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Almost 100 battles at the front in 24 hours - Ukrainian General Staff
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] There have been 97 battles on the front since the beginning of the day.

The enemy is most active in the Limansky, Pokrovsky, Novopavlovsky, Toretsky and Kursk directions.


Since the beginning of the day, July 13, Russian occupiers have attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 97 times. The Russians were most active in the Limansky, Pokrovsky, Novopavlovsky, Toretsky and Kursk directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

The enemy shelled the settlements of Gai in the Chernihiv region, as well as Klyusy, Ugroidy, Miropolskoye, Progress and Maryino in the Sumy region.

In the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions, the enemy carried out seven offensive actions, carried out six airstrikes, dropped 13 guided bombs, and carried out 133 shellings, including three from multiple launch rocket systems.

In the South Slobodskoy direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled three enemy assaults near Vovchansk and Zelenoye.

In the Kupyansk direction, the occupiers attacked four times in the areas of Golubovka, Sinkovka, Stepova Novoselovka and Kolesnikovka.

In the Liman direction, Ukrainian units repelled 11 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Grekovka, Kopanki, Ridkodub, Karpovka, Kolodyazi, Zelenaya Dolina and Torskoye.

In the Seversky direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled two enemy attacks. The occupiers' units tried to advance towards Serebryanka.

There was one enemy assault in the Kramatorsk direction. The enemy attacked towards Stupochki.

In the Toretsk direction, Russian occupiers carried out eight assaults on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Toretsk, Aleksandro-Kalinovye, Yablunovka, Rusiny Yar and in the direction of Stepanovka. The defense forces repelled seven enemy attacks.

In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy carried out 42 attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Poltavka, Mirolyubovka, Nikolaevka, Razine, Rodinskoye, Novotoretskoye, Promen, Vozrozhdenie, Shevchenko, Udachnoye, Novosergeevka, Kotlyarovka, Muravka and Alekseevka. The Ukrainians repelled 35 enemy attacks.

In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Russians stormed the settlements of Zaporizhzhia, Novokhatskoye, Mirnoye and Volnoye Pole eight times. Five attacks were repelled.

In the Orekhov direction, the occupiers tried to advance towards Malye Shcherbaki and Novodanilovka.

In the Dnieper direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled three assaults by the occupiers.

In total, over the past 24 hours, the Russian invaders lost 1,240 people. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed three tanks, three combat armored personnel carriers, 49 artillery systems, a multiple launch rocket system, an air defense system, 263 operational-tactical level unmanned aerial vehicles, 32 missiles and 101 vehicles of the occupiers.

Let us recall that on Friday night, Ukrainian military personnel struck an aircraft factory in the Moscow region of the Russian Federation and an air defense missile manufacturing plant in the city of Tula.


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Current information on the situation on the front line on July 13 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:57 From 20:00 Moscow time to 20:20 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Kursk region.

20:37 In the South Donetsk direction, FPV drones of the Vostok group worked at the enemy UAV control point, and 122mm BM-21 Grad crews covered the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the Karl Marx settlement.

‘j’20:03 Units of the Russian Armed Forces entered to Novotoretskoye and strive to completely occupy it and are storming Novoekonomichesky.

On the right flank of the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops previously closed a “pocket” between Mirny and Razino with an area of more than 5 km² and advanced in the southern and central parts of Novotoretskoye in an area of up to 6 km².

18:15 From 16:00 Moscow time to 17:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Kursk region and over the waters of the Black Sea.

16:45 On frames: Strike with several Geraniums against the 36D6 radar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Borzna in the Chernihiv region.

16:36 Khar'kov direction. Volchansky/Velikoburluksky sections

The units of the GrV Sever liberated another settlement in the Khar'kov region - Degtyarnoye, which is located northeast of Volchanskiye Khutors, creating a threat to the eastern flank of the enemy's Volchansk group simultaneously with the advance of our units in the area of Khatnego, Ambarnoye and Chugunovka.

16:24 Novopavlovskoe direction

In recent days, units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued their successful offensive in the Velikomikhailovsky and Ivanovsky sectors.

