[Korrespondent] 22.58 The Unified Center for the Identification of Bodies of the Dead began its work in Ukraine on Thursday, November 13. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Leonid Timchenko emphasized that the Center will provide identification in the most difficult cases and will allow us to establish the names of those who gave their lives in the war with the Russian Federation.
"A specialized institution will allow for conducting examinations using various methods and exchanging data with international colleagues, implementing best global practices," the statement said.
22.24 A large number of explosions were heard in Donetsk, temporarily occupied by Russians, on the evening of November 13, after which a large fire broke out. Power outages occurred in some areas of the city. This is reported by Russian media and local channels.
21.46 An influx of young Ukrainians is observed in Germany after Kyiv allowed men under the age of 22 to leave the country. This was stated by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Barron's reports.
"I asked the President of Ukraine (Volodymyr Zelensky - ed.) to ensure that young men from Ukraine do not come to Germany in ever-increasing numbers, but serve in their own country. They are needed there," Merz noted following the talks with Zelensky.
20.59 The Cabinet of Ministers is launching the Communications Coordination Headquarters. This was announced by the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine - Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov.
20.44 Russia is preparing to deport to Siberia Ukrainian citizens currently living in temporarily occupied territories. This is reported by the Center of National Resistance.
Thus, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu, announced the launch of a large-scale “Siberia Development Program.”
However, the Kremlin considers the main driving force for the development of the devastated regions of Siberia and the Far East not its own citizens, who are leaving the country en masse, but the population of the temporarily occupied Ukrainian regions: Kherson, Zaporizhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk.
20.23 The Pokrovsky direction remains the main one in the context of the Russian troops' offensive, so special attention is being paid there to strengthening units, providing soldiers with everything they need, and strengthening logistical routes. This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky.
19.03 A military man was exposed in Transcarpathia who was selling routes to Europe to evaders for cryptocurrency. For $2,000, he provided detailed instructions on illegally crossing the border with Romania.
The investigation established that the serviceman was approached by his colleague with a request to help an acquaintance get to Europe. Upon learning of the man's intention to leave, the serviceman decided to make money on this.
He offered the evader to illegally cross the border for 2 thousand US dollars. For the conspiracy, communication took place on Telegram, where messages instantly disappeared. He demanded that payment be made in cryptocurrency via a virtual wallet to avoid both personal contact with the "client" and to prevent tracking of transactions through banks.
17.54 A hostile drone attack caused a fire in the industrial district of Sumy on Thursday, November 13, in the afternoon. The Sumy City Council reported this on Telegram.
17.08 The Armed Forces of Ukraine in the defense zone of the 1st Corps of the Azov National Guard brigades captured 21 Russian servicemen in the Dobropol and Konstantinov directions. The military noted that some of the Russians surrendered voluntarily, while others had to be forced to lay down their arms.
16.17 Ukrainian military destroyed an enemy lair for storing and servicing Orion strike and reconnaissance drones in the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea. The Russians located their lair in the area of the settlement of Kirovske. This was reported by the commander of the SBS Robert "Magyar" Brovdi.
Fighters from the Ptachy Magyar unit struck the enemy on the night before November 13. It was this unit of the 1st Separate SBS Center (formerly the 14th SBS Regiment, - ed.) that conducted the operation, as a result of which the enemy object was destroyed.
16.11 Ukrainian units stopped the advance of Russian troops and prevented them from entrenching in several settlements in the Hulyaipil direction. This was reported by the spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces Vladyslav Voloshyn.
"The enemy is trying to infiltrate deep into our defense, and fighting is also ongoing deep into the defense, but we have stopped the enemy and are currently trying to block his advance and are carrying out a comprehensive fire attack on him," he said.
Due to intensive shelling and fire from the Russians on Ukrainian positions, some settlements, in particular Uspenivka, Novomykolaivka, Novouspenivske, and Okhotnychy, had to retreat to more advantageous positions.
15.58 In Vinnytsia region, an employee of the CCC and SP was sentenced to two years of detention in a disciplinary battalion for abuse of influence.
