There are armored vehicles that have been captured. Russian Defense Ministry released a video showing the capture of a German Leopard 2 and a US-made M2 Bradley Source
Russia & Ukraine
A family, which escaped flooding on the roof of the house after the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) was blown up, was saved from the temporarily occupied left-bank territory of Kherson Oblast. Source
As of the evening of 7 June, the city of Mykolaiv is provided with drinking water, but the possibility of a water shortage remains. Snihurivka hromada [an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories] is under the real threat of flooding. Source
Three people have died due to flooding in the temporarily occupied town of Oleshky in Kherson Oblast after the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) was blown up by the Russians. Source
Russia launched a missile attack using Isaknder-M ballistic missiles [NASA confirms] against Mirgorod base, where the 40th brigade's MiG-29 fighters are located Source
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that he is shocked by the reaction of the UN and the Red Cross to the blowing up of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) by the Russian occupiers. Source
On Wednesday 7 June, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed that Ukraine is not related to the sabotage of the Russian Northern Streams gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September last year. Source
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that international organisations, such as the Red Cross, should immediately join in evacuating people from flooded cities and villages, in particular in the temporarily occupied territory, where Ukrainian military and emergency workers cannot currently reach. Source
The Ukrainian offensive, which media claim has already begun, continues in full force in direction of the Donetsk front. T-64 tank and 4 Mastiff PPVs destroyed. Source
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that the oblasts that depended on the Kakhovka Reservoir would be provided with water, and Ukraine would do everything possible to overcome the consequences of Russian ecocide and save lives in the flooded territories. Source
Russia admitted on 18 May that it had agreed to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative, known as the grain agreement, for 60 more days without fulfilling its ultimatum. Source
8 Leopards & 3 French AMX-10 tanks destroyed in a day – this is what the Ministry of Defense of Russia claims about Ukraine's counteroffensive actions on June 5 Source
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday that he was aware of Ukraine’s use of long-range Storm Shadow missiles, which London had handed over to Kyiv. Source
Over the course of the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have struck one Russian ammunition storage point, an anti-aircraft missile system, and seven electronic warfare systems. Source
The Ukrainian brigade from three to five thousand servicemen has undergone training in Sweden on modern Western equipment. Source
Norway’s Defence Minister Bjørn Arild Gram announced additional military aid for Ukraine on Thursday, 18 May, saying that Norway will also step up its participation in training Ukrainian military personnel in the UK. Source
On May 31 videos of a falling missile began to emerge. Later a thorough analysis of the fragments from the falling missile was identified as a PAC-3 CRI. Source
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace believes that the long-range Storm Shadow missiles allow Ukraine to partially compensate for the lack of modern combat fighters, which it has not yet been provided with. Source
As of the evening of Thursday, 18 May, Ukrainian forces control the southwest of Bakhmut and are making gains in some areas around the city. Source
At least 5 people killed and 19 injured as a result of HIMARS shelling of a poultry farm on the LPR territory, carried out on the night of May 31 by Ukrainians. Source