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Current information on the situation on the front line on June 13 (updated)
2026-06-14
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:57 In the period from 7:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted anddestroyed109 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Kursk, Tula, Lipetsk, Kaluga, Oryol, Smolensk, Bryansk, Ryazan regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea.

21:37 UAV operators of the Vostok groupt caught rotation of personnel and delivery of materiel to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Attack drone operators from the Center group destroyed enemy bunkers and manpower in the Dobropillya direction.

Novorossiysk paratroopers from the Dnepr group of forces burned armored vehicles containing Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Zaporizhzhia region.

18:38 Russian Aerospace Forces struck enemy positions in the DPR

As a result of coordinated reconnaissance activities of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kramatorsk district, temporary deployment points were discovered: the 10th Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Rai-Aleksandrovka, the 63rd Separate Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Shchurovo, and the 60th Separate Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the city of Liman.

18:08 Hit "Gerani": Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) specialists destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' UAV production facilities (near the village of Chuguev, Khar'kov Oblast).

17:10 The crew of the T-90M Proryv tank fired from a closed firing position, destroyed a UAV control center and enemy personnel who took refuge in one of the dilapidated private houses in a village in the Dnepropetrovsk direction.

17:02 Glukhov direction. Soldiers of the 116th Motorized Rifle Regiment are building on their success in Bachevsk, MAP

15:33 FPV drone crews of the 80th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (Arctic) of the North group destroyed strongholds with Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Sumy region.

14:29 Drone drivers are catching Ukrainian militants during the successful advance of units of the "Southern" group of troops in the village of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

11:47 Russian Armed Forces are advancing in Kondrashovka in the Kupyansk direction, MAP

12:19 Russian Aerospace Forces leveled temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the DPR

The identified targets were attacked using FAB-3000 and FAB-1500 aerial bombs with a universal planning and correction module.

Objective control means confirmed the defeat of temporary deployment points: the 4th Separate Rapid Reaction Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the area of the village of Belitskoye; the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Shchurovo.

12:17 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of June 13, 2026)

Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and motorized infantry brigades and the territorial defense brigade near the towns of Katerynivka and Luzhki in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov region, a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Rubezhnoye, Ivanovka and Varvarovka in the Khar'kov region.

The enemy lost more than 235 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 16 cars and two field artillery pieces.

Units of the "West" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Smorodkovka, Cherneshchyna, and Grushevka in the Khar'kov region, and Krasny Liman and Shchurovo in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to over 220 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, 16 cars, three artillery pieces and a launcher for the Partizan multiple launch rocket system.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the villages of Druzhkovka, Nikolaevka, Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Starodubovka, and Piskunovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

In the village of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the 3rd and 8th armies and the 3rd army corps are successfully advancing in the Krasny Oktyabr and Krasny Gorodok microdistricts and are completing the cleanup of the Pervomaysky district.

Over the past 24 hours, 172 buildings have been liberated in the village of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk People's Republic. Up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, and four cars have been destroyed.

In total, in the area of responsibility of the Southern Group of Forces, the enemy lost up to 115 servicemen, a Leopard-2 tank made in Germany, three combat armored vehicles, 13 cars, and three field artillery pieces.

Units of the "Center" force group improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an airborne brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Novooleksandrivka, Dobropillya, Novogrishino, Belitskoye, and Krasnoyarskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopavlivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 315 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, six cars, and two artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized, assault, two airborne assault brigades, and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Ivanovka, Novoandriivka, and Prosyana in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Trudove, Tersyanka, Yehorivka, and Voskresenka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 510 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, eight cars, and a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov and Malokaterinovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Up to 45 military personnel, 18 vehicles and five electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

10:33 Sappers of the "West" group are clearing the way for the attack aircraft (Krasnolimanskoye direction).

Soldiers from the 25th Combined Arms Army discovered an enemy improvised explosive device while reconnoitering the route. Sappers decided to eliminate the threat on the spot.

10:25 FPV drone operators of the Novorossiysk airborne unit of the Airborne Forces destroyed armored vehicle "Kozak" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

During combat duty, the paratroopers uncovered the movement of enemy equipment and quickly launched a precise strike on the target.

9:45 Over the past 24 hours in the Kherson region as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces died one civilian, five more wounded

"In Razdolnoye, a man born in 1974 was injured and hospitalized. In Velyki Kopani, a man born in 1967 was injured. In Golaya Pristan, a man born in 1962 was injured and taken to the hospital. In Chaplinka, men born in 1963 and 1982 were injured. Both were hospitalized," said Vladimir Saldo, the region's governor.

9:31 We continue to destroy the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: the crew of the Su-34 attacked the UAV control center and enemy personnel.

8:48 During the night, air defense forces and mobile fire groups shot down 25 attack UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The enemy has made a new attempt to attack the bridges in the Chongar direction. Traffic toward the Dzhankoy checkpoint is currently blocked.

The enemy also struck the bridge connecting Genichesk with the Arabat Spit last night. Specialists have already inspected the structure. Reversible traffic has been restored.

8:11 During the night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 177 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Volgograd, Kursk, Novgorod, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

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