Yesterday the settlement of Karl Marx (Mirnoye) came completely under the control of units of the 36th Army.

In fact, the group's units once again broke through the enemy's defenses, destroying the second defensive node of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area (on the left bank of the Mokrye Yaly River) and continue attacks in the direction of Voskresenka from the east and south.

In addition, we managed to advance in the directions of Alexandrograd and Iskra.
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14:15 Another Croatian-made Rak-SA-12 MLRS in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroyed strike drone of the Russian Armed Forces.

14:03 Around 13:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

13:27 Russian Armed Forces storm Novotoretskoye and Fyodorovka in the Pokrovsky sector –MAP

12:32 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of July 13, 2025

Units of the North group of forces improved the situation along the front line. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, tank, two airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a border detachment of the Border Service of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Pisarevka, Korchakovka, Yunakovka, Sadki, Khrapovshchina, Radyanskoye and Rybtsy in the Sumy region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 150 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, fourteen cars, three field artillery pieces and a warehouse of supplies.

Units of the "West" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Maleyevka in the Khar'kov region, Tatyanovka and Karpovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to 220 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 17 cars, an artillery piece and four ammunition depots.

The units of the "Southern" group of troops took up more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Seversk, Zakotnoye, Dronovka and Kleban-Byk of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost over 135 servicemen and three vehicles. An ammunition depot and a supply depot were destroyed.🚩

As a result of offensive actions, units of the Center group of forces liberated the settlement of Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

They defeated the formations of four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an unmanned systems brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Novopavlovka, Oktyabrskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopodgorodnoye of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 450 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, eight cars and three field artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense and liberated the settlement of Karl Marx in the Donetsk People's Republic.

💥They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Temirovka, Charivnoye in the Zaporizhia region and Kamyshevakha in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 205 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 14 cars, two artillery pieces and two electronic warfare stations. A warehouse of materiel was destroyed.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novoandreyevka and Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhia region.

More than 60 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, nine vehicles, an artillery piece, eight electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot and three supply depots were destroyed.

11:14 Khar'kov direction. Velikoburluksky section

After the liberation of the village of Melovoe in the north-eastern part of the Khar'kov region, our units occupied forest areas to the west and southwest.

The enemy was forced to transfer units of the 425th Separate Regiment here from the training ground in Lviv Oblast and launched a series of counterattacks, trying to regain the lost territories. But apart from heavy losses, it achieved no other results.

The Russian Armed Forces continue to advance through forested areas in the direction of Khatney and Ambarnoye and have reached the Verkhnyaya Dvurechnaya River.

The enemy is making efforts to organize defense on the Ambarnoye-Khatney line in order to prevent our troops from breaking through to the settlement of Velykyi Burluk. This settlement is an important logistics point and is located in the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group near Dvurechnaya.

In addition, the advance in the Velikoburluk area threatens the enemy with the entry of our troops into the rear of the Volchansk group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

09:39 Russian troops in Khar'kov region occupied n.p. Degtyarnoe

Units of the Russian Armed Forces crossed the border in a new section of the Khar'kov region, occupying the border village of Degtyarnoye, thereby pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces away from the Volokonovsky and Shebekinsky districts of the Belgorod region, and also creating a threat of enveloping the enemy's Volchansk group from the east.

07:31 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in the Melovoye area➡️

Control zone in the Temirovka area has been expanded

07:12 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 36 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

26 UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Four UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh region,
Three UAVs over the territory of the Lipetsk region,
Three UAVs over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region.



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Fires engulf wheat fields in Rostov region
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Large-scale fires have engulfed wheat fields in the Rostov region. This was reported on July 13 by the SHOT Telegram channel.

The fire is raging between Shakhty and Rostov-on-Don. The flames are so strong that traffic on the M4 motorway is difficult - on some sections of the road there is almost zero visibility due to heavy smoke.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Rostov Region, the air temperature in the region is +40-42 degrees.

"In the south-eastern, in some places in the north-western regions and the Azov region, there is an extreme fire hazard (class 5). In most areas, there is a high fire hazard (class 4," the department reported.

