14 January: Battles for Soledar, tanks for Ukraine and a strike on the Dnipro

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Situation summary of war in Ukraine by region for Saturday, January 14, 2022.
Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk region/ Photo: Associated Press

Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk region/ Photo: Associated Press

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By Pavlo Vitenko

Summary by regions

Kyiv Region

Today, around 6:00 am, the sounds of explosions were heard. A fire broke out at one of the critical infrastructure facilities. Appropriate services are available on site. Previously, there were no casualties.

Around 9:30 a.m., the Russian invaders hit Kyiv with rockets.

In the Holosiiv district of the capital, on a non-residential territory, the fragments of the rocket fell.

Luhansk Region

Luhansk region: over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine have repelled attacks by occupiers near Ploshanka, Bilohorivka, Kreminna and Chervonopopivka.

In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy shelled Stelmakhivka. In the Lyman direction, the Russians shelled Makiivka, Nevske, and Chervonopivka. The Russian military continues raids in the temporarily occupied territories in the hope of finding partisans. The situation in the region remains tense.

Donetsk Region

In the morning, there was a massive art exhibition in the old part of Avdiivka. Information about the victims is being clarified. Along the line of defense around the city, shelling continued almost all night. Assault actions both at night and in the morning. Directions: Pervomaiske, Vodyane, Opytne. During the day, the enemy carried out active offensive actions in almost all directions in the Ocheretyn community. The most active are in the Vodyane and Pervomaiske settlements. The shelling of the territory of the community from MLRS and heavy artillery continued until late in the evening. At night, there were periodic shelling of positions along the line of hostilities.

Yesterday afternoon – missile strikes on Kostyantynivka. Hitting on the territory of an industrial enterprise. No victims. In the evening – massive shelling of Kurakhove. Six high-rise buildings, 17 private houses were damaged, utility equipment was destroyed, and the premises of a utility company were damaged. Constant shelling of Bakhmut, Soledar, Lyman community (Torske and Zarichne villages). Constant active fighting near Vuhledar, Maryinka, Krasnohorivka and Avdiivka. In one day in the Donetsk region: one dead, three wounded.

Sumy Region

Yesterday, during the day, the Russians made 55 strikes on the border of the Sumy region: the Russians shelled the Esman community with mortars and the «Hrad» rocket salvo fire system. A house and several yards of local residents were damaged. Bilopol community: the enemy hit with mortars, as a result of shelling, a school in the village of Pavlivky, a private residential building and power lines were damaged.

The Russians launched a missile attack on the Krasnopillia community from a rotorcraft, and later dropped three explosive devices from drones. In all cases – without victims. 

Kharkiv Region

This morning, the enemy launched a rocket attack on Kharkiv. Two «arrivals» of S-300 rackets in the Industrial District have been previously recorded. Critical infrastructure was targeted. Yesterday, the occupiers continued to shell the civilian population of the border towns and villages of the Kupiansk, Chuhuiv and Kharkiv districts of the region. Yesterday, private houses were damaged as a result of shelling from an anti-aircraft missile system in the village of Dvorichny, Kupian district. Two women died, another was injured and was hospitalized in a moderate condition.

In addition, a 29-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman were wounded by shelling in the Kupiansk district. Doctors assess their condition as moderate. 

Dnipropetrovsk Region

At night, the Russians hit the area of Nikopol with heavy artillery twice. The Marhanets community came under fire. No victims. The consequences of the attack are still being investigated.

Zaporizhzhia Region

At night and in the morning – no shelling of Zaporizhzhia: during the past day, the occupiers shelled the civilian infrastructure in the area of the settlements of Luhivske, Charivne, Olhivske, Chervone, Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Novodanilivka, Orikhiv, Poltavka, Malynivka, Bilohirya, Plavni, Kamianske, Novoandriivka, Dorozhnyanka, Mala Tokmachka, Stepove, Primorske. 37 reports were received about the destruction of houses (apartments) of citizens and infrastructure facilities as a result of shelling by the Russian Federation. The consequences are clarified.

Mykolayiv Region

This morning, the enemy attacked the city of Ochakiv and the Ochakivska community with rocket launchers, as a result of which windows in a multi-storey building were damaged, and a garage and two cars caught fire. As a result of rocket hits, a fire broke out at one of the civil infrastructure facilities. According to preliminary information, there are no victims. The information is being clarified. Also, in the morning, one of the settlements of the Kutsurub community came under enemy fire. A residential building was damaged. According to preliminary information, there were no victims.

Kherson Region

The occupiers do not stop shelling the settlements along the right bank of the Dnipro River. According to the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the suburbs and cities of Kherson, Zolota Balka, Havrylivka, Lviv, and Sadov came under fire. Three people were injured during the day. In Kherson, on the night of January 13, Russian invaders fired at the base where communal buses are parked. As a result of the shelling, 16 buses were damaged, cars, warehouses and a security building were also mutilated. One of the guards was wounded. Shell fragments also damaged the power grid. Logistics connections are being restored in the de-occupied territory of the Kherson region. Clearing of car tracks continues from the consequences of hostilities.

UKRAINE: Heavy fighting continues for Soledar, the occupiers are advancing on four more directions – the General Staff

The Armed Forces eliminated more than 500 invaders – the General Staff

25 out of 38 enemy missiles were shot down in the sky over Ukraine – Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Russians cynically bought into an apartment building in Dnipro. People are under the rubble – the Office of the President

«We will find everyone involved in this terror»: Zelensky promised retribution for the attack on a residential building in Dnipro

WORLD: The Prime Minister of Great Britain confirmed the transfer of Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine

Russia is preparing for a long-term war – the Central Intelligence Agency

The Armed Forces will not stop the counteroffensive, and the Russians are preparing for a decisive military operation – ISW

West helps Ukraine prepare for spring counteroffensive, so gives heavy weapons – NYT

The Russians cynically bought into an apartment building in Dnipro

As a result of Russian shelling of an apartment building in Dnipro, ten people were injured.

Today, January 14, during the missile attack on Ukraine, the Russian military hit an apartment building in Dnipro. There are people under the rubble.

This was reported by the head of the President’s Office, Kyryll Tymoshenko, in Telegram.

«Simply inhumane, there is not at least one entrance, people who were at home on the holiday are under the rubble,» Tymoshenko writes.

«They hit an apartment building in Dnipro. Russians are terrorists who will be punished for everything. Everyone, without exception,» wrote Andriy Yermak.

Emergency services and other city services are already working at the scene.

«Preliminarily, there are ten wounded. Two of them are children. Three of the injured are serious. All of them are now in the hospital,» – wrote the head of the Regional Military Administration Reznichenko.

By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News

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