
Russian forces escalate combat activity in Vovchansk sector and Sumy region – Demchenko
Russian troops have intensified their combat operations in the Vovchansk sector and Sumy region.
Russian troops have intensified their combat operations in the Vovchansk sector and Sumy region.
Russian forces launched attacks on six settlements in the Kharkiv region yesterday, killing one person, injuring three others, and damaging civilian infrastructure.
Between the morning of May 14 and the morning of May 15, Russian troops carried out 150 strikes across the Sumy region, killing three people and injuring nine others.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine successfully shot down 62 Russian drones, while 29 enemy UAVs vanished from radar.
On May 14, Russian forces killed one resident of the Donetsk region and wounded seven others.
On May 14, a total of 168 combat engagements took place between Ukrainian defenders and Russian troops, with almost half of them occurring in the Pokrovsk sector.
Russian forces carried out a massive overnight drone attack targeting civilian infrastructure in one of the villages of Sumy community. A fire broke out at the site of the strikes.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in manpower from February 24, 2022, to May 15, 2025, have reached approximately 970,590 personnel, including 1,220 invaders eliminated in the past 24 hours.
Approximately 279,000 civilians, including 21,169 children, currently remain in the part of Donetsk region controlled by the Ukrainian government. Mandatory evacuation in the region is ongoing.
The forced evacuation of families with minor children has been completed in the Sinelnykivka district of Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has passed a law ensuring children’s right to receive official recognition as those affected by hostilities and armed conflicts.
A 68-year-old woman was seriously injured after stepping on a Russian mine in the city of Beryslav, Kherson region.
In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, Russians have intensified monitoring of social networks and posts by local residents.
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On May 14, Russian troops carried out drone strikes on the border village of Kozacha Lopan in the Kharkiv region, injuring two residents.
Another person wounded in today’s Russian missile strike on Sumy has died in the hospital, bringing the total number of fatalities to three.
The Russian military carried out an air strike on the village of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi in the Kharkiv region, injuring a 58-year-old woman.
Operators from the unmanned systems battalion of the 35th Separate Marine Brigade, named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi, deployed a drone to eliminate a Russian tank and its ammunition in the Pokrovsk sector.
Operators from the Prime strike drones unit of the 5th border detachment have destroyed four enemy FPV drone launch positions and 14 Russian military shelters on the Kursk front.
The National Police of Ukraine has carried out a major special operation targeting the illegal drug trade, resulting in the detention of 67 individuals who have all been officially charged.
Russian forces struck Bilopillia community in Sumy region with guided aerial bombs (GABs), injuring two civilians.
The number of people injured in the Russian missile strike in the city of Sumy has risen to nine, with two of them in critical condition.
Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian Defense Forces have engaged in 83 combat clashes with Russian invaders. Fighting continues in seven frontline sectors, with the most intense assaults taking place near Pokrovsk, Toretsk, and Lyman.
The death toll in Sumy has increased to two as a result of a Russian missile strike on an industrial facility.
The explosions at a large arsenal in the Vladimir region of the Russian Federation, which resulted in the loss of about 105,000 tons of various ammunition, were caused by negligent handling.
The Russians struck an industrial facility in the city of Sumy, there is a dead and injured.
Russia is actively using satellites in its war against Ukraine. Since 2015, Russia has deployed about 200 satellites and 150,000 military personnel to operate the system.
A Russian airstrike on Kupiansk on May 14 claimed the life of a 63-year-old man.
Russian troops targeted a 51-year-old woman with a drone in Kherson’s Dniprovskyi district.
Russian forces targeted the Konotop Forestry Office in Sumy Region, damaging 14 administrative buildings, vehicles, and forestry workers’ homes.