Victory Chronicles-DAY 1114

Ukraine has likely depleted its supply of long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) missiles, U.S. officials said on March 13according to the Associated Press.

Citing an unnamed U.S. official and a Ukrainian lawmaker on the parliamentary defense committee, AP reported that Kyiv no longer possesses any extended-range ATACMS missiles whose range is up to 190 miles, depending on their modification.

According to the U.S. official, the United States supplied Ukraine with fewer than 40 ATACMS missiles, and the stockpile was exhausted by late January.

“Senior U.S. defense officials, including former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, have stated that only a limited number of ATACMS would be provided, as the U.S. and NATO allies prioritize other weapon systems they deem more effective for combat operations,” AP reported.

Ukraine’s military says Russian war losses exceed 890,000. Ukraine’s Armed Forces have rendered more than 890,000 Russian troops combat ineffective either through death or injury since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on March 13.

According to a military update posted on social media, Russia lost 1,200 soldiers in the past 24 hours, bringing the total estimated losses to more than 130,000 pieces of military equipment and weaponry since Feb. 24, 2022.

Ukraine’s national police bomb squad destroys Russian missile warhead in Kirovohrad regionю. A police bomb squad in the central region of Kirovohrad region has discharged the warhead of a Russian cruise missile, authorities reported on March 13, 2025.

The missile debris was discovered on the outskirts of a village, officials said. The 880-pound (400-kilogram) fragmentation-explosive warhead was transported to a safe location and neutralized through a controlled detonation.

Huge fire erupts in northeastern Sumy region after Russian drone strike. A massive fire broke out in the Okhtyrka population center, Sumy region, after Russian drones struck the area overnight, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SES) reported on March 13, 2025.

The attack ignited a blaze at a garage complex, spreading over a large area. As firefighters were en route, Russian forces launched a secondary strike, the SES said. Firefighters found two major fire zones, with about 20 garages burning. Emergency crews successfully extinguished the blaze. According to preliminary reports, no casualties were reported.

Key Takeaways:

• Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov offered a vague response on March 12 to the US-Ukrainian 30-day ceasefire proposal.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin may hold hostage the ceasefire proposal to which Ukraine has agreed in order to extract preemptive concessions before formal negotiations to end the war have started.
• Senior US and Ukrainian officials have said that the purpose of the temporary ceasefire is for Russia and Ukraine to demonstrate their willingness for peace and that the temporary ceasefire and negotiations to end the war are separate matters, whereas the Kremlin may intend to conjoin them.
• Russian insider reports about the demands that the Kremlin may make before agreeing to the temporary ceasefire are in line with Russian officials’ public statements in the past months.
• US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe and Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Head Sergey Naryshkin had a phone call on March 11 amid talks about the war in Ukraine.
• Russian forces recently seized Sudzha amid continued Russian assaults in Kursk Oblast on March 12.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a Russian military command post in Kursk Oblast for the first time since Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk Oblast in August 2024 — demonstrating Putin’s desire to use Russia’s seizure of Sudzha to project military success and strength against the backdrop of the US-Ukrainian temporary ceasefire proposal.
• Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Toretsk and Pokrovsk, and Russian forces recently advanced in Kursk Oblast and near Borova, Toretsk, and Velyka Novosilka.

Ukrainian soldier Serhii Yeremieiev is killed in combat near Robotyne. Jr. Sgt. Serhii Yeremieiev, known by the call sign “Oskol,” was killed on March 8, 2024, near the village of Robotyne in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia region. He was 24.

Yeremieiev was mortally wounded by enemy artillery fire during a combat mission, Ukrainian military officials said. Born in Pisky, Kharkiv region, he studied at Topilska and Dvorichanska schools before attending Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, where he studied law.

In 2019, he was drafted into the National Guard of Ukraine and served in the Joint Forces Operation as a machine gunner with military unit 3053. When Russia launched its full-scale invasion, he fought as a rifleman in the Donbas Special Forces Battalion of the National Guard.

Later, Yeremieiev became a drone operator and instructor for an artillery reconnaissance unit in the 3rd Assault Detachment of the Omega Special Forces Center. Throughout his service, he received multiple medals, including For the Defense of Ukraine, For Steadfastness and Invincibility, and the Order of Courage (3rd and 2nd class, the latter awarded posthumously).

“He was dedicated to his work, never stood aside, and always came to the rescue. A man with a big heart and a pure soul,” said his wife, Kateryna Yeremieieva. Yeremieiev was buried in Balakliia, Kharkiv region. He is survived by his wife and daughter.

*Serhii’s story on the Heroes Memorial – a platform for stories about the fallen defenders of Ukraine.

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