The 413th Unmanned Systems Regiment of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces carried out a successful drone strike Saturday, June 7, targeting and disabling a Russian locomotive hauling a military logistics train in the Bryansk Oblast of Western Russia, roughly 20 miles from the border with Ukraine.

A U.S. Army AH-64E “Apache” Attack Helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, and both of the two crewmembers were safely rescued, with it not immediately clear if the helicopter was shot down by Iran, two people briefed on the incident tell The New York Times.

Following the story by the New York Times on the U.S. Army AH-64 Apache that was downed near the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed both reports that it went down and the rescue of the two crew members, saying that the helicopter went down near the coast of Oman. Per the CENTCOM release, both soldiers were rescued within two hours of the helicopter going down and rescue efforts were led by U.S. Naval Forces CENTCOM and the 82nd Airborne Division. Additional naval and Air Force units provided support. Notably, no reason is provided for the helicopter’s downing, as per CENTCOM, “the cause of the incident is under investigation.”

According to a joint communique released by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, the UK, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway have prepared new sanctions against those behind Israeli actions in and around the West Bank. Per the release, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a fierce proponent for Israeli actions in the West Bank, has been banned from their territories

Two servicemembers serving with Iran’s Air Defense Force that were killed in Monday’s strikes against surface-to-air missile and radar sites by Israel, identified as Bahman Hosseini and Alireza Abiri by the Tasnim News Agency, will have funeral services today in Tehran.

Another Russian locomotive, at least the third one in less than a week, was targeted recently by Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces on the Moscow–Sevastopol Rail Line near Hvardiiske in Russian-occupied Crimea.

U.S. Soldiers during a counter-drone exercise at the Pabradė Training Area in Lithuania, dubbed Project Flytrap, utilized HX-2 AI Strike Drones produced by the German defense company Helsing, scoring 15 kills and 2 near-misses with a total of 17 HX-2s, according to Axios, citing Alex Miller, the U.S. Army’s Chief Technology Officer.

According to Sky News Arabia, citing an unspecified source, Iran has sent a draft ceasefire proposal to the U.S. that is reportedly now under review by the Trump administration. Per the report, the initial précis of the proposal is supposedly acceptable to the administration. This comes following U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s comments earlier that the talks are in their late stages.

The U.S. Department of War has designated three major Chinese companies as 'Chinese military companies.' The formal designation of Alibaba Group Holdings LTD., Baidu Inc., and BYD Co. carries little weight but is a precursor to further potential action.

NASA has announced the crew of Artemis lll, which is expected to launch in late 2027 with the goal of testing the NASA-built Orion Spacecraft’s rendezvous and docking with SpaceX’s Starship and/or Blue Origin’s Blue Moon in low orbit over Earth, with the crew consisting of:

- Commander, Randy Bresnik serving with NASA
- Pilot, Luca Parmitano from Italy serving with the European Space Agency (ESA)
- Mission Specialist 1, Frank Rubio serving with NASA
- Mission Specialist 2, Andre Douglas serving with NASA