💥 Attack

Russian forces continued to build pressure around Konstantynivka and Dobropilliya.

August 14, 2026 Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Ukrainska Pravda Meduza Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post

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Entities

Russian Armed Forces (organization) Konstantynivka (location) Dobropilliya (location) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) guided glide bomb (weapon_system) residential building (location) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) drone control point (location) Ozerne (location) Kazennyi Torets River (location) Russian forces (military_unit) Hryshyne (location) Bilytske (location) Pokrovsk (location) Vuhledar (location) Selydove (location) Nykyforivka (location) Yurkivka (location) 110 kV Misto-3 (location) NS-2 (location) Illich power substation (location) Volodarska substation (location) Lyman (location) Kramatorsk (location) Oleksiivo-Druzhkivka (location) Druzhkivka (location) 76th Air Assault Division (military_unit) Dobropillia (location) Russia (organization) Ukraine (organization) Donetsk Oblast (location) Vadym Filashkin (person) Bilenke (location)

Source Reports

Stefan Korshak (Substack) →

Russian pressure is building (still) around Konstantynivka and Dobropilliya.

Institute for the Study of War →

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on August 14 that Russian forces struck a residential building in Kramatorsk with a guided glide bomb, killing one and injuring at least 22.

Ukrainska Pravda →

On the Kramatorsk front, Russian forces conducted two attacks towards the settlements of Nykyforivka and Yurkivka.

Meduza →

Russian forces launched an unsuccessful assault on Lyman, but closed to within 13 kilometers of the city from the east.

Ukrinform →

Russian drone attacks and artillery shelling caused new power outages in the Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Sumy regions as of the morning of August 14.

Kyiv Independent →

In Donetsk Oblast, Russian forces killed one person and injured 23 others.

Kyiv Post →

Russian forces struck Kramatorsk and Bilenke eight times, killing at least one person and wounding 15 others.

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