In the Zhytomyr region, the training center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where foreign mercenaries were retrained, was destroyed, official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov said during a briefing.

“As a result of a strike by high-precision air-launched missiles in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Novograd-Volynsky, Zhytomyr region, the training center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed, in which foreign mercenaries were retrained and coordinated,” the representative of the Russian Defense Ministry emphasized.

At the same time, high-precision air-launched missiles hit two command posts, the Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system, an ammunition depot in the Paraskovievka area in the LPR, as well as 23 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In addition, aviation destroyed more than 200 nationalists, five tanks, two Grad multiple rocket launchers, as well as a rocket and artillery weapons depot near Verkhnekamenskoye in the LPR.

While the missile forces and artillery liquidated over 300 nationalists, seven armored vehicles, two Grad multiple rocket launchers, 12 field artillery guns and mortars, 24 special vehicles, a fuel storage facility for military equipment in the Nikolaev region, as well as a crossing built by the Armed Forces of Ukraine across the river Seversky Donets near Protopopovka.

In the Donetsk People's Republic, work has begun on demining the Holy Mountains National Park, Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said during a briefing.

“Engineering units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have begun to clear roads and forests of the Svyatye Gory National Park in the areas of the settlements of Svyatogorsk, Yarovaya, Studenok and Sosnovoe of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

Over the past 24 hours, 126 explosive devices of various types installed by Ukrainian nationalists, including 54 anti-tank mines, have been discovered and destroyed,” he said.

Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft and 13 drones in a day, and also intercepted one Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missile and shot down two Smerch MLRS rockets, Konashenkov concluded.

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Belgorod region

On the morning of June 9, the Ukrainian military shelled the village of Khotmyzhsk, Borisov district, Belgorod region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel.

“Most importantly, none of the civilians were hurt.

Windows were broken in three households, roofs and fences were cut.

Now a task force is working on the spot, the door-to-door tour of the territory continues.

We will try to start restoration work tomorrow,” he said.

In May, the villages of Zhuravlyovka, Nekhoteevka and Solokhi were subjected to repeated shelling by Ukraine.

Over 500 residents were evacuated from these settlements.

Kursk region

The high level of terrorist threat has been extended again in the Kursk region.

This was announced by the head of the region Roman Starovoit.

“Our law enforcement agencies and special services have been working in an enhanced mode for almost two months.

The "yellow" level of terrorist threat has already helped them to prevent a terrorist attack on the May holidays.

Together with the heads of law enforcement agencies, we decided to extend its validity for another two weeks - until June 22, ”he wrote on Telegram.

The governor also urged residents of the Kursk region to remain vigilant and report suspicious citizens or abandoned items to the police.

Recall that the "yellow" level of terrorist threat was introduced in the region on April 11 in connection with possible provocations by Ukrainian nationalists.

Kherson region

The authorities of the Kherson region intend to hold a referendum on joining the Russian Federation this year, said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the region.

“We will do everything necessary so that the residents of the Kherson region do not experience any difficulties, so that their life is comfortable,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

At the same time, according to him, integration with Russia has already begun, local residents are actively applying for Russian citizenship.

In addition, the entire territory of the Kherson region is under the control and protection of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, he stressed.

“Kyiv continues deliberate provocations, deliberately escalating the situation near the borders of the region and shelling the territory from distant positions in order to keep the population in constant fear,” Stremousov said, emphasizing that all statements by the Kyiv regime about the seizure of territory are meaningless.

Along with this, he pointed to the readiness of the Kherson region to resume freight rail communication with the Crimea: “In technical terms, everything is in a satisfactory condition, so soon the trains will also go from Kherson.”