What happened on the night of June 6th. The main thing

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) attacked the Kaluga, Belgorod and Leningrad regions, the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as Moscow overnight. The Russian national football team beat the Burkina Faso team. In Armenia, on the eve of the elections, pressure is being exerted on the opposition blocs. Iran and the United States exchanged blows. One person was killed in an attack on a Turkish ship in the Black Sea. For more information, see the Izvestia article.

Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes on Russian territory

One person was killed when an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacked a car in the city of Shebekino. Also, one man in the village of Otradnoye, Belgorod region, received multiple shrapnel wounds to his back during a drone attack.

According to the press service of the Office for the documentation of war crimes of Ukraine of the administration of the head and government of the region (JCCC), two people were injured in the DPR during the day.

The Air Defense forces eliminated 376 drones over the territory of Russia overnight. Drones were destroyed over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Leningrad, Novgorod, Orel, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea, the Republic of Abkhazia and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

Of these, 86 air defense UAVs were intercepted over the Leningrad Region. In addition, according to the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, nine enemy drones were shot down over the Moscow region.

The Russian national football team beat the Burkina Faso team

The Russian national football team scored a major victory over the national team of Burkina Faso in a friendly match. The match took place in Volgograd and ended with a score of 3:0.

The head coach of the Russian national team, Valery Karpin, expressed the opinion that the second half of the friendly match was worse than the first.

"The first half was good, but the second half was not. Is the problem them or us? They didn't replace all the players, but they came out and played better. Accordingly, the problem is with us," the coach is quoted as saying on the official website of the Russian Football Union (RFU).

The situation in Armenia before the elections

Gagik Tsarukyan's opposition Prosperous Armenia party has also faced pressure. The leader of "Strong Armenia" Samvel Karapetyan has been under investigation for a year, and the detentions have affected the former ministers of education, defense and finance, the head of the Department of state Property Management, the ex-rector of Yerevan University and the former mayor of the capital.

Journalists and opposition supporters gathered outside the building of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia, where the commission spent more than two hours deciding on the admission of the opposition party "Strong Armenia" to the elections.

"It's tragic. Everything that is happening is a tragedy for us. It is obvious that Pashinyan no longer has power. <...> Everything that was promised has not been done," Menua Soghomonyan, a representative of the Hayakve socio—political movement, told Izvestia correspondent Alexei Poltoranin.

The head of the Central Election Commission, Vahagn Hovakimyan, said that the Central Election Commission of Armenia did not deprive Samvel Karapetyan's bloc of registration for the upcoming elections on June 7.

It also became known that the court in Yerevan arrested the former Minister of Education and Science of Armenia Armen Ashotyan for one month.

"There is no reason for this, I cannot work with this level of jurisprudence, this is not jurisprudence," said his lawyer Tigran Atanesyan.

In Yerevan, a provocateur drove a car into a group of members of the Prosperous Armenia and Mother Armenia parties in the Shengavit administrative district, said Iveta Tonoyan, a spokeswoman for Prosperous Armenia.

Dmitry Solonnikov, director of the Institute of Modern State Development, in an interview with Izvestia, expressed the opinion that Pashinyan understands that if he loses the election, criminal prosecution will begin against him.

"Pashinyan understands perfectly well that if he loses, there will be criminal prosecutions, a trial, and a showdown with his potential corruption. So far, no one is accusing anyone, but, most likely, these charges will be if the opposition wins. <...> It is impossible to lose, it is necessary to win. <...> He has an indulgence for any actions. The main thing is that he wins, and he will implement this scenario," he said.

Russian Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is trying to eliminate all competitors in the country's elections. In turn, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the development of an anti-democratic scenario in Armenia could call into question the legitimacy of the entire electoral process.

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Iran and the United States exchanged blows

US President Donald Trump has said he may launch military action against Iran and that the conflict will end either with a treaty or in a more difficult way. The head of the White House also said that Tehran still has about 21-22% of missiles and drones.

CNN reported on Iran's release of several drones in the direction of the Strait of Hormuz. Later, the press service of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) notified that Iran had attacked ships that were trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz without permission.

"Iran launched drones in the direction of the Strait of Hormuz, and American forces shot down several of them," the publication says.

Kuwait's army reported repelling UAV and missile attacks on the country.

The Central Command of the US Armed Forces (CENTCOM) reported that US military personnel attacked Iran's radar stations in response to attacks by Iranian UAVs. In response to the American attack on the islands of Sirik and Qeshm, the Iranian army attacked US bases in the Middle East.

"After the aggression of the American army <...> on the islands of Sirik and Qeshm, enemy bases in the region were hit by ballistic missiles," the Tasnim news agency quoted a statement on the Telegram channel.

The Iranian military has seriously damaged the air operations control center of the US Armed Forces in Qatar.

"The command center, which led U.S. air operations in the Middle East for more than two decades, took a direct hit during the U.S. war with Iran and was severely damaged," Air and Space Forces Magazine said in a statement.

Later, the American side reported that the US Armed Forces intercepted Iranian ballistic missiles that were fired in the direction of the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf countries.

Attack on a Turkish ship in the Black Sea

One person was killed during the attack on the Turkish fishing vessel DURU 67 in the Black Sea.

"As a result of the attack, the DURU 67 fishing vessel sank and was damaged. The fishing vessel BURAK KAYA evacuated five injured fishermen from a sinking boat, and unfortunately one of them died during transportation," the press service of the Turkish Coast Guard reported.