Russia-Ukraine War: List of Key Events, Day 1.203 | Russia-Ukraine War News

These are the key events of 1.203 days of Russia's war against Ukraine.

This is where things are on Wednesday, June 11:

Struggle

• Russia launched a large -scale Drones and rocket attacks In Ukraine, killing one man in Kyiv and two in the southern port city of Odessa. At least 13 people were injured.
• A Ukrainian attack on drones at a gas station in the Russian city of Belgorod killed one person and wounds four others, said region governor Viaslav Gladkov.
• Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski said Russia's attack on Kiev was “one of the biggest” in the three-year war. This caused several fires and damaged buildings, including St. Sofia Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Landmark.
• In northeastern Ukraine, Harciv's governor, Oleh Sinihubov, said that the defense council in the region decided to order the mandatory evacuation of seven villages.
• Ukrainian military said Russia launched 315 drones and seven rockets in Ukrainian cities in total. Ukrainian air defenders took off 213 drones, two ballistic missiles and two cruise missiles, the military said.
• The Ukrainian forces have also committed themselves with 167 shootings with Russian troops on numerous fronts on Tuesday, said the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the air defense departments were removing 109 Ukrainian drones on Monday night on Tuesday.

Prisoners

• The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that “a second group of Russian servicemen was returned from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime” after an exchange of prisoners was held on Monday. They will now undergo “treatment and rehabilitation”, the ministry said.
• Zelenski said Ukraine also received prisoners in the “first stage of the return of our wounded and seriously wounded warriors from Russian captivity.”
• “The exchange should continue,” Zelenski added. Both sides are expected to release over 1,000 prisoners under an agreement has been reached On conversations in Istanbul, Turks, last week.
• Ukrainian families of missing soldiers have said they are looking forward to information as the exchanges continue.

Policy and diplomacy

• German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz denied the Russian “terror against the civil population” of Ukraine after heavy drones and missile strikes in Moscow.
• The United States Defense Minister Pete Heget told legislators that the United States would reduce military assistance to Ukraine in the upcoming defense budget.
• “This administration has a very different perspective on this conflict. We believe that an agreed peace agreement is in the best interest of both the countries and the interests of our nation, especially with all competing interests around the world,” Heget said.
• The European Commission has proposed an 18th pack of sanctions against Russia aimed at its revenue from oil, banks and weapons.
• The Russian authorities arrested opposition politician Lev Schlosberg and accused him of discrediting the Russian army after he called the war against Ukraine a game of “bloody chess”.
• Finnish Minister of Defense Anti Hackkan claims that a Russian military aircraft violates Finland's airspace, which has caused an investigation from the Finnish border guards.