Inside the fight for Donetsk: Battlefield updates from the Pokrovsk sector. We're joined today by COL Volodymyr Polevyi, the head of communications for the @7corpsDSHV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the unit responsible for holding this area of the front.

Russian milblogger Two Majors voices frustration with recent Ukrainian drone strikes: "The enemy is waging a war of annihilation against us. I've long since stopped listening to any excuses about "humane treatment" of the enemy."

In Pokrovsk, the 7th Air Assault Corps and the 4th Ranger Regiment of the Special Operations Forces (@SOF_UKR) destroyed a network of enemy drone launch sites. As a result of a joint operation, the 7th Rapid Response Air Assault Corps and the 4th Ranger Regiment of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces destroyed six launch sites used for vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) UAVs. The targeted locations included buildings near a city café, a children's goods store, a library, and a damaged house in a residential area. Russian forces had been using these sites to conduct combat drone missions and strike Ukrainian military positions, including logistics routes. The launch sites were identified through analysis of enemy activity conducted by Ukraine’s Defense Forces. The targets were then precisely engaged using fixed-wing strike drones.

WARNING GRAPHIC Russian bodies litter the front as two soldiers move towards their position this past winter.

Russia says their air defense had a 96% intercept rate against Ukrainian long range drones and 42% intercept rate against missiles between 29MAY-06JUN.

Russia released footage showing the targeting of Ukrainian logistics

He has since deleted this video at the request of Russian authorities because it shows the result of Ukrainian strikes.

Iran fired several drones tonight at commercial vessels attempting to transit Strait of Hormuz. On background for a senior US defense official: “It appears Iran has attempted to strike commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz tonight. U.S. forces shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones. Traffic flow through the Strait continues.”

USF Struck Tor and Buk-M3 Air Defense Systems, Command Posts, Deployment Sites, Logistics, and Other Key Enemy Targets On the night of June 10, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces struck a number of military and infrastructure targets deep behind enemy lines in temporarily occupied territories. Operation highlights: • In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, operators of the @1usc_army , in coordination with the 131st Reconnaissance Battalion, struck a Tor air defense system. • In Donetsk Oblast, operators of the @k_2army Brigade struck a Buk-M3 air defense system. • In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, operators of the 412th Nemesis Brigade struck a tugboat used in support of enemy operations. • In Donetsk Oblast, operators of Detachment 13 of the @414magyarbirds struck fuel storage tankers and an enemy military equipment storage site. • In Luhansk Oblast, operators of the @k_2army Brigade struck a command post of the enemy’s 88th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Army. • In Luhansk Oblast, operators of the @1usc_army struck a temporary deployment site of personnel from the 4th Separate Air Assault Brigade "Nevsky." • Operators of the 412th Nemesis Brigade and the @k_2army struck three electrical substations supporting enemy military infrastructure and operations. • In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, operators of the 1st Separate Center struck a command post of the 429th Motor Rifle Regiment of the enemy’s 19th Motor Rifle Division, 58th Army. The operations were conducted in coordination with the USF Deep Strike Center. Detailed statistics are available on the USF strike dashboard: sbs-group.army The systematic targeting of air defense assets, command posts, troop deployment sites, and logistics infrastructure reduces the enemy’s ability to command forces, sustain operations, and maintain the tempo of combat activities. USF: One step ahead!

Russian drone from Bars-Sarmat hunting Ukrainian drones in the southern occupied territories. This is one of the steps Russia is taking to mitigate the impact of the Middle Strike campaign.

Russian milblogger Romanov shows the result of a Ukrainian drone strike on the Mariupol-Donetsk highway in the southern occupied territories.

I swear this war gets messier by the day