⚔️ Counterattack

Ukrainian forces conducted offensive actions on the Melitopol and Berdiansk fronts.

August 14, 2023 Stepne, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Entities

Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Melitopol (location) Berdiansk (location) Zaporizhzhia district (location) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Russian forces (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (organization) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) ballistic missile (weapon_system) Urozhayne (location)

Source Reports

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian defenders are conducting offensive actions on the Melitopol and Berdiansk fronts.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

A Russian missile strike against Stepne near the city of Zaporizhzhia killed two residents, aged 77 and 70

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Another 64-year-old woman was reportedly injured and hospitalized

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Additional geolocated footage published on August 14 indicates that the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) advanced southwest of Novoprokorivka (16 kilometers south of Orikhiv), according to ISW.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Emergency services extinguished fire after Russians shelled the city of Orihiv.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:21:15.837Z

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