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Thursday, 12 February 2026, 21:48
Russian troops continue active combat operations in the Kharkiv sector of the front, particularly near Vovchansk, but there is currently no threat of a breakthrough on this front.
On the Orikhiv front, Russian forces are conducting assault operations near the settlements of Mala Tokmachka, Stepove, and Lobkove. They are also trying to break through Ukrainian defenses to secure a foothold near Orikhiv.
Emergency crews discovered the bodies of two more workers at an industrial facility in Kharkiv on the morning of June 12, according to the Main Department of the State Emergency Service in the Kharkiv region.
Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General and former National Security Advisor Herbert Raymond McMaster suggested that Russia's war against Ukraine is closely tied to a broader campaign by a coalition of authoritarian states, which continue to support Moscow and share a goal of reshaping the global order toward an authoritarian model of governance.
Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General and former National Security Advisor Herbert Raymond McMaster said that Russia's ability to continue sending people into the war is not limitless, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to replenish the losses of trained military personnel, especially among junior officers.
In the early hours of Thursday, June 12, the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces and other branches of the Defense Forces struck a key military-industrial target in Russia's Moscow region, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 49 out of 63 drones launched by Russia during an overnight attack that began late on June 11, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
On June 11, Russian forces killed two civilians and injured six others in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, according to Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration.
Fourteen people were injured in an overnight Russian drone attack on Kharkiv, including four children.
On June 11, Ukrainian forces engaged in 220 combat clashes with Russian invading forces, with the heaviest fighting reported in the Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka sectors.
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On the evening of June 11, Russian troops attacked a resident of the village of Havrilivka in the Kherson region with a drone. She was wounded and is now in the hospital.
One Russian Kalibr missile carrier remains in the Mediterranean Sea, while there are no enemy ships in the Azov and Black Seas.
Russian military losses since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to June 12, 2025, have exceeded one million people.
Soldiers of the 5th Separate Assault Brigade of the Kyiv Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a cannon and mortar installation of Russian invaders in the Kramatorsk direction.
Intelligence officers intercepted a conversation in which a Russian soldier refuses to carry out a combat mission due to the high-quality work of Ukrainian artillery.
The special operation “Spider Web” to destroy Russian strategic bombers deep inside Russian territory has significantly strengthened Ukraine's reputation and the authority of its Defense Forces.
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The war between Russia and Ukraine has demonstrated that unmanned aerial vehicles are a powerful weapon in modern warfare.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine has already developed various types of interceptor drones and is currently working to secure additional funding for their mass production.
After the destruction of the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the cruiser Moskva, it became clear that the era of large ships was over. Ukraine, even without a full-fledged fleet, managed to rethink its approach to naval warfare—and now sets the tone on the world stage in the use of naval drones.
On the evening of June 11, Russian troops struck the Saltivsky district of Kharkiv with a Molniia drone.
Russian military attacked rescuers with a strike drone while they were clearing mines from agricultural land in the liberated territories of the Izium district of the Kharkiv region.
The Kremlin is well aware of the capabilities of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. At the same time, Moscow is no longer perceived as untouchable: it increasingly looks less like a global center of power and more like a permanent target for drone strikes from Kyiv.
In the Novopavlivka sector of the front, Russian troops are still around 10 to 15 kilometers away from reaching the administrative border between Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian Defense Forces have engaged in 99 combat clashes with Russian troops, 33 of them along the Pokrovsk axis.
In Kherson, Russian invaders launched a drone attack targeting employees of a municipal utility company, injuring two workers.
In Kherson region, Russian forces have attacked a critical energy facility, severely complicating the power supply situation. Authorities are urging residents to be understanding and to prepare for a prolonged blackout.
Russian forces have struck a hospital in the town of Semenivka, Chernihiv region, using a drone, marking the fifth attack on this medical facility.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) deployed UAVs specifically developed and manufactured by its own engineers for the special operation known as "Spiderweb," a source within the SBU has told Ukrinform.