Overview

• Russian forces launched over 3,000 kamikaze drones, 68 airstrikes, and more than 5,000 shelling attacks on May 14, targeting Ukrainian positions and civilian areas.
• Ukrainian air defenses successfully downed 80 Russian drones, with an additional 42 UAVs lost from tracking, mitigating potential damage.
• Cross-border drone strikes by Ukraine injured 16 people, including medical personnel, in Russia's Belgorod region, according to local officials.
• Russian attacks in Ukraine's Sumy and Kharkiv regions caused civilian casualties, damaged infrastructure, and forced the closure of a hospital in Kupiansk after 18 guided bombs hit the area in a single day.
• Frontline fighting remains intense, with Ukrainian forces repelling hundreds of Russian assaults, particularly in key sectors such as Pokrovsk, Toretsk, and Lyman.