Russian drones target industrial infrastructure in Odesa region
Russian strike drones carried out a mass attack on industrial infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region overnight on May 13.
Russian strike drones carried out a mass attack on industrial infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region overnight on May 13.
Russia’s total combat losses in the war against Ukraine have reached approximately 1,344,180 personnel since the start of the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, including 1,130 troops lost over the past day alone.
A Russian military intelligence agent who plotted to blow up a major gas pipeline in eastern Ukraine and spy on Ukraine’s Defense Forces has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Ukraine’s National Police has exposed an interregional criminal group that illegally transported servicemen out of military units to help them evade service in the country’s Security and Defense Forces.
The Kremlin is using criminal networks, mercenaries, and marginalized recruits as a low-cost tool for terror and destabilization in European Union countries, according to Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD).
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a Russian agent in the Donetsk region who directed Russian strikes on the town of Sloviansk.
Russian forces carried out two strikes on the Shevchenkivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi districts of Kharkiv, causing a fire at an infrastructure facility hit in the attack.
Russia no longer has the capacity for large-scale escalation and lacks the resources for confrontation with NATO, but only the recognition by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin that his war objectives against Ukraine have failed will push him toward real negotiations.
Canada has become the first country outside Europe to sign the Convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine.
Authorities in the Dnipropetrovsk region have announced a mandatory evacuation of families with children from certain areas of Nikopol district.
A large-scale forest fire that broke out in the Koriukivka forestry district on May 5 has been localized.
Agents of the Atesh partisan movement report a significant change in Russian logistics: warehouses storing FPV drones and ammunition are being rapidly relocated further away from the line of combat.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced plans to intensify its work with “compatriots” living abroad amid what it describes as a hybrid confrontation with the West.
12 May 2026
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that Russian strategic aviation has become more active and that aircraft are being redeployed to distant airfields, which may indicate that Russia is preparing new strikes against Ukraine. At the same time, the exact timing of a possible attack remains unknown.
Speaking at the "Strategic Ark" conference organized by the Polish Institute of International Affairs in Warsaw, he said that arms supplies continue without interruption.
The enemy carried out nearly 50 attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka directions.
In the Sumy region, a 13-year-old boy was injured as a result of a Russian drone attack.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that two elderly people were killed in a Russian drone strike on a residential building in Kryvyi Rih, while their nine-month-old granddaughter suffered severe injuries.
Russian forces struck the Dubovyky community in the Dnipropetrovsk region with aerial bombs, killing four people and injuring three others.
In Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, a Russian attack hit a residential building, leaving people dead and injured.
In Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, Russian troops failed to achieve their goal of large-scale infiltration, although they maintain a limited presence in the city and continue active attacks on the bridgehead east of the Oskil River.
Due to the active use of drones, the strike zone on the front line has expanded significantly, and the so-called "gray zone" in some sectors can now reach up to 10 kilometers. In particular, this complicates the advance of Russian troops and helps Ukrainian forces hold a number of settlements.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine continues to strike Russian targets in response to Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory. In particular, this concerns gas industry facilities in Russia's Orenburg region, located more than 1,500 kilometers from Ukraine.
Kyiv expects the Spanish parliament to ratify agreements on the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine and the International Claims Commission for Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Speaker of Spain's Congress of Deputies Francina Armengol have discussed defense cooperation, including air defense and the development of the PURL and SAFE programs.
Andriy Yermak, former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has four diplomatic passports, and information about his state border crossings since November 20, 2025 has been deleted from the Arkan system.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine, together with European partners, is advancing the creation of an anti-ballistic coalition and the production of anti-ballistic systems in Europe. Representatives of 13 countries and the office of the NATO Secretary General took part in the relevant meeting at the level of national security advisors.
A Russian FPV drone struck a critical infrastructure facility in the Kramatorsk district, Donetsk region, on Tuesday.
Montenegro, Romania, and San Marino have informed the Council of Europe of their intention to join the agreement establishing a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.