What happened in the war on 7 June 2022?

What did the days around 7 June 2022 show about the pressure on Russia and the state of the fighting? On that date, the US Department of the Treasury banned all trading of Russian debt and stocks, including on the secondary market. It was the latest in a run of sanctions-related steps reported in the preceding days.

Sanctions tighten

On 6 June 2022, a federal judge in New York ordered the seizure of two private jets, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner and a Gulfstream G650ER, owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. The Treasury measure the next day extended the restrictions to the secondary market for Russian debt and stocks.

Latvia acted in the media sphere on 6 June 2022. It banned all Russia-based TV outlets that threaten the territorial integrity and independence of another country, a reference to the war against Ukraine. The ban was to last until Russia de-occupies Crimea and ends its warfare against Ukraine.

Weapons and the front line

Also on 6 June 2022, the United Kingdom announced it would send several M270 long-range rocket artillery systems to Ukraine.

On 5 June 2022, Russia launched airstrikes on Kyiv for the first time since 28 April. The Russian Defence Ministry said the missiles targeted T-72 tanks supplied to Ukraine by several EU countries. At least one person was injured.

The same day, President Zelensky visited troops on the front line at the border of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, including in Lysychansk and Soledar, as he said in his evening address. He said he was proud of everyone he had met. Russian forces also pushed on Bila Krynytsia, which Ukrainian forces had recently retaken. The head of the military administration, Oleksandr Vilkul, said Russian units had returned to positions they had previously held. Russian major general Roman Kutuzov was also killed that day in Mykolaivka, Luhansk Oblast.

Health warning in Mariupol

On 6 June 2022, Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko, warned that the city might have suffered a cholera outbreak.

Taken together, the reports from 5 to 7 June 2022 show financial restrictions, new Western weapons commitments and continued fighting in the east and strikes on the capital unfolding at the same time.