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

In Crimea, on June 8, an assistant driver of the Moscow—Simferopol passenger train was killed after an attack by a Ukrainian drone, and nine trains are delayed. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with the candidate for the post of UN Secretary General. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered to speed up the construction of the Leningrad and Stalingrad icebreakers. The air defense forces repelled an attack by seven drones on Moscow. All the details are in the Izvestia article.

Parliamentary elections in Armenia

According to the results of the vote processing, the Civil Contract party scored 49.81%, the Strong Armenia bloc - 23.29%. The leader of Strong Armenia, Samvel Karapetyan, claimed fraud and pressure on the opposition, announcing the arrest of about 700 people from his party. The Prosperous Armenia party requested a recount of votes, as it lacked 0.004% to enter parliament. The Armenia bloc of former President Robert Kocharian also intends to challenge the election results. According to the Investigative Committee of Armenia, 59 criminal proceedings have been initiated on the facts of electoral crimes, 30 of them for voting more than once or instead of another person.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin is recording all reports of numerous violations in the parliamentary elections in Armenia, but has so far refrained from official comments. Lyudmila Markina, a representative of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, noted the insufficient training of election commissions and the unreasonably complicated procedure for counting votes.

Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attack on passenger train in Crimea

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) attacked a passenger train from Moscow to Simferopol with a drone. As a result of the impact, the driver was injured, his assistant was killed, and the passengers were not injured. Eight trains were stopped.

The Southern Transport Prosecutor's Office took control of the situation. At the scene of the incident, the Crimean transport prosecutor coordinates the activities of law enforcement agencies and emergency services.

The transportation operator Grand Service Express reported that nine trains going to Crimea and back were delayed. The company has canceled ticket sales for a number of trains, and refunds for delayed flights are carried out without deducting additional fees.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had committed a war crime by attacking a passenger train. She stressed that the train was an exclusively civilian object and was not related to military logistics, expressed her condolences to the families of the victims and called on international structures and the media to condemn the attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the civilian population.

President Putin has ordered to accelerate the construction of icebreakers

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, Andrei Puchkov, to do everything to ensure that work on the Leningrad and Stalingrad icebreakers does not "stall." Putin noted that USC remains the leading association in Russian shipbuilding, which includes shipyards, ship repair enterprises, design bureaus, research centers and equipment manufacturers. He recalled that in 2023-2024, the government provided support to the corporation in the amount of more than 80 billion rubles.

Andrey Puchkov, the head of USC, said that the corporation has been making a profit for the second year in a row. In 2025, for the first time in many years, she received a positive financial result. Revenue has grown by 30% over the past three years and amounted to 525 billion rubles in 2025. During this period, about 110 ships were delivered to customers, and a record 50 ships in 2025. In the civilian sector, the program for the construction of nuclear icebreakers continues: work on the Yakutia has been completed, the construction of the Chukotka, Leningrad and Stalingrad is being completed.

Drone attacks on Moscow

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the Russian Defense Ministry's air defense forces repelled an attack by a drone flying towards the capital. Later, on the approach to Moscow, three more drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were neutralized. There are three more before that.

The total number of affected drones has increased to seven. Emergency services are working at the crash site.

The Russian Armed Forces hit the energy infrastructure of Ukraine used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian Armed Forces had attacked ammunition and fuel depots, transport and energy infrastructure facilities in Ukraine used in the interests of the Ukrainian army during the day.

The targets were hit using aircraft, drones, rocket and artillery systems. The Russian military destroyed enemy temporary deployment points in 139 districts. Air defense systems neutralized eight guided aerial bombs and 634 Ukrainian drones.

Meetings of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov

On June 8, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a meeting with the candidate for the post of UN Secretary General, former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet. Lavrov said that the new head of the United Nations must be impartial, independent and committed to the organization's Charter.

He stressed that Russia must be sure that the new Secretary General will not share the same position as the current head of the United Nations. Lavrov also said that Russia is not against the UN being headed by a woman.