Timeline: day 109 of Ukraine's defense against russia's aggression
Today is June 14. russia's military attack on Ukraine has been going on for 109 days. We're reporting on the current news. The article will be updated.
What about today?
Key points
On the eve of the Holy Trinity holiday in the Kherson region, the Russian occupiers lost three warehouses with ammunition at once. In this way, the soldiers of the Armed Forces "greeted" the occupiers.
"The aviation of our Air Force carried out three airstrikes on ammunition depots and a concentration of enemy equipment. 13 invaders were eliminated. Also, the enemy lost 1 tank, 5 cars and 3 field ammunition depots in the Kherson region", – says the message of the operational command "South" .
Ukrainian soldiers repulsed the offensive in the Vrubivka region. The enemy also tried to launch an offensive in the direction of Mykolaivka. He was decisively repulsed and left. Our defenders also successfully repelled an enemy assault in the Vasylivka area. The Russian occupiers suffered losses and retreated to their previously occupied positions.
In the afternoon, our defenders covered the command post of the Chechens in Rubizhny, – said the head of the Luhansk OVA Gaidai.
And this is an updated map of the situation in Southern Ukraine from European war experts. It demonstrates that the Ukrainian army is conducting counteroffensive actions west of Kherson. According to the latest data, it has been confirmed that Tavriyske is back under the control of the Armed Forces, which is 30 km from Kherson.
Since the beginning of the war, Ukraine has instituted 16,468 criminal cases against the russian occupiers, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said. According to her, now there are 111 suspects in these cases. Another eight cases are pending in court.
Venediktova added that 623 suspects are being investigated for "crimes of aggression". We are talking about top Russian officials, politicians, military and media persons who are in the Russian Federation. According to the Prosecutor General, a special mechanism of absentee investigations will be applied to them.