14.43 An evidentiary base has been collected for another high-ranking official of the Russian army who participated in the temporary occupation of the Kherson region at the beginning of the full-scale war. This is Major General Oleksandr Kornev - commander of the 7th Airborne Assault (Mountain) Division of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation. The SBU reported this on November 13. According to the investigation, on February 24, 2022, the defendant commanded his division, which, together with other units of the Dnieper Group of Forces, occupied the Kherson region.
14.37 In the Kharkiv region, a Russian drone killed three civilians who were traveling to collect pensions and humanitarian aid. The regional prosecutor's office released a video of the enemy attack.
According to the investigation, on the morning of November 13, a group of people set off on three homemade motor-blocks to the village of Borova to receive pensions and humanitarian aid.
14.25 Explosions and a fire broke out at an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, Russia. The atmospheric-vacuum distillation unit was damaged.
Other details are still unknown. Photos and videos have appeared online, presumably of the consequences of the strikes on the refinery.
13.57 On Thursday night, the Ukrainian military struck several dozen targets in Russia and the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) of Ukraine with domestic long-range weapons. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this. Among them were domestic developments Flamingo (cruise missile), Bars (drone missile), and Lyuty.
13.21 The aggressor country Russia is preparing for a major war in Europe . Hostilities may begin in 2029 or 2030. President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote about this in Telegram. Therefore, we need to think about how to stop the Russians now in Ukraine and reduce their capabilities, he noted.
12:45 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Zaporizhia region and met with soldiers of the 65th separate mechanized brigade Velykyi Lug , which, as part of the 17th corps, is conducting defense in the Orikhiv direction. This was reported by the press service of the head of state.
12.27 About 400 places where children abducted from Ukraine are being held have been discovered in Russia. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky, citing his interview with Bloomberg Television. According to Zelensky, more than 1,600 abducted children have already been returned, but in total there are about 19,500 of them in Russia.
12.23 A Russian militant was detained on the territory of the European Union, who, being a citizen of Ukraine, went over to the enemy side and fought against our state. The detention took place on the border with Lithuania, where the man tried to escape as a refugee.
The detainee turned out to be a 33-year-old UAV operator who launched Russian strike drones over Kherson. The man is a native of Sumy region, but after the temporary annexation of Crimea, he left for the peninsula, obtained a Russian passport there, joined Putin's United Russia party and voluntarily signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The suspect later underwent training at a training ground and swore an oath of allegiance to the Russian Federation. He was appointed as an unmanned systems operator in the Russian army and sent to fight on the southern front of Ukraine.
Having assessed the risks of participating in battles against the Ukrainian Defense Forces, the militant fled from the firing positions and then to the European Union. In the EU, the man planned to apply for refugee status using his Ukrainian passport and "sink into the bottom."
12.02 On Thursday morning, Russian invaders struck a motorcade with a drone near the village of Boguslavka in the Borivska community in the Kharkiv region. Three people were killed , the head of the OVA, Oleg Synegubov, reported on Telegram. Another person was injured and is currently receiving necessary medical assistance.
11.41 The forced evacuation of families with children from 22 villages in the Sinelnyky district, located in the Mezhivska and Pokrovska communities of the Dnipropetrovsk region, continues. 249 children have to leave.
11.22 On Thursday night, Russian aggressors launched one Iskander-M ballistic missile and 138 drones of various types into Ukraine. Air defense and electronic warfare units shot down/suppressed most of the enemy targets, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported .
10.59 Russian aggressors attacked Mykolaiv with a strike drone. Six people were injured , said the head of the regional military administration, Vitaly Kim. Three residents of Mykolaiv were seriously injured. They are receiving necessary medical care.
10.38 On Thursday night, Russian invaders damaged energy infrastructure in three regions with drones. This was reported by Ukrenergo. In most regions of Ukraine, hourly outage schedules of up to 4 shifts are in effect. Maximum outages will be in the evening.
