{"id":162372,"date":"2025-06-06T07:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T07:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/162372\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T07:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T07:36:10","slug":"russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1198-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/162372\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,198 | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">These are the key events on day 1,198 of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s where things stand on Friday, June 6 :<\/p>\n<p>Fighting<\/p>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>At least four people were killed and 20 others injured in Kyiv, after Russia carried out a barrage of drone strikes in the Ukrainian capital overnight, Kyiv\u2019s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. He said 16 of those injured were hospitalised.<\/li>\n<li>Several fires broke out in various districts of Kyiv as a result of the shelling, including at a residential building, a civil infrastructure facility and a metal hangar.<\/li>\n<li>Russian shelling also damaged train tracks in the Kyiv region, with Ukraine\u2019s national railway operator warning of 90-minute delays. Several strikes also hit western Ukraine\u2019s city of Lutsk and Ternopil region.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"tr-story-p1\">Air defence units were in action repelling Russian drones, according to military authorities in Kyiv, as news outlets reported a series of explosions in the city.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>International monitors at the Russian-held <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/4\/16\/is-ukraines-zaphorizhzhia-nuclear-plant-at-risk-of-an-accident\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant<\/a> in Ukraine have reported hearing repeated rounds of gunfire that appeared to be aimed at drones apparently attacking the site\u2019s training centre, the UN\u2019s nuclear watchdog said.<\/li>\n<li>The nuclear plant\u2019s Russian management had earlier said that Ukrainian drones landed on the roof of the training centre in \u201cyet another attack\u201d on the facility. The management said there had been no casualties or damage. The nuclear facility\u2019s reactors are in shutdown mode amid the war.<\/li>\n<li>Russian investigators announced that they have opened a criminal case into an \u201cact of terrorism\u201d after a stretch of railway track in Russia\u2019s Voronezh region was damaged in an explosion.<\/li>\n<li>Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, at his daily briefing with reporters, described the latest rail attack as \u201cnothing other than terrorism at the state level\u201d. Russia has not yet provided evidence that Ukraine ordered the rail attacks, and Kyiv has not acknowledged responsibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Politics and diplomacy<\/p>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>Russia will respond to Ukraine\u2019s latest attacks \u2013 which have included an audacious drone attack on heavy bomber warplanes in Siberia \u2013 as and when its military sees fit, the Kremlin said, accusing Kyiv of state terrorism as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2025\/6\/5\/trump-russia-ukraine-like-two-children-fighting-in-a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US President Donald Trump<\/a> downplayed prospects for an immediate peace between the countries.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking to reporters before his meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump said he believed that \u201cat some point\u201d there would be peace between Russia and Ukraine. When asked if he would impose further sanctions on Russia, Trump responded, \u201cWhen I see the moment where it\u2019s not going to stop \u2026 we\u2019ll be very, very, very tough. And it could be on both countries, to be honest. You know, it takes two to tango.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Trump also said that he had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to not retaliate after Ukraine\u2019s drone attacks on Russia\u2019s airbases.<\/li>\n<li>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has promised to \u201cunconditionally support\u201d Russia in its war in Ukraine and said he expects Moscow to emerge victorious, the country\u2019s state media reported.<\/li>\n<li>Russia\u2019s Ministry of Internal Affairs said it had put Artyom Timofeyev, a Russian citizen who was born in Ukraine, on a national wanted list on suspicion of taking part in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/6\/2\/how-will-ukraines-attack-on-russian-bombers-affect-the-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacks on Russian military airfields<\/a>, state news agency TASS reported. Russian media reported earlier that Timofeyev, who reportedly owns a freight forwarding company, had left Russia for Kazakhstan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>Russian warplanes targeted in the June 1 drone attack were damaged but not destroyed, and they will be restored, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. The US has assessed that up to 20 warplanes were hit and around half were destroyed during the attack.<\/li>\n<li>Germany needs up to 60,000 additional troops under new NATO targets for weapons and personnel, the country\u2019s Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said in advance of the meeting between Trump and Merz on Thursday. NATO is focused on building up its forces to respond to what it sees as an increased threat from Russia.<\/li>\n<li>The Trump administration has announced the nomination of US Air Force Lieutenant General Alexus Grynkewich as the next top US general in Europe, and said he would also assume the traditional role of Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.<\/li>\n<li class=\"tr-story-p1\">Russia\u2019s Federal Security Service has accused British intelligence of using the British Council, which promotes international education and cultural relations, as a cover to undermine Russia. The security service said it had identified teachers at leading universities who cooperated with the London-based charity. The United Kingdom is now considered \u201cenemy number one\u201d by Russian officials, amid the intensifying conflict between Ukraine and Russia.<\/li>\n<li>Slovakia\u2019s parliament, in a thinly attended session, approved a resolution calling on the government not to vote in favour of new sanctions on Russia, raising questions over the country\u2019s future stance on European sanction packages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Economy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ukraine\u2019s export losses are set to reach $800m for the period June to December this year, following the expected end of free access to the European Union market, the country\u2019s central bank deputy governor, Serhiy Nikolaichuk, said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These are the key events on day 1,198 of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine. 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