俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京对邻国乌克兰的“特殊军事行动”始于2月24日，俄罗斯军队从北部的白俄罗斯和东部的俄罗斯入侵。据美国官员称，乌克兰军队进行了“顽强抵抗”。
此后，俄罗斯军队在乌克兰东部有争议的顿巴斯地区发动了全面地面进攻，占领了战略港口城市马里乌波尔，并确保了通往莫斯科吞并的克里米亚半岛的沿海走廊。
俄罗斯占领的马里乌波尔面临“医疗人员的灾难性缺乏”
俄罗斯占领的乌克兰马里乌波尔市正面临“灾难性的医务人员短缺”，马里乌波尔市长顾问彼得罗·安德留先科(Petro Andryushchenko)在Telegram应用上表示。
他说，俄罗斯人正试图说服80岁以上的当地人回到医院工作。
他警告说，“在这种医学状态下，任何传染病都会变成致命的流行病。”
克里姆林宫称普京-泽伦斯基会晤不可能
克里姆林宫称，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京和乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽伦斯基(Volodymyr Zelenskyy)之间的会晤目前是不可能的。
当被问及泽伦斯基最近关于他愿意与普京会面的评论时，克里姆林宫发言人佩斯科夫说:“我们的立场在这里是众所周知的:需要为最高级别的会晤做好准备。我们知道乌克兰方面已经退出谈判轨道，因此目前不可能为这种高层会议做准备。”
6月8日，早上5:06
乌克兰在东部主要城市的防御“举行”，尽管俄罗斯的攻击
英国国防部周三在一份情报更新中表示，尽管俄罗斯军队从三个方向发起攻击，但保卫东部城市Sieverodonetsk的乌克兰军队正在“坚守”。
“俄罗斯继续试图从三个方向对谢韦罗东涅茨克飞地发起攻击，尽管乌克兰的防御还在，”该部表示。"在过去的24小时里，双方都不太可能取得重大进展。"
工业中心Sieverodonetsk是乌克兰东部有争议的顿巴斯地区仍由乌克兰军队控制的最大城市，该地区包括卢甘斯克和顿涅茨克州自称的共和国。最近几天，俄罗斯军队在向顿巴斯推进的过程中包围了这座城市，形成了一个口袋，可以困住那里和邻近城市Lysychansk的乌克兰守军。
Sievierodonetsk和Lysychansk是卢甘斯克地区仍由乌克兰控制的最后两个主要城市。
上周，英国国防部表示，俄罗斯军队已经占领了Sieverodonetsk的大部分地区，但通往该地区的主要道路可能仍在乌克兰的控制之下。
该部表示，由于俄罗斯占领的乌克兰领土的正面延伸超过300英里，“俄罗斯和乌克兰在保持防线的同时，也面临着类似的挑战，同时腾出有能力的作战部队进行进攻行动”。
“虽然俄罗斯正在集中进攻顿巴斯中部，但它在侧翼一直处于守势，”该部周三在情报更新中表示。“乌克兰军队最近在赫尔松州西南部发起反攻，取得了一些胜利，包括夺回了因古勒斯河东岸的一个据点。”
6月7日下午3点12分
哈尔科夫炮击至少3人死亡
根据哈尔科夫地区长官Oleg Synegubov的说法，俄罗斯军队正在对哈尔科夫地区进行炮击，造成至少3人死亡，6人受伤。
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin-Zelenskyy meeting not possible, Kremlin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. Ukrainian troops have offered "stiff resistance," according to U.S. officials.
The Russian military has since launched a full-scale ground offensive in eastern Ukraine's disputed Donbas region, capturing the strategic port city of Mariupol and securing a coastal corridor to the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula.
Russian-occupied Mariupol faces 'catastrophic lack of medical staff'
The Russian-occupied city of Mariupol, Ukraine, is facing a "catastrophic lack of medical staff," Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said on the Telegram app.
He said Russians are trying to convince locals who are over 80 years old to go back to work at hospitals.
He warned, "In this state of medicine, any infectious disease turns into a deadly epidemic."
Putin-Zelenskyy meeting not possible, Kremlin says
A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not currently possible, the Kremlin said.
When asked about a recent comment from Zelenskyy that he's willing to meet with Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, "Our position is well-known here: good preparations need to be made for a top-level meeting. We know that the Ukrainian side has withdrawn from the negotiation track, and therefore it is currently not possible to prepare for this sort of top-level meeting."
Ukrainian defenses in key eastern city 'holding,' despite Russian attacks
Ukrainian troops defending the eastern city of Sieverodonetsk are "holding," despite attacks in three directions from Russian forces, the U.K. Ministry of Defense said Wednesday in an intelligence update.
"Russia continues to attempt assaults against the Sieverodonetsk pocket from three directions although Ukrainian defences are holding," the ministry said. "It is unlikely that either side has gained significant ground in the last 24 hours."
Sieverodonetsk, an industrial hub, is the largest city still held by Ukrainian troops in the contested Donbas region of Ukraine's east, which comprises the self-proclaimed republics in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. In recent days, Russian forces have encircled the city as they advanced in Donbas, creating a pocket that could trap Ukrainian defenders there and in the neighboring city of Lysychansk.
Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk are the last major cities in the Luhansk area still controlled by Ukraine.
Last week, the U.K. Ministry of Defense said Russian forces had seized most of Sieverodonetsk, but that the main road into the pocket likely remained under Ukrainian control.
With the frontage of the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine stretching for over 300 miles, "both Russia and Ukraine face similar challenges in maintaining a defensive line while freeing up capable combat units for offensive operations," according to the ministry.
"While Russia is concentrating its offensive on the central Donbas sector, it has remained on the defensive on its flanks," the ministry said in its intelligence update Wednesday. "Ukrainian forces have recently achieved some success by counter-attacking in the south-western Kherson region, including regaining a foothold on the eastern bank of the Ingulets River."
At least 3 dead in shelling in Kharkiv
At least three people were killed and six others were injured in the Kharkiv area from ongoing shelling by Russian forces, according to the Kharkiv regional governor, Oleg Synegubov.
