Overview

• Russian forces launched 98 attacks on June 14 across six sectors, with the heaviest fighting in Lyman, Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka and Kursk, the General Staff reported
• Ukrainian troops halted a major advance in the Sumy region where Russia has massed some 53,000 soldiers and reclaimed Andriivka village
• Defenders successfully repelled multiple assaults near Yampolivka, the Serebrianskyi Forest and around Pokrovsk, blunting 27 of 35 attacks in that sector
• Analysts note Russia is deploying small assault groups and stepped-up airstrikes, with an average of 17 sorties per day in June, to probe Ukrainian lines
• Ukraine and Russia carried out the fourth prisoner exchange in a week as diplomatic talks remain stalled and front-line defenses extend over 1,000 kilometers