What happened on the night of June 7th. The main thing

A Russian citizen died as a result of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attack on ships in the Sea of Azov. The Air Defense Forces destroyed 95 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) overnight over the territory of Russia. A 12-year-old girl was injured in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Belgorod region. A homemade plane crashed in the Arsky district of Tatarstan, its pilot died. There is a new round of escalation in the Middle East — the United States allows the resumption of strikes against Iran. For more information, see the Izvestia article.

Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks on Russian regions and ships in the Sea of Azov

One of the five people killed as a result of an attack by drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on ships in the Sea of Azov is a Russian citizen, the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported. The total number of victims was 25 people.

A 12-year-old girl was injured during an attack by an APU UAV on a car in the village of Oktyabrsky in the Belgorod region, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said.

During the day, the armed formations of Ukraine launched 14 attacks on the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), as a result of which seven civilians, including two children, were injured. 14 residential buildings, 11 civil infrastructure facilities, as well as trucks and cars were damaged.

The Russian Defense Ministry estimated that 95 UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the territory of Russia were eliminated overnight by the air defense forces. The drones were intercepted over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Novgorod and Rostov regions. Drones were also intercepted over the Smolensk, Tula, Yaroslavl regions, Krasnodar Territory, Moscow Region, Crimea and the Black Sea.

The fall of a light-engine aircraft in Tatarstan

A homemade plane crashed near the village of Kazanbash in the Arsky district of Tatarstan, killing the pilot. This was reported on June 6 in the press service of the Volga Transport Prosecutor's Office. The causes of the incident are being established, a deputy transport prosecutor has left for the site to coordinate actions, and compliance with flight safety legislation is being checked. Later, a source from Izvestia reported that the aircraft had not been registered.

Russian athletes on the world stage

The UEFA Executive Committee has excluded Russian clubs from the list of participants in the 2026/27 European Cup season, according to the organization's press service.

"The changes are related to the ongoing suspension of the participation of Russian national teams and Russian clubs in competitions under the auspices of UEFA," reads the text of the document.

However, Russian athletes were allowed to compete with the flag, anthem and national symbols in 12 Olympic sports, including judo, wrestling, swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, water polo, athletic and artistic gymnastics, trampoline, boxing, taekwondo and fencing, said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko. on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Zakharova's statement on the drone situation in Romania

On June 6, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, asked the Romanian authorities about the incident with the detonation of an APU drone in the port of Constanta.

"Questions from the Romanian Foreign Ministry: when are you planning to close the Ukrainian representative office or expel Ukrainian diplomats? When will you apologize to the citizens of Romania for the endless Russophobic lies?" she wrote on the Telegram channel.

The situation in the Middle East

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported the death of two soldiers during the fighting with Hezbollah. The total number of casualties since the beginning of the last round of escalation has reached 29 people.

The American Armed Forces destroyed two UAVs in the Strait of Hormuz. US Congressman Pat Fallon believes that Washington will resume strikes on Iran, and President Donald Trump said that the United Nations can contribute to the normalization of navigation through the strait.

The political situation in Armenia before the elections, expert opinions

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan uses an administrative resource to mobilize supporters before the parliamentary elections, political analyst Tigran Kocharyan said in an interview with Izvestia. According to him, opposition rallies are usually attended only by party activists or private sector employees who are independent of the state, although they are also under pressure.

"People are mostly not ready to join the European Union, because everyone has relatives in Russia, and everyone receives money transfers from Russia, which amount to almost as much as the Armenian budget," Grigor Balasanyan, an international expert, told Izvestia.

He stated that the republic's economy is closely linked to Russia and the EAEU countries, and the transition to the European vector may lead to an increase in energy costs and deprive the country of benefits in the Russian space.

"Of course, what is happening, especially in the last few days, against the background of how Pashinyan did not win the debate, to put it mildly, is classic repression," political analyst Beniamin Matevosyan assessed the actions of the authorities against the opposition.

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Escalation between China and Taiwan

China has announced the launch of a special naval operation in the waters east of Taiwan. The Taiwanese Coast Guard sent vessels in response to China's actions in the waters east of the island.