Ukraine repositions troops to strengthen defense near Myropilske in Sumy region
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have moved to new defensive positions near the settlement of Myropilske in the Sumy region in order to preserve personnel, the military reports.
13 April 2026
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have moved to new defensive positions near the settlement of Myropilske in the Sumy region in order to preserve personnel, the military reports.
Around 270,000 public services have been identified in Ukraine as part of a nationwide screening, delivered by nearly 15,000 entities at both central and local levels, according to the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
The Russian army carried out a drone strike on the settlement of Velykyi Burluk in Kupiansk district, killing one person and injuring three others.
The number of casualties from the Russian attack on Bohodukhiv in the Kharkiv region has increased to four, with medics providing assistance to a 7-year-old boy and an elderly man.
Since the start of the day, the Russian army has attacked the positions of Ukraine’s defenders 53 times, with the heaviest pressure in the Pokrovsk sector.
Fighters of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, together with other units of the Defense Forces, are conducting a comprehensive operation to liberate and clear the settlement of Stepnohirsk in the Zaporizhzhia sector.
Fighters of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, together with other units of the Defense Forces, are conducting a comprehensive operation to liberate and clear the settlement of Stepnohirsk in the Zaporizhzhia sector.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the situation remains difficult: Russian troops are trying to step up their offensive in the Pokrovsk agglomeration, but Ukrainian units are holding back the pressure and destroying enemy assault groups.
Due to a lack of Pantsir surface-to-air missile systems, Russia has begun using hybrid air defense solutions, including ground-based launchers for air-to-air missiles.
In the Lyman sector, fighters of the Signum unmanned systems battalion destroyed an enemy vehicle and prevented Russian invaders from establishing a pontoon crossing.
In the Lyman sector, fighters of the Signum unmanned systems battalion destroyed an enemy vehicle and prevented Russian invaders from establishing a pontoon crossing.
The Russian army carried out drone strikes on the city of Bohodukhiv in the Kharkiv region. Two women were affected, and ten private houses were damaged.
Russian forces struck a police car in Bilopillia, Sumy region, injuring a law enforcement officer.
In the Kherson region, an 89-year-old woman from the village of Osokorivka was killed in a drone attack, and another man—a 65-year-old resident of Kherson—was injured.
Paul Grod, President of the Ukrainian World Congress, on behalf of the multi-million-strong diaspora, congratulated Hungary’s future Prime Minister Péter Magyar and the Tisza Party on their victory in the democratic elections. The Ukrainian World Congress emphasized that the Hungarian people’s choice marked a defeat for Russia’s strategy of destabilization in Europe.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine is in communication with nine countries regarding security matters.
According to preliminary reports, five people were injured as a result of a Russian strike on the town of Derhachi in the Kharkiv region, two of whom are in critical condition.
The Russian army struck the village of Riasne in the Kharkiv region with guided aerial bombs, injuring two women, one of whom is in critical condition.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, during a morning air threat, railway workers stopped a commuter train in time and evacuated the passengers, after which an enemy strike occurred near a freight locomotive.
In the area of Vovchansk, Lyptsi, and Vovchanski Khutory, Russian troops continue to make active attempts to advance in small groups, but these efforts have been unsuccessful.
Russian forces have intensified offensive operations and are attempting to expand their zones of control near the border, advancing over short distances.
The situation inside Kupiansk itself is currently relatively calm; however, on its outskirts Russian forces have resumed active assault operations, attempting to push back Ukrainian troops and advance toward the town.
Russian forces in certain sectors of the front are mostly replenishing personnel losses rather than increasing troop numbers, while heavy equipment is used only in a limited way due to the nature of modern warfare.
The intensity of combat operations on the frontline during the so-called “Easter ceasefire” declared by Russia did not actually change, with Russian forces using certain periods to rotate and regroup.
Ukraine expects to establish contact with Hungary’s new leadership and is ready to build good-neighborly relations.
The Deference Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has published an interactive 3D model and details of the components used in Russia’s Knyaz Veshchy Oleg reconnaissance drones in the Components in Weapons section of the War & Sanctions portal.
Oil prices rose above $100 per barrel on Monday as the U.S. Navy prepared to block maritime traffic to and from Iran through the Strait of Hormuz, a move that could limit Iranian oil exports.
On Sunday, a Ukrainian team of seven participants set off in the 2026 Paris International Marathon. All of them are war veterans and civilians who will cover the 42-kilometer course in wooden wheelchairs they built themselves earlier during their rehabilitation in Lviv.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lifted its recommendation for citizens to refrain from traveling to Hungary.
In Hungary’s parliamentary election, with nearly 99% of the votes counted, the Tisza party led by opposition politician Péter Magyar is in the lead.