What happened on the night of June 8th. The main thing

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) attacked the Kursk and Belgorod regions, the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), Simferopol and Sevastopol overnight. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced the "victory" of his Civil Contract party in the elections after counting only 10% of the votes. Iran attacked Israel in response to the attacks on Beirut. An earthquake of magnitude 8.1 occurred in the Philippines. Nine people were injured in a shooting near the base of the England national football team. For more information, see the Izvestia article.

Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes on Russian territory

Two machine operators were killed in an attack by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Ukrainian Armed Forces on agricultural land in the Kursk region. One person was killed and one injured as a result of a drone attack on a passenger train locomotive in Simferopol.

The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, reported on five victims after the attack of Ukrainian drones on the republic. It is specified that there are two children among them. In addition, in the LPR, the Ukrainian Armed Forces targeted two teenagers on bicycles.

"In Lisichansk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces targeted two teenagers who were riding bicycles," the head of the republic, Leonid Pasechnik, wrote on his Telegram channel.

Two people were injured in the Belgorod region from attacks by Ukrainian drones, including one minor.

Also, air defense systems destroyed two drones in the sky over Sevastopol.

Elections in Armenia

The final turnout in the parliamentary elections in Armenia was 58.97%. Pashinyan announced the "victory" of his Civil Contract party in the elections in Armenia after counting only 10% of the votes. He stated that Armenia will continue to move closer to the West, but will not stop participating in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and noted Armenia's unwillingness to join the European Union (EU).

The leader of the Strong Armenia party, businessman Samvel Karapetyan, said that the Armenian authorities have suspended the counting of votes, as they understand that they are not winning the parliamentary elections. According to Karapetyan, about 700 people from his party have been arrested, 80 of them have already been sent to prison "for unknown reasons." He called it impossible to consider these elections democratic. Later, the opposition in Armenia also accused Pashinyan of trying to put pressure on the Central Election Commission (CEC).

Iran has launched attacks on Israel

The Ynet portal reported that the Iranian side launched rockets towards Israel. An attack was carried out on the Israeli Ramat David airbase and on the military near the historic Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon. The airspace in the west of the country was closed, and the missiles were put on alert. Mohsen Rezaei, the military adviser to Iran's supreme leader, called the attacks on Israel a warning to stop the strikes on Beirut.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly stated that it will not tolerate violations of the ceasefire or aggression against Lebanon. The aggressors received their response tonight. This response is a warning to them to stop their atrocities," he wrote on his page on the social network X.

The IDF announced the interception of all Iranian missiles. In addition, CNN learned about Tel Aviv's intention to respond to the rocket attack.

"Israel will launch a powerful response to Iranian ballistic missile attacks," the statement said.

IDF spokesman Efi Defrin announced plans to continue operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Later, the IDF attacked Iran's central and Western military targets.

US President Donald Trump was informed about the escalation between the Israeli and Iranian sides. The head of the White House held a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during which he announced his intention to launch a powerful retaliatory attack on Iran. The head of the White House, in turn, said that Tel Aviv has no choice but to accept any agreement that will be reached between Washington and Tehran.

"He won't have a choice. I make the decisions. I make all the decisions. He (Netanyahu. — Ed.) does not make decisions," Trump said in an interview with the Financial Times (FT) newspaper.

A powerful earthquake has struck the Philippines

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) reported that an earthquake of magnitude 8.1 occurred off the coast of Mindanao Island in the Philippines. At least one person was killed and several others were injured due to the seismic event. In this regard, a tsunami threat was announced. Residents of nine provinces were urged to evacuate. Within two hours of the earthquake in the Philippines, 11 aftershocks were recorded.

Evacuation due to the threat of a tsunami was also announced in the Japanese prefecture of Mie and the cities of Kagoshima, Aichi and Shizuoka.

"Mie Prefecture <...> issued an evacuation order for 22,201 households and 42,611 people in the city of Shima," NHK reported.

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Nine people were injured in a shooting in the UK

The New York Times (NYT) reported that nine people were injured in a shooting near the England national football team's training base in Kansas City.

"The police received a report of an incident on Troost Avenue, located near the training base and the team hotel that England will use during the tournament. <...> It subsequently became clear that nine adults had gone to various local hospitals with injuries," the publication says.