Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia uses approximately 220 guided aerial bombs every day against areas around the front line. Zelenskyy called for increased pressure on Russia’s defense industry, which is involved in producing these weapons, in addition to targeting the attacks themselves.
Zelenskyy said guided aerial bombs are being produced and developed despite sanctions. He called for the targeting of supply chains for foreign components, as well as Russian companies involved in weapons production.
Three people were killed on the night of August 14
Zelenskyy said the section of an apartment building between the first and sixth floors was destroyed in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region. One person was killed and 16 were injured in the attack.
Two people were killed when a Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicle struck a house in the town of Stepanivka in Sumy region. One of those killed was a child.
A fire broke out on several floors of a nine-story apartment building in Smila, Cherkasy region, after an unmanned aerial vehicle struck the building. Zelenskyy said five people were injured.
Attacks spread across nine regions
Zelenskyy said Russian forces carried out attacks against the Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv and Chernihiv regions on the same night.
Zelenskyy said the attacks caused injuries, including among children, and damaged apartment buildings, detached houses and infrastructure facilities. He added that medical assistance was provided to the injured.