10.23 Another Russian agent has been detained in the Dnipropetrovsk region. At the request of the Russian Federation, he was collecting coordinates of defense plants and energy facilities, on which the enemy was preparing missile and drone strikes. The SBU reported this on November 13. It is noted that the corrector turned out to be a 47-year-old resident of Pavlohrad, who was waiting for the occupation of the region, as he wrote about in Telegram channels.
9.56 In Feodosia, temporarily occupied Crimea, powerful explosions were heard on the night of November 13, after which a railway crossing near an oil depot was blocked.
The marine oil terminal in Feodosia is a key hub for the supply of fuel and lubricants by sea to the Crimean Peninsula and the TOT of southern Ukraine.
9.31 In Kherson, two emergency teams ran over Russian "petals". The incident occurred in the Dnipro district on the night of November 13. This was reported by the Kherson OVA. It is noted that the first "emergency" team ran over a mine at 03:00, when it was evacuating a patient. The other - at about 05:00 while going on a call. As a result of the detonation, the wheels of both cars were damaged. There were no casualties. In addition, at about 5:30 in the morning, the occupiers attacked a man with a drone in the Dnipro district of the city. The 49-year-old wounded man was taken to the hospital with a concussion, explosive and closed craniocerebral injuries, and head and shoulder injuries. The victim's condition is moderate.
9.28 On the night of November 13, Russian forces attacked critical infrastructure in the city of Artsyz, Odessa region, with strike drones. The shelling damaged a critical infrastructure facility, an administrative building, and repair shops. No one was injured as a result of the attack.
8.49 On the front line over the past 24 hours, 226 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on November 13. Aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck a command post, three areas of personnel concentration and two other important Russian facilities.
8.20 Explosions were heard in the Russian city of Orel. Russian media reported this on November 13. Residents of Orel wrote on social networks about unknown drones that they allegedly saw in the sky. The city declared a simultaneous missile and drone danger. Local public forums wrote about the work of air defense, which destroyed several targets, some of the debris fell in a residential area. As is known, there are several oil depots in Orel. There is also a military base there, from which Russian troops launch "Shahed" drones over Ukraine. This base has 8 launch pads on the ground and a 2.8 km long section of road, where drones can be launched from vehicles.
7.50 The Defense Forces of Ukraine killed and wounded 1,180 Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours, the total enemy losses in the war amounted to 1,155,360 people. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The total combat losses of the Russian invaders from 24.02.22 to 13.11.25 were approximately 1,155,360 people.
06.23 The Parliament of Montenegro adopted a decision on the participation of the country's Armed Forces in the NATO mission for security support and training of Ukrainian military personnel (NSATU). The document stipulates that the participation of Montenegrin military personnel in NSATU will be limited to the territory of NATO countries.
06.05 Thick fog played into the hands of the Russian military, facilitating their penetration deep into the key strategic city in eastern Ukraine - Pokrovsk. Weather conditions have complicated the work of Ukrainian drones and weakened defenses. Most areas of the city are now in a gray zone, which neither side fully controls, the BBC reported.
05.30 The likelihood of a meeting between the leaders of the US and Russia depends solely on the confidence that such talks will bring a concrete result to end the war in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters following the G7 ministerial meeting in Canada.
03.05 The United States continues discussions with Ukraine on the provision of defensive weapons and technical equipment to restore energy infrastructure, which is systematically suffering from targeted attacks by Russia. This information was announced by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who emphasized that the United States is engaged in a dialogue with Ukraine not only on the supply of defensive weapons to protect energy infrastructure, but also on precision energy equipment necessary for restoration work.
02.33 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made a statement about the possibility of a bilateral meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in the Hungarian capital. According to Lavrov, Moscow is still "ready for a Russian-American summit in Budapest." He added that the meeting between the Russian and American presidents did not take place after Trump received certain "unofficial reports."
01.30 Ukrainian defense forces pushed back Russian occupiers in the Shakhovo area of Donetsk region, but the enemy achieved success in Zaporizhia region, occupying Rivnepillia and Yablukove. This information was published by the DeepState analytical project.