Dispatches from Ukraine, provided by Forbes Ukraine’s editorial team.
As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes Ukraine’s reporters gather information and provide updates on the situation.
Tuesday, June 14. Day 111. By Daryna Antoniuk
Thirty countries are helping Ukraine to demine its territory. Ukraine has already received 40,000 tons of demining aid, including 400 rescue fire trucks, special equipment, and clothing.
Ukraine has already removed mines from over 2 million hectares of Ukrainian territory and about 30 million hectares still need demining. The complete demining of Ukraine could take 5 to 10 years, according to Ukraine’s Internal ministry.
Ukraine will have to cut its spending if more external financial assistance doesn’t arrive, according to the head of the Ukrainian parliament’s financial committee, Danylo Hetmantsev.
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Hetmantsev said that Ukraine has to borrow $5 billion monthly. The country’s budget revenues cover less than half its expenditures after Russia’s invasion, he added.
Lviv. Ukraine shot down a Russian missile that flew over the Lviv region. The missile’s debris fell on a brick factory, injuring six people, including a child.
Ukraine's air defenses also shot down a Russian missile over Khmelnytskyi and Ternopil oblasts. No casualties have been reported yet.
Zaporizhzhia. Russian missiles attacked the Zaporizhia region on Tuesday, destroying residential buildings.
Odesa. Ukrainian air defense systems have shot down two cruise missiles in the Odesa region.
Kharkiv. Russian shelling injured 2 children in Kharkiv Oblast. The fire from the shelling also damaged 14 homes, warehouses, and trucks.
Mariupol. Russia intends to open a new season in the bombed-out Mariupol Drama Theatre in September, according to the adviser to the Mariupol mayor Petro Andriushchenko.
Sievierodonetsk. Russia said it will open a humanitarian corridor for civilians remaining at the Azot plant in Sievierodonetsk to the Russian-occupied territory. Around 500 civilians, including 40 children, remain at the chemical plant, according to the oblast’s governor Serhiy Haidai.
Yesterday Russia destroyed the third–the last–bridge linking Sievierodonetsk with Ukrainian-controlled territory. The loss of the bridge may hurt Ukraine’s ability to hold its ground, according to The New York TimesNYT -0.8%.
The son of billionaire Warren Buffett donated $2.7 million to Ukraine. Howard Buffett’s charitable foundation transferred money to the U.S. non-profit organization Spirit of America, which will spend it on nine buses for Ukraine's territorial defense forces and 375 trauma kits for the Ukrainian armed forces.