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Sunday, June 7
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,373,620 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,350 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Crimea oil depot reportedly struck in Ukrainian attack
A fire reportedly broke out at the Semikolodyansk oil depot amid the strikes.
Pro-Ukrainian partisans sabotage railway infrastructure in Russian city of Voronezh, Atesh group claims
"While (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's army is searching for a replacement, the railway junction and logistics in the region are operating with a limited reserve for recovery," the group said.
Railway infrastructure reportedly struck by Ukrainian drones in occupied Luhansk, Donetsk oblasts
Ukrainian drones struck energy and transport infrastructure in the occupied Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts overnight June 6-7, independent Telegram news channel Exilenova Plus reported.
Saturday, June 6
Power returns to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after prolonged outage, IAEA says
Power returned to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant after a 15-hour outage, the IAEA said, ending one of the longest disruptions at the facility during the war.
Putin meets former German Chancellor Schroeder, Kremlin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a private meeting in Moscow with former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, a longtime associate of the Russian leader, the Kremlin said June 5.
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"Almost half of your 26 years of power in Russia you have spent in the war against Ukraine," Zelensky wrote to Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Whatever you say about NATO, geopolitics and the Russian language, this war is your personal choice — a war without a real reason. This is how history will remember it."
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