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Friday, 13 February 2026, 17:11
Over the past day, Russian troops carried out strikes on 31 settlements in the Kherson region. As a result of the enemy attacks, two people were killed and two others were injured.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to January 4, 2026, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,211,530 people, including 900 people in the previous day.
The Beryslav and Tiahynka communities of Kherson region have received armored vehicles to evacuate people.
Over the past day, Russian occupiers launched 569 strikes on 25 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region.
On the Southern Slobozhanshchyna axis, aerial reconnaissance drone operators of the STRIX UAV unit of the 4th Border Guard Detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine destroyed a UAZ vehicle and personnel of the Russian invaders.
Latvia's Ministry of the Internal Affairs has prepared a draft government decision to transfer 21 cars to Ukraine that were confiscated from intoxicated drivers and in the course of other criminal cases.
Agents of the partisan movement ATESH conducted reconnaissance of the Bryansk Automobile Plant, where chassis are manufactured for the S-400 and S-350 surface-to-air missile systems, as well as the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system and the Uragan multiple launch rocket system.
Under the rubble of a building in Kharkiv that was hit by Russian missiles, fragments of the body of another person were found, bringing the number of victims to four.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš will participate in the Coalition of the Willing meeting.
Throughout 2025, eight new shelters were built and 32 more were repaired in educational institutions across the Chernihiv region.
The restoration of more than 200 facilities, including schools, kindergartens, hospitals, shelters, and water supply systems, was completed in Ukrainian communities in 2025.
For a referendum to be considered legitimate under current legislation, more than half of eligible voters must participate — that is, 18 million citizens. Today, after the loss of territories and millions of Ukrainians abroad, this number is unattainable.
In the Kherson region, Russian commanders are reportedly punishing soldiers who refuse to join assaults by placing them in "pits" and withholding their pay.
Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has exposed and shut down a transnational cocaine trafficking channel supplying drugs from European Union countries.
03 January 2026
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the question of ratifying a potential peace agreement via a nationwide referendum has not yet been finalized.
On January 3, Ukrainian Defense Forces clashed 191 times with Russian invaders, with the heaviest fighting reported in the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole sectors.
The key condition for compelling Russia to pursue peace is stronger pressure from the United States through sanctions and military support for Ukraine. At present, there is no alternative to Washington’s active participation in the peace dialogue.
The number of fatalities from yesterday’s Russian missile strike on Kharkiv has risen to three, as fragments of another person’s body were found under the rubble.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has explained that his consent to holding elections despite the ongoing war is driven by a desire to demonstrate Ukraine’s readiness for compromise in peace negotiations, first and foremost to its partners, particularly the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed dissatisfaction with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over the fact that he is killing too many people.
President Volodymyr Zelensky and national security advisers of the member states of the Coalition of the Willing discussed developments related to a framework peace plan, security guarantees, reconstruction, and Ukraine’s economic recovery.
President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the United States, having captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, knows how to proceed next.
Together with partners from the Coalition of the Willing, Ukraine will finalize a document on security guarantees during a meeting in Paris. This document will serve as the basis for further negotiations with President Trump.
In Kyiv today, security guarantees, points of the peace plan, economic recovery, and military-political issues were discussed; 90% of the positions in the peace plan have already been agreed upon, and work is ongoing on the details.
Fighters of the 413th Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment detected and destroyed the Harmony and SKVP radar stations, which the Russian army uses to counter Ukrainian drones.
Current Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergiy Kyslytsya will be appointed First Deputy Head of the Office of the President, while continuing his work in the negotiation process.
In the Kherson community, Russian forces shelled the village of Sadove, seriously injuring a 41-year-old man. In Kherson, a trolleybus was damaged as a result of shelling.
Active operations by Ukrainian units are ongoing in the Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad sectors, and the Defense Forces continue to control the northern part of Pokrovsk.
The Russian army attacked the city of Dnipro as well as the Synelnykove and Nikopol districts.