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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of October 13 (updated)
2026-10-14
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 20:51 Crews of the 152mm Giatsint-B towed guns of the West group of forces dismantled enemy strongholds in the area of the eastern shore of the Krasnooskol Reservoir in the DPR.

20:39 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty destroyed 70 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Tula regions, the Moscow region and the Republic of Crimea.

18:33 Soldiers of the 30th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group organized a multi-layered system for countering enemy drones in the Dobropillya direction.

17:35 Today in the afternoon the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued application of drone strikes on logistics centers and sea vessels involved in delivering military supplies to Ukraine.

17:17 Deputy Platoon Commander with the call sign "Ossetia" told details of Petrovsky's release in the DPR.

As a result of the strike in the Kyiv region, the Mykulichi logistics warehouse, used for storing Ukrainian Armed Forces attack unmanned aerial vehicles, was damaged.

In addition, a dry cargo ship delivering military and dual-use cargo to the port of Nikolaev was damaged in the Bug Estuary.

14:32 VKS of Russia struck places of concentration of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' manpower.

Those hit were:

control point for unmanned aerial vehicles of the 1st separate brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the Donetsk People's Republic;

temporary deployment point for units of the 65th separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region;

temporary deployment points for units of the 80th separate airborne assault brigade in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

13:20 "Solntsepeki" of the NBC protection crews of the "North" group worked out on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sumy Oblast.

12:38 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation (as of October 13, 2026)

Units of the "North" force group in the Khar'kov region are tightening the encirclement and expanding the external control zone. Within the encirclement, fighting is underway to liberate the villages of Nikolaevka, Varvarovka, and Nefedovka in the Khar'kov region.

The encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 60 servicemen, a vehicle, and five ground-based robotic systems in one day. The expansion of the external control zone continues during the fighting to recapture the villages of Prikolotne, Kotovka, and Gogino in the Khar'kov region.

Also in the Khar'kov region, manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Velyki Prokhody, Khotomlya, Pogoreloye, Russkaya Lozovaya, Tsirkuny and Velykiy Burluk in the Khar'kov region.

In Sumy Oblast, two Ukrainian Armed Forces mechanized brigades and two territorial defense brigades were defeated near the settlements of Glukhov, Yuryevo, Barilovka, Maryino, Konotop, and Nikolskoye in Sumy Oblast and the city of Sumy. In total, the enemy lost over 270 servicemen, a tank, eight vehicles, a field artillery gun, and an electronic warfare station in the area of responsibility of the "North" force group.

Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge and defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Grushevka, Blagodatovka, Berezovka, Maliyevka, Osinovo in the Khar'kov region and Vovchiy Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 230 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 17 vehicles, three artillery pieces, and four electronic warfare stations.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Kramatorsk, Semenovka, Slavyansk, and Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 160 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, 31 vehicles and an artillery piece.

Units of the "Center" group of forces defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an airborne brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Liman, Verovka, Belozerskoye, Svyatogorovka, Veselaya Gora, Maryevka, and Novoyavlenka in the Donetsk People's Republic. Near the settlement of Dobropillya in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the 51st Army advanced in the central and northwestern parts of the city.

Some forces, together with naval infantry units, continued clearing the city's captured neighborhoods and the Dobropolskaya mine. Within 24 hours, 286 buildings, including three production facilities, were liberated, and up to 65 Ukrainian service members were killed.

In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, the losses of Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 345 servicemen, seven combat armored vehicles, eight cars, three field artillery pieces, and a Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized and airborne assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Gavrilovka and Tarasovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Dudnikovo, Zalivne, Blakytne, and Volnyanka in Zaporizhia Oblast. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 240 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, eight vehicles, and an artillery piece.

Units of the Dnipro Forces Group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and mountain assault brigades near the villages of Orekhov and Kushugum in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Up to 40 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, 20 vehicles, two field artillery guns and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

Tactical aviation, strike drones, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces struck Ukrainian military-industrial complex and transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as drone production facilities and storage sites, as well as temporary deployment sites for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts. Air defense assets shot down 883 fixed-wing drones.

09:28 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted group strikes with high-precision ground-based weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against military-industrial complex enterprises, logistics centers, railway and port infrastructure facilities of Ukraine, as well as sea vessels involved in the delivery of military cargo to Ukraine.

As a result of the strikes, the following were damaged:

in Kyiv:

the Pulp Mill Print plant, where the production of long-range missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles was organized;

the Darnitsa locomotive depot, which carries out repairs and restoration of rolling stock used for the rail transportation of military and dual-use cargo intended to supply Ukrainian troop groups;

in Nikolaev region:

the Nova Poshta logistics center in the village of Ternovka, used for storing dual-use cargo intended to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces;

warehouse of unmanned aerial vehicles in the village of Meshkovo-Pogorelovo.

In addition, a dry cargo ship delivering military and dual-use cargo to the port of Nikolaev was damaged in the Bug Estuary.

09:01 Crew of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Center group of forces struck area of deployment of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Dnipropetrovsk direction.

08:57 During the past night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on October 12 to 8:00 Moscow time on October 13, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 604 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Bryansk, Belgorod, Oryol, Kaluga, Tula, Kursk, Voronezh, Tver, Lipetsk, Ryazan, Rostov, Smolensk regions, the Moscow region, Stavropol Krai, Krasnodar Krai and over the waters of the Sea of Azov.

06:53 122mm D-30 crews of the Vostok group destroyed strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.

05:02 Fighters of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed two camouflaged enemy UAV control points in Nikolaevka and Druzhkovka.

Posted by:badanov

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