Overview

• Ukrainian forces reported 168 combat clashes on May 14, with heavy fighting concentrated in the Pokrovsk, Lyman, and Novopavlivka sectors.
• Russia launched more than 5,000 artillery attacks and deployed over 3,300 kamikaze drones, while Ukraine shot down 80 Russian UAVs during intensified aerial operations.
• Ukrainian drone strikes in Russia's Belgorod region injured 16 people, including medical personnel, and hospitalised eight, according to local officials.
• Russian drone and artillery strikes targeted the Sumy and Kharkiv regions, damaging infrastructure, injuring civilians, and killing three in the Sumy region.
• Ukraine's border regions, including Vovchansk and Sumy, faced escalated Russian 'meat assault' tactics, involving small infantry groups supported by heavy artillery fire.