Verified news about the 14th day of the war.
Ukraine
Ukrainian defenders continue defensive operations, as well as offensive in some areas, protect the state border and Kyiv. The psychological state of the Russian occupiers is rapidly deteriorating. The number of desertion and looting cases has increased significantly.
The Russian Federation destroyed the children’s hospital and maternity hospital in Mariupil. At night, the invaders launched air strikes on Sumy and the Sumy region (Okhtyrka) again, where residential buildings had already been bombed before. The enemy shelled Kharkiv, the Luhansk region, launched airstrikes on Zhytomyr and tried to occupy Mariupil — no success.
The Ukrainian army counterattacked the enemy near Kyiv, knocked out 5 tanks.
Over the past twenty-four hours, 40,000 women and children were evacuated from combat areas to different parts of the country. More than 3,000 people were from the occupied Irpin and Vorzel.
Today, evacuation from Sumy, Trostyanets, Krasnopillya, Izium, Volnovakha, Bucha, Irpin, Gostomel, Borodyanka, Stoyanka, and Bilogorodka, as well as from Mariupil, including road demining activities continue.
In Kherson, the occupiers illegally detained more than 400 Ukrainians: because of the fierce resistance of local residents, the forces of the Russian National Guard entered the city. Russian invaders entered Skadovsk.
Berdyansk citizens went to the rally, despite the arrests and intimidation by the invaders.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine forced out the Russian military from the city of Dergachiv, Kharkiv region, and gained complete control over the territory.
In the Sumy region, the Territorial Defense groups smashed about two dozen pieces of Russian machines that tried to enter one of the settlements.
Denis Shmygal, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, said that Ukrainians whose homes were damaged by Russian invaders will be able to apply for reimbursement in the Diia app. «We have already created a ‘Fund for Restoration of Destroyed Property and Infrastructure’. And as soon as the war is over, we will start rebuilding everything the enemy had destroyed,» he said.
The IAEA is no longer receiving remote data on the control systems at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The Ukrenergo Company reported that due to the actions of the occupiers, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is completely de-energized. In 48 hours, there is a threat and risk of radioactive material emission.
World
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will provide additional 2 billion EUR to help people, companies and countries affected by Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The bank also promises to help with reconstruction of Ukraine as soon as it is possible.
France is allocating 100 million EUR to help Ukraine and neighboring countries hosting refugees.
The isolation of Russia continues. The American whiskey company Jack Daniel’s and Finlandia Vodka, Brown-Forman is terminating its operations in Russia. Also, Nestle, the world’s largest consumer products group, stops all investments in Russia. Amazon stops shipping goods to Russia and closes access to its streaming service Amazon Prime Video for Russian users.
Eni, Italy’s largest oil and gas company, suspended new oil purchases from Russia.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to allocate $13.6 billion USD of emergency financing to help Ukraine, other Eastern European countries, and strengthen Pentagon capabilities.
