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Friday, 13 February 2026, 18:47
President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Kyrylo Budanov from the post of Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) and appointed him Head of the Presidential Office. Oleh Ivashchenko has officially become Chief of the HUR.
The number of people injured as a result of Russian strikes on Kharkiv on January 2 has increased to 31.
Ukrainian diplomacy does not interfere in the internal affairs of the Czech Republic, but cannot fail to respond to the rude statements made by a representative of the Czech authorities.
As part of the forced evacuation from 44 frontline settlements in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, more than 3,000 children will be taken away with their parents.
Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland, Security Advisor to the Polish Prime Minister Robert Kupecki will head the Polish delegation at the talks of national security advisors of the Coalition of the Willing, which will take place on January 3 in Ukraine.
Operators of the 1st Separate Center for Unmanned Systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck a Russian fuel and lubricant storage facility in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region and a radar station in Crimea.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš promises to carefully consider the ammunition initiative for Ukraine and other projects of the Ministry of Defense and plans to comment on issues related to external security on his own in the future.
Over the first two days of the new year, more than 10 targeted strikes were launched against the Kherson Thermal Power Plant.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (FISU) Oleh Ivashchenko will continue serving the country in a position within the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine. The Office of the President clarified that Ivashchenko will lead the DIU.
Polish volunteer Kacper "Frenchman" Bass has died in a hospital in Poland from wounds he sustained in late December on the front line in Ukraine.
Since the start of the day, a total of 45 clashes have been recorded along the entire frontline, with ongoing fighting in five sectors. Russian forces continue to apply the greatest pressure in the Pokrovsk sector and have shown increased activity in the Huliaipole and Kostiantynivka sectors.
Czechia supports Ukraine, as confirmed at the December EU summit, but is not ready to guarantee loans for Kyiv.
The collapse of the Russian Federation is a realistic scenario, given the colonial nature of the Russian state, and Europe needs to be prepared for it.
During the period of martial law, Ukraine has received 18,454 tonnes of medical humanitarian aid worth UAH 21.52 billion.
In Kharkiv, Russian forces carried out a ballistic strike on a five-story residential building in the city center, injuring 19 people.
The Christian Social Union (CSU) is advocating for a tightening of migration policy, including with regard to forcibly displaced Ukrainians.
Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has once again placed Denis Kapustin, the founder and commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC), on its wanted list, just days after his staged “liquidation” in Ukraine.
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna emphasized that Russia is continuing its terror against Ukraine in the new year.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that during another attack on Kharkiv, Russian forces used, according to preliminary data, two missiles that struck a residential area.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have cut power to virtually the entire north of the temporarily occupied Luhansk region.
Ukraine managed to secure more than $45 billion in international security assistance in 2025. This is the highest figure since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has instructed that proposals to update the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) be prepared and promptly submitted for consideration by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Joint Ukrainian-Polish search operations will begin once weather conditions improve.
On Friday afternoon, the Russian army struck a residential building in the Kyivskyi district. According to preliminary data, there are casualties.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk, responded to the New Year's address by the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Tomio Okamura, and stressed that it is a striking example of ignorance, manipulation, and cynicism.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he would be working with brigades and military commanders to implement changes in the Armed Forces.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has released a video showing the staged “elimination” of Denys Kapustin, commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC).
President Volodymyr Zelensky offered Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, to head the Office of the President of Ukraine.
The strike by the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine on a concentration of Russian invaders in Khorly, in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region, which is a legitimate military target, does not violate international law and is in accordance with Ukraine's right to armed resistance against aggression.