Fierce fighting 'on all fronts'

Reuters on August 14 quoted Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar as saying that fighting was fierce on the entire front line and Kyiv had achieved "some success" in pushing back Russian forces in part of the southeast.

She acknowledged that progress was hampered by extensive minefields and Russian entrenchment. However, Ukrainian troops had advanced around the village of Staromaiorske, about 95 kilometers from the Russian-controlled Donetsk region, and were applying pressure on two southern fronts.

A shopping mall in Odessa, southern Ukraine, burns after an attack. Image from video released on August 14

Earlier in the day, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Ukraine had become "the most mined country in the world ," and called on allies to step up efforts to support mine clearance.

"The minefields are hundreds of kilometers long, there are millions of explosive devices, in some frontline areas there are up to 5 mines per square meter," The Guardian quoted him as saying.

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Mining in Russian-controlled areas has slowed Ukraine's counter-offensive, limiting efforts to regain control of territories in the east and south.

At a Ramstein conference in Germany on July 15, Lithuania announced plans to form a mine clearance coalition for Ukraine that would bolster aid in the form of training and mine clearance equipment.

Mines collected in Kherson

Mr Reznikov said it was “an important step”, but urgent support was crucial. “It is also necessary to expand and accelerate the training of engineers, which must be carried out quickly and systematically. Engineers are needed here right now,” the Ukrainian defence minister said.

Mr. Pete Smith, Ukraine program manager at the Scottish NGO Halo, said that the density of mines in Ukraine is "unprecedented in modern history." Russia has not commented on the above information.

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Ukraine continues to deal with UAVs

According to the news site The Kyiv Independent on August 14, the Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia organized several attacks at night with suicide drones and cruise missiles.

Accordingly, Russia used a total of 15 Shahed-136/131 UAVs and 8 Kalibr missiles, all of which were shot down.

The UAVs were launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, a town on the Azov Sea coast in Russia's Krasnodar Krai region, while the missiles were launched from a ship based near Yalta in Crimea.

Missile and UAV debris fell on Odessa, causing fires in several locations in the city and injuring three employees of a supermarket.

Also on August 14, Ukrainian soldiers shot down a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter near Bakhmut.

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Meanwhile, TASS news agency reported that Russian forces attacked units of the 63rd and 67th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Krasny Liman, causing the enemy to lose more than 60 people.

Russia and Ukraine have not commented on the other side's information. Reuters on August 14 quoted Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying that Russian weapons are proving effective in Ukraine, while Western weapons are "far from perfect".

Regarding the incident in which a Russian warship fired warning shots at a cargo ship in the Black Sea, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on August 14 "strongly condemned the provocative action".

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that on August 13, a Russian warship fired automatic weapons to warn off a Palau-flagged cargo ship in the southwestern Black Sea as it headed toward Ukraine, according to TASS.

Specifically, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the patrol ship Vasily Bykov fired warning shots after the captain of the ship Sukru Okan did not respond to orders to stop for inspection.

Ukraine's Defense Ministry said the Sukru Okan was en route to the Ukrainian port of Izmail. Refinitiv data showed the ship heading north towards the Bulgarian coast.

Russia fires warning shots at cargo ship in Black Sea

Poland arrests two Wagner propagandists

Reuters news agency reported on August 14 that Polish authorities had just arrested two Russian citizens accused of distributing propaganda materials for Russia's private military force Wagner in cities in Poland.

"The Internal Security Service identified and arrested two Russians distributing Wagner propaganda in Krakow and Warsaw," according to Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski.

Writing on social network X, he said the two subjects were prosecuted for espionage, among other crimes.

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