Syrskyi: daily clashes at front reach 300, highest since war begins
The operational situation remains difficult, with the enemy conducting offensive actions along virtually the entire line of contact.
13 December 2025
The operational situation remains difficult, with the enemy conducting offensive actions along virtually the entire line of contact.
Belarus has released 114 people, the youngest of whom is 25 years old; his wife had been released earlier on November 22.
Due to the lack of electricity supply, drinking water is being transported to Odesa from seven regions.
About one hundred civilians, including five Ukrainians, who were held in Belarus, have been released.
During Russia's December 13 attack, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was disconnected from Ukraine's power grid for more than an hour due to damage to power transmission lines.
The northern part of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region remains under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
More than one million consumers have been left without electricity as a result of an overnight Russian attack, and repair work has already begun.
On the night of December 13, the Russians launched more than 450 combat drones and 30 missiles of various types at Ukraine, damaging more than ten civilian objects.
Newly appointed Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has said he is not ready to finance Ukraine at the expense of Czech citizens.
Russia plans to increase the serial production of the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile and is considering options for its modernization to enhance the destructive potential of its warhead.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 417 Russian drones, four Iskander-K cruise missiles, and nine Kalibr missiles.
Russian units operating in the Kharkiv region, in the north part of Kupiansk and its outskirts, are blocked and cannot receive reinforcements or full logistical support.
On the night of December 13, the Russians launched more than 450 combat drones and 30 missiles of various types at Ukraine, damaging more than ten civilian objects.
On December 13, Russian invaders carried out combined drone and missile strikes on five regions of Ukraine.
In the Mykolaiv region, settlements in the Bashtanka and Mykolaiv districts were left without power overnight, and there are casualties in Mykolaiv.
Russia is deploying the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in Belarus, with Europe as its intended target.
As a result of a large-scale combined Russian attack on Odesa region, energy infrastructure facilities were damaged, causing disruptions to water and heat supply.
Nine people were injured in enemy strikes on the Kharkiv region in 24 hours.
Russian forces are redeploying additional reserves to the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration.
As a result of Russian rocket and drone shelling, 19 settlements in the Kirovohrad region were left without electricity.
The Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has released footage of special forces storming and clearing sections of the front line in the Pokrovsk sector.
Four people were injured in the Odesa region as a result of a massive Russian strike on critical and civilian infrastructure.
Over the past day, December 12, 178 combat engagements between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded on the frontline.
Russians killed three residents of the Donetsk region in 24 hours, and seven more people in the region were wounded.
Russian attacks have left part of the Kherson region without power, including the city of Kherson.
Seven civilians were injured in Russia's attacks on Ukraine's southern Kherson region over the past day.
Turkey has expressed concern over an attack on a vessel owned by a Turkish company while it was in the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk and has emphasized the need to reach agreements to prevent escalation in the Black Sea, including a halt to attacks on energy and port infrastructure.
The G7+ Ukraine Energy Coordination Group has expressed its readiness to help strengthen the protection of Ukraine's energy sector against aerial and missile attacks.
Russia suffered approximately 1,187,780 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and December 13, 2025, with 1,300 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
Drone operators from Ukraine's State Border Guard Service destroyed a shelter and a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun belonging to Russian invaders on the southern front.