On June 14, a total of 203 combat clashes occurred along the front lines. Russian forces concentrated their efforts on the Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, and Kursk directions, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Military leaders and analysts alike are questioning whether any level of battlefield attrition can alter Russia’s efforts to occupy still more of Ukraine. Former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi admitted in November,