Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 09 JUN 2023 23:59 PDT - No SITREP For June 9 (Patreon)

There have been so many events today, and the team is exhausted.

There was another missile and drone attack late today, and Ukrainian air defenses had a bad day - one of the worst since the attacks started more than a year ago. There is a lot to review and confirm. Poltava, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv all under review.

Ukraine had a successful Storm Shadow cruise missile strike at a significant location for Russian forces, and there are videos we're working on confirming and trying to get confirmation on casualty numbers. 

We're working on an update on what happened on the morning of June 6 at the Kakhovka Dam, with a lot of new information coming out in the last 24 hours.

Fighting has expanded in Zaporizhia and southwestern Donetsk, and Ukraine has likely made some more gains in the Bakhmut region.

The United States introduced another aid package, and a bipartisan group of US Congresspersons is moving to accelerate military aid to Ukraine. 

Our assessment that Yevgeny Prigozhin went too far with the detention of a Russian military commander remains accurate, with Ramzan Kadyrov making direct accusations against the mercenary leader of defrauding the Russian Ministry of Defense.

What's going on in Belgorod - since United Russia leadership arrived, the information released has dropped dramatically, so it requires more digging.

There is an extensive update about the situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and an announcement by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi on a larger role he is going to plan after the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam. On the subject of the IAEA, United Nations and USAID are in Kherson and distributing aid.

 And there's more. We just don't have the cycles to validate/verify/assess and get this done before sunrise Seattle time. There will be a two-day report tomorrow combat only.

Thank you for your understanding, and good night.