Day 2 of Putin's revenge left Ukraine reeling. After 452 airstrikes on June 6, Russia launched 206 more drones and 9 missiles overnight. Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk were hit hard as Zelensky pleaded for more Western support.

Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko is a rival to Zelensky and under sanctions, but says he knows how to get the American relationship back on track.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has said that as a result of a strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on June 5, three Iskander-M installations were destroyed in the Bryansk Region. He said this during an evening address.

A massive drone strike plot on a key Russian base has reportedly been foiled. Russia claims its National Guard intercepted a Ukrainian saboteur before he could launch deadly drones near Ryazan. The drones were armed with anti-tank warheads.

Ukraine refused to accept 6,000 bodies of dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine without explanation, Verkhovna Rada deputy Artem Dmytruk said.

Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine is still waiting for a response from the United States regarding the proposal to buy air defense systems from them. — Ukrinform.

Air assaults on Saturday killed at least four people. Kharkiv’s mayor described an overnight strike as “the most powerful attack” since the beginning of the war.

A bipartisan pair of US senators met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday and urged stronger sanctions against Russia, while uncertainty swirls over whether the next round of peace talks will move ahead in the coming days.

President Volodymyr Zelensky intends to hold a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump during the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada, Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak said on air on June 6.

A likely focus of talks between the two leaders will be military aid and whether Germany will provide Ukraine with the Taurus cruise missile.