions with chemical agents just as they do in the northern sectors of the front.
The situation on Ukraine’s southern front is deteriorating, with a sharp rise in the number of Russian assault groups, combat engagements, and artillery attacks.
On June 16, Ukrainian forces engaged in 186 combat clashes with Russian invaders, according to a Facebook update from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
16 June 2025
Russian forces launched an airstrike on a residential neighborhood in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, injuring two people.
The Israeli Air Force has destroyed 120 of Iran’s ballistic missile launchers, effectively preventing the launch of nearly half the missiles the Islamic Republic had intended to fire at Israel overnight.
Intense fighting continued on the frontline in Ukraine on June 15, with 175 combat clashes recorded between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops.
Seven people were injured in Kherson region over the past 24 hours as a result of continued Russian aggression.
15 June 2025
Russian forces carried out approximately 94 attacks on border areas of Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Sumy regions over the past day — a total of 264 explosions were recorded, causing damage.
A total of 203 combat engagements have been recorded along the Ukrainian frontlines over the past day. The Russians were most active in the Pokrovsk direction, as well as in Kursk, Novopavlivka, Toretsk, and Lyman axes.
14 June 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that the Israeli military has inflicted “serious damage” on Iran’s nuclear facilities as a result of airstrikes over the past two days.
Since the beginning of the day, Russian forces have attacked Ukrainian Defense Forces’ positions 98 times. Battles are still ongoing in six frontline sectors, with the most intense fighting reported in the Lyman, Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, and Kursk sectors.
The radiation levels outside nuclear facilities attacked by Israel in Esfahan, Iran, are normal.
On June 13, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 225 combat clashes with Russian invaders across the front lines.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has officially confirmed the destruction of the above-ground section of a facility in Natanz as a result of an Israeli airstrike. The site was being used by Iran to enrich uranium in violation of imposed restrictions.
During an air raid alert in Zaporizhzhia, declared due to the threat of Russian drones, explosions were heard in the city.
13 June 2025
An 80-year-old woman was killed in the village of Rivnopillia, part of the Huliaipole community in the Zaporizhzhia region, due to a Russian airstrike on Friday, June 13.
Over the past day, June 12, as many as 209 combat clashes between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the frontline.
A total of 168 combat engagements took place on the front line, with over one-third occurring in the Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka sectors.
12 June 2025
As a result of an airstrike on Huliaipole community in Kherson region, one man was killed while the number of injured has risen to three.
In Huliaipole community of Zaporizhzhia region, as a result of four Russian airstrikes, one person was injured, houses were destroyed, and a fire broke out in one of the buildings.
In the past 24 hours, 20 combat engagements took place on the Toretsk front, with 35 Russian soldiers eliminated. The enemy is actively pushing toward Dyliivka and Yablunivka.
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.
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.
11 June 2025
Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian Defense Forces have engaged in 99 combat clashes with Russian troops, 33 of them along the Pokrovsk axis.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained an FSB agent who was coordinating Russian strikes on military airfields in the Lviv region.
On the front line over the past day, June 10, 220 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
Two people were injured as a result of an enemy FPV drone strike in Malokaterynivka, Zaporizhzhia region.
As a result of Russia's drone attack on Kharkiv overnight on June 11, 54 people were injured, including eight children. Two people were killed.
10 June 2025
A Russian airstrike on Kupiansk in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region on June 10 killed one civilian and left two others wounded.
The number of enemy assault operations in the Toretsk, Kramatorsk, and Siversk sectors has decreased, but Russian forces have intensified shelling using tactical aircraft.