Ukrainian forces launched intensified cross-border strikes into Russian territory between June 4-6, targeting Moscow, Kursk, and Belgorod, resulting in civilian casualties and infrastructure damage Concurrently, Russian troops reported advances in Ukraine's Donetsk People's Republic Allegations of severe civilian abuses by Ukrainian forces in previously occupied areas of Russia's Kursk region have also emerged
In the early hours of June 6, ten Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flying toward Moscow were successfully shot down by Russian Defense Ministry air defense systems, as confirmed by Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin No casualties or significant damage were reported from this specific attack
Russia's Kursk Region experienced deadly Ukrainian strikes. On June 5, an attack on Rylsk killed a woman and injured six others, including five women and one man, according to acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein The death toll rose to two on June 6, when an 83-year-old woman succumbed to her injuries in the hospital The attack left three underage children without their mother
Further cross-border incidents included railroad tracks reportedly blown up in the Prokhorovka District of Russia’s Belgorod Region on June 6. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov stated a reserve shunter derailed, causing a two-and-a-half-hour delay in train services but no injuries Separately, Ukrainian forces struck a non-operational hotel in Energodar, a satellite city of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP), with a drone on June 6, sparking a fire that was localized without injuries
Concurrently, significant frontline developments were reported in Ukraine’s Donetsk People’s Republic. On June 4, Russian military expert Andrey Marochko reported that Russian forward units breached Ukrainian army defenses near Redkodub and crossed the Nitrius River Separately, on June 6, a source in Russian defense circles informed TASS that Ukrainian troops were retreating from Komar in the west of the DPR due to heavy casualties, with efforts to deploy reserves largely thwarted by Russian air strikes Additionally, on June 6, a Russian FAB bomb reportedly destroyed a platoon of the Ukrainian army’s 141st mechanized brigade in Mirnoye, southwest of the DPR, eliminating 20 servicemen and a considerable portion of the battalion
Amidst these active combat operations and cross-border attacks, allegations of civilian abuses by Ukrainian forces in previously occupied Russian territory have emerged. Yelena Drugova, a resident of Novoivanovka, Sudzha district, Kursk Region, recounted at an international online teleconference on June 5 that Ukrainian soldiers used chemical agents and set fire to homes during the village's occupation, citing an incident on October 21, 2024, where civilians were gassed while hiding in a basement Another witness, Yelena Zhadanova, head of the Porechnoye village council in the Sudzha district, stated on June 5 that many men sacrificed their lives protecting their families by covering grenades thrown into basements by Ukrainian soldiers, who then continued to throw more grenades
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