Ukrainian troops engage in 165 clashes along frontlines on Wednesday- General Staff update
Source: Ukraine’s General Staff
On August 14, Ukrainian forces engaged in 165 combat clashes across the entire frontline. The enemy launched five missile strikes, 58 airstrikes, and conducted 4,365 shellings, including 135 from multiple rocket launchers.
Ukrainian aviation and artillery responded with nine strikes targeting enemy troop concentrations, command posts, and key targets, destroying four artillery systems, an air defense system, an ammunition depot, and another critical object.
In the Kharkiv sector, Ukrainian forces fought four battles near Vovchansk and Sotnytsky Kozachok, and repelled nine attacks in the Kupiansk area near Synkivka, Petropavlivka, and Berestove.
The Lyman sector saw 15 enemy attacks near Nevske, Terny, and Makiivka. In the Siversk area, Ukrainian defenders fended off 25 assaults near Bilohorivka, Verkhniokamianske, Pereizne, Spirne, and Vyiimka.
Russian forces launched five attacks near Chasiv Yar and Andriivka in the Kramatorsk direction, and 24 attacks in the Toretsk direction with air support near Pivnichne, Nelipivka, Zalizne, New York, and Toretsk.
In the Pokrovske sector, Ukrainian defenders halted 58 assaults toward Vozdvyzhenka, Yelyzavetivka, Hrodivka, Orlivka, Mykolaivka, Zhelanne, Skuchne, Yasnobrodivka, and Ptyche. The most intense fighting took place near Vozdvyzhenka and Hrodivka, with the enemy using intense air support.
In the Kurakhove sector, Ukrainian forces repelled eight attacks near Krasnohorivka, Kostyantynivka, and Heorhiivka. In Vremivka, Russian forces attempted seven assaults near Vodyane and Vuhledar.
The enemy launched three assaults in the Orikhiv sector near Mala Tokmachka and Novodanylivka and seven attacks in the Prydniprovskyi setor, but faced heavy losses.
No signs of enemy offensive formations were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions. However, Russian forces continued shelling border areas in Chernihiv and Sumy regions from their territory.
After the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine witnessed an unprecedented wave of private support for the army. Citizens, big businesses, charitable foundations, and international philanthropists began financing the country’s defense alongside state assistance provided by international partners. Estimates of total private contributions range from tens to hundreds of billions of hryvnias. However, determining the exact amount remains difficult. In many cases, companies combine military aid, humanitarian programs, tax payments, social spending, and employee support in their reporting.
Rinat Akhmetov’s military initiative, “Steel Front”, has delivered a batch of drones worth UAH 214 million to the 1st “Azov” Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine. This shipment is part of the Metinvest Group’s ongoing support for the unit in 2025.
On October 6, the Administrative Cassation Court within the Supreme Court of Ukraine continued hearing case No. 990/80/25, in which the fifth President and leader of the party “European Solidarity”, Petro Poroshenko, seeks to have Presidential Decree No. 81/2025 from February 12, 2025 — enacting sanctions by the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) — declared illegal and annulled. The plaintiff claims the document was falsified and that the sanctions are a tool of political persecution of the opposition, contrary to international norms. Government representatives deny the allegations and insist their actions were lawful. Journalists of Bukvy were present at the hearing.
Rinat Akhmetov’s Metinvest Group has completed the construction of an upgraded underground NATO Role 2 hospital in one of the hottest sectors of the frontline. This is the second stabilization point established under the Steel Front initiative in cooperation with the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The new facility, funded by Metinvest with an investment of UAH 21 million, is more secure than the first one thanks to its deeper location underground (over 6 meters) and additional fortifications.
Five armored vehicles “Kozak” have received a new mission – thanks to the support of Metinvest, they have been upgraded to full-fledged command and staff vehicles. These upgraded vehicles are now operating on the front line.