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13 May 2026
Russia has launched a large-scale combined attack on Ukraine using hundreds of Shahed strike drones, employing a new tactic aimed at overwhelming Ukrainian air defenses along the border with Belarus.
In the Rivne region, three people were killed and six others were injured as a result of a large-scale enemy attack.
Two people have been hospitalized following a Russian drone attack on Odesa on the afternoon of May 13.
Three residents of Smila in the Cherkasy region were injured as a result of a Russian drone attack.
In the Rivne region, two people were killed and four others were injured as a result of a Russian attack that struck a residential building.
The Perm oil refinery in Russia has completely shut down following a May 7 attack by Ukrainian drones, which caused a fire and damaged equipment.
The casualty toll after a drone attack on a minibus in Kherson has increased to nine.
Explosions were heard in downtown Lutsk during an air raid alert triggered by a massive drone attack by the Russian Federation.
On May 13, Russia launched a combined air strike against critical infrastructure in Ukraine, which may be of a protracted nature.
Russian troops attacked a minibus with a drone in central Kherson; seven people are reported to have been injured.
In the Bilopillia community of the Sumy region, another 17-year-old boy was injured in a Russian drone attack and was taken to the hospital overnight.
The new package of Ukrainian sanctions targets companies and intermediaries involved in the production of Russian missiles and the supply of critical components to the Russian defense industry. Ukraine will also share information about those targeted with its international partners.
This morning, Russian forces struck the city of Hlukhiv in the Sumy region, destroying an educational institution.
In the temporarily occupied Crimea, drone flights and powerful explosions were reported overnight on May 13, and the Kerch Bridge was closed to traffic.
A nine-month-old girl injured in yesterday’s Russian strike on a building in Kryvyi Rih is in critical condition.
There are currently more than a hundred Russian drones in Ukrainian airspace, and further waves of drone attacks may occur throughout the day.
Reports indicate a fire in the vicinity of the Nurlino LPDS in Bashkortostan, Russia.
Local authorities in Russia have stated that an “industrial facility” in Yaroslavl was damaged as a result of an attack by Ukrainian drones.
Air Defense Forces shot down 111 of the 139 drones used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine since the evening of May 12.
On May 12, there were 210 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops on the front line.
Eight people have been killed and 11 others injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region.
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.
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.
Authorities in the Dnipropetrovsk region have announced a mandatory evacuation of families with children from certain areas of Nikopol district.
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.
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.
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.