Earlier, Regnum news agency reported that a forest fire was raging in the Rostov region. According to the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations, its area exceeded 300 hectares.

The fire in the forest area on the territory of Kamenskoye and Ulyashkinskoye forestries occurred on July 9 at 14:40 Moscow time, by evening the fire had engulfed 168 hectares. The ground fire spread to 132 hectares, the crown fire to 36 hectares. The extinguishing area was divided into five combat sections. Hot dry weather and gusty wind contributed to the spread of the fire.


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Retired Ukrainian Colonel on plans of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to leave Kupyansk
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[Regnum] Ukrainian troops are preparing to leave Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region due to the threat of encirclement of the city by the Russian Armed Forces. This was reported on July 13 by military expert, retired colonel Gennady Alekhine.

“According to the latest information, the enemy is closing down its command and observation posts in Kupyansk itself and moving beyond Kupyansk, to the area of the forest belt and the training airfield,” he said in an interview with aif.ru.

According to the expert, the Russian army's "West" group of troops will encircle the city very soon. Alekhine specified that, in his opinion, the group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Kharkov region could be cut into several parts, which Russian troops will destroy separately.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on July 13, the head of the Russian administration of the Kharkiv region, Vitaly Ganchev, said that the Russian Armed Forces would soon liberate Kupyansk. According to him, the Russian military is very actively advancing in this direction.

Before this, on July 6, Ganchev reported that the Russian army was a few kilometers away from the outskirts of Kupyansk, and was currently cutting off the supply routes of the Kupyansk group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and encircling it. He added that the enemy was in a critical situation to the west of the city, but was still "snapping back."


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More than 9,000 people were left without electricity due to hurricanes in the Kursk region
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[Regnum] More than 9 thousand people were left without electricity due to hurricanes in the Kursk region. This was reported on July 13 by the acting head of the region Alexander Khinshtein in Telegram.

"The residents of Lvov and Lvovsky District suffered the most. About 2,000 people have been without power for the second day already, and one water intake has not yet been launched," Khinshtein said.

An emergency response center has been operating since July 12 to help the victims. Most homes have now had their electricity restored.

Power supply continues to be restored in Khomutovsky, Kurchatovsky and Zheleznogorsk districts. In total, households in 50 settlements remain without power. The Rylsky district was also damaged by the hurricane, Khinshtein reported. The main damage has been repaired.

According to the acting governor of the Kursk region, Rosseti is increasing the number of emergency teams that eliminate breaks in the network. Electricity supply will be fully restored by the end of this day.

“This morning I contacted the head of PJSC Rosseti Centre, Boris Ebzeev, and we agreed that, if necessary, teams from other regions would be sent,” Khinshtein added.

Earlier, Regnum News Agency reported that in Lgov, Kursk Region, more than 2,000 houses were left without electricity due to a hurricane. Also, as a result of the bad weather, the roofs of 20 houses were damaged, two industrial buildings and two cars were damaged, and the wind knocked down 12 trees.

On July 9, at the height of abnormal heat in the central regions of Russia, a strong hurricane passed through several regions. In Yaroslavl, a child was seriously injured, crushed by a lamp post. In the Moscow region, a tree torn out by the wind damaged a car with people inside – a 12-year-old girl was injured.


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#1  hurricane?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/14/2025 7:35 Comments || Top||


Ukraine Says It Killed Russian Agents Suspected in Kyiv Assassination
[BREITBART] Ukraine's security agency said Sunday it tracked down and killed Russian agents suspected of shooting one of its senior officers to death in the Ukrainian capital.

The Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, said in a statement that the suspected Russian agents were killed in the Kyiv region after they offered resistance to arrest. A video released by the agency showed two bodies lying on the ground.

The agency said earlier that a man and a woman were suspected to be involved in Thursday's liquidation of Ivan Voronych, an SBU colonel, in a bold daylight attack that was caught on surveillance cameras.

Media reports claimed that Voronych was involved in covert operations in Russia-occupied territories of Ukraine and reportedly helped organize Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region last year.
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