U.S. General: Ukraine is teaching the world a lot
Ukraine has mastered cutting-edge warfare technologies that many armies around the world cannot even imagine — and even the United States can learn from it.
14 June 2025
Ukraine has mastered cutting-edge warfare technologies that many armies around the world cannot even imagine — and even the United States can learn from it.
Since the beginning of the day, Russian forces have attacked Ukrainian Defense Forces’ positions 98 times. Battles are still ongoing in six frontline sectors, with the most intense fighting reported in the Lyman, Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, and Kursk sectors.
The majority of the Ukrainian service members freed from Russian captivity on Saturday, June 14, are officers.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the fourth prisoners of war exchange with the Russian Federation within a week.
The radiation levels outside nuclear facilities attacked by Israel in Esfahan, Iran, are normal.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces has confirmed the destruction of Russian defense industrial facilities in Samara region and Stavropol Territory both producing explosives for the war.
The Novokuybyshevsk Catalyst Plant in Russia’s Samara region that produces catalysts essential for oil refinery operations has been attacked. This facility plays a critical role in ensuring fuel autonomy for the Russian military-industrial complex.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, has tasked his command with improving the detection and interception of Russian strike drones that are terrorizing Ukrainian cities every night.
In Russia’s Stavropol area, the Nevinnomyssky Azot plant, which produces ammonia and ammonium nitrate for explosives and artillery shells, was attacked.
Following Israel’s strikes on Iran, rising oil prices may increase Russia’s revenues from oil sales and improve the country’s ability to sustain military operations against Ukraine.
Russian forces carried out almost 70 shelling attacks on 21 settlements in Sumy region over the past 24 hours.
Ukraine’s air defense forces neutralized 43 out of 58 drones used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine since the evening of June 13.
On June 13, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 225 combat clashes with Russian invaders across the front lines.
As of 06:00 on Saturday, June 14, Russia has one warship in the Black Sea equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles, capable of launching up to six missiles in a single salvo.
From February 24, 2022, to June 14, 2025, total combat losses of the Russian military in their war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,002,690 personnel, including 1,130 troops lost in the past 24 hours.
As a result of a Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia, two police officers were injured. A humanitarian facility caught fire, while vehicles and a store were damaged.
Iran launched ballistic missile strikes at the Kirya compound in Tel Aviv — the headquarters of the Israeli military's central command and the Ministry of Defense.
An 11-year-old boy from Bilozerka, Kherson region, who was injured on June 11 as a result of an enemy drone attack, died in the hospital.
During an air raid alert in Zaporizhzhia, declared due to the threat of Russian drones, explosions were heard in the city.
13 June 2025
An 80-year-old woman was killed in the village of Rivnopillia, part of the Huliaipole community in the Zaporizhzhia region, due to a Russian airstrike on Friday, June 13.
A Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was likely accidentally shot down by another Russian Su-25 jet over the Donetsk region.
On Friday, June 13, Russian troops launched 20 attacks at Nikopol district of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, using drones and artillery, killing one civilian.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has released exclusive video footage from the repatriation operations that took place on June 13.
On the Toretsk front, Russian forces have intensified assault operations near the settlement of Yablunivka, which is close to the town of Toretsk.
Another 1,200 bodies of fallen Ukrainian defenders were repatriated to Ukraine.
The Air Force of Ukraine showed how a MiG-29 fighter jet operating over Zaporizhzhia region delivers a high-precision strike involving guided aerial bombs, targeting a Russian UAV control point.
Active fighting continues near the settlement of Dvorichna which the Russian invasion forces have not seized despite propaganda reports claiming the opposite.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Russian forces are continuously amassing personnel in preparation for future assault operations.
In the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, drone attacks during the night of June 12 to 13 struck Russian military sites in the Simferopol district, reportedly damaging an air defense missile system and causing casualties among Russian personnel.
Ukraine currently has sufficient capabilities to carry out body identification independently, without the involvement of international experts.