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[Korrespondent] 23.28 The Tatneft gas station network in Moscow and St. Petersburg has limited the sale of AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline to 20 liters, and diesel fuel to 40 liters per vehicle. Other large gas station operators have also introduced restrictive measures. For example, Rosneft allows refueling no more than 90 liters per tank or canister, and Lukoil has set a limit of 100 liters per check.
Tatarstan has also imposed temporary restrictions on fuel sales. According to the republican authorities, this decision was made "in order to avoid artificial excitement and stabilize the situation." However, the St. Petersburg Fuel and Energy Complex Committee assures that no fuel shortage is currently forecast.
20.00 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree putting into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine to impose sanctions against 10 Russian mobile operators and Internet providers. This was reported by the presidential press service on Saturday, June 13. Among the companies subject to sanctions are Luhansk Communications and Mobile Communication Systems, which Russia uses to spread its narratives and lies about the situation in Ukraine.
17.55 The government is working to increase financial support for frontline communities: the issue of distributing additional subsidies to local budgets that have been negatively affected by armed aggression will be resolved in the near future. This was announced by Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko on Saturday, June 13. Today, more than 6 million people live in 216 communities in ten frontline regions. Despite daily Russian shelling, schools, hospitals, enterprises and municipal services continue to operate there.
17:30 External power supply to the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP has been restored. Energoatom reported this on Saturday, June 13.
17.05 Unmanned systems forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the Crimean Titan plant located in Armyansk, which provides Russian military production with titanium dioxide and sulfuric acid. This was reported on Saturday, June 13, by the commander of the SBS, Robert "Magyar" Brovdi.
16.15 Russian war criminals bombed Sloviansk, injuring at least six civilians, including a 9-year-old child. The Russians dropped three FAB-250s on the city. 24 high-rise buildings and vehicles were damaged.
15.25 On the night of Saturday, June 13, Ukrainian defenders struck important Russian targets in temporarily occupied Crimea. The Dzhankoy checkpoint, a railway bridge, a pontoon ferry, and trucks on Chongar were hit, the First Separate Assault Regiment named after Dmytro Kotsiubayl reported.
14.32 Ukrainian drones hit Tamannaftegaz, a key hydrocarbon transshipment complex in the south of the Russian Federation. The SBU reported this.
The drones hit five oil tanks in the tank farm, as well as two oil tankers at the terminal. The Russian air defense positions covering the facility were also hit.
13.48 In Belarus, a court in Minsk convicted a family of three on charges of espionage, treason, and illegal arms trafficking. This was reported by the publication Salidarnasts.
13.15 In the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation, an oil preparation and pumping shop near the settlement of Kotovo was attacked. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this. The target was hit and a fire broke out on the territory of the enterprise.
12.57 Since the beginning of the day, two women have been killed in Sumy region as a result of Russian drone strikes. This was reported by the head of the Sumy OVA, Oleg Grigorov, in Telegram.
In Seredino-Budska, UAV strike groups attacked a private residential building, and in the Bilopolska community, a civilian vehicle.
11.55 Units of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck Russian military facilities in operational depth in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) on the night of June 12. This was reported by the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert "Magyar" Brovdi.
11.23 The Chernihiv District Court found a cadet guilty of the intentional murder of two military instructors and the wounding of another, sentencing him to life imprisonment. The National Police reported this.
10:36 Russians launched a strike with guided aerial bombs (GABs) on a market in the village of Vasylkivka, Synelnyk district, Dnipropetrovsk region. Nine people were injured.
09.33 On Saturday night, the Russians launched 118 drones of various types over Ukraine. Air defense units intercepted most of the enemy targets, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.
09.14 Drones attacked a marine terminal in Russia's Krasnodar region at night. A fire broke out there, the region's so-called governor, Veniamin Kondratyev, said.
08.47 Over the past 24 hours, 237 combat clashes have been recorded on the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational update. The Pokrovsky and Hulyaypil directions have again become the hottest.
08.22 A Kharkiv blogger who fled Ukraine to Russia was reported in absentia on suspicion of justifying Russian aggression and spreading pro-Kremlin narratives and fakes. This was reported by Vladyslav Abdula, spokesman for the SBU department in the Kharkiv region.
The SBU did not name the blogger, but the published photo shows Kharkiv motoblogger Serhiy Kuznetsov, known as Lankarra.
07.39 Over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupation army has lost 1,310 servicemen killed and wounded on the front in Ukraine. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational report on Saturday morning.
The Ukrainian military destroyed more than 2,700 units of Russian equipment, including 12 armored vehicles, 88 guns, four MLRS, and one air defense system.
07.21 The first necessary condition for lasting peace in Ukraine is the death of Vladimir Putin. This was stated by the former commander of the Canadian Joint Operational Command, Lieutenant General Christopher Coats.
03.54 In Mykolaiv, two people were injured and a child was also injured as a result of the attack. Damage to a private house is also reported.
03.01 Russian military spending is increasing several times every year. Currently, one day of war costs the aggressor country 65 billion rubles, which is approximately equal to the annual budget of the Novgorod region. This conclusion was reached by Janis Kluge, a researcher at the German Institute for International Security Problems, based on data from the Ministry of Finance. According to his calculations, for the first time since the start of a full-scale war, the share of military spending in the budget has reached 46%. In other words, every second ruble has gone to the army, Kluge emphasizes.
01.22 An attempt was made in the Russian Federation on the former so-called Minister of State Security of the "DPR" Andriy Pinchuk. He allegedly received a package with a bomb. However, he hid behind a door and was not injured.
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[Korrespondent] The invaders attacked in the areas of the settlements of Vasylivka, Hryshyne, Rodynske, Shevchenko, Novopidhorodne, Kotlyne, Udachne, and Novopavlivka.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published operational information regarding the Russian invasion as of 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 13.
It is reported that the enemy carried out 61 offensive actions today.
One combat clash has occurred in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions since the beginning of the day.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our troops three times, one clash is still ongoing. The fighting took place in the areas of Vovchansk and Lyman.
In the Kupyansk direction, our defenders stopped one enemy attempt to advance towards Novoplatonivka.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy tried to penetrate our defenses six times, two clashes are currently ongoing. Assault actions were recorded in the areas of the settlements of Novyi Mir, Drobysheve, Lyman, Dibrova, Torske, and Ozerne.
In the Slavyansk direction, the enemy stormed the positions of the Defense Forces in the areas of Kryva Luka and Zakytne four times.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, the invaders carried out four attacks, one of which is still ongoing. The enemy was active near the settlements of Ivano-Frankivsk, Illinivka, and Kostyantynivka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 15 assault actions of the aggressor. The invaders attacked in the areas of the settlements of Vasylivka, Hryshyne, Rodynske, Shevchenko, Novopidhorodne, Kotlyne, Udachne and Novopavlivka.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy attacked once in the Voronyye area.
In the Hulyaipil direction, the invaders carried out 21 attacks, five clashes are currently ongoing. The enemy pressed in the areas of the settlements of Rybne, Dobropillya, Vozdvizhivka, Olenokostyantynivka, Hulyaipilske, Ternuvaty, Zaliznychne, Verkhnia Tersa and Charivne.
In the Orikhiv direction, our defenders stopped two enemy attempts to advance in the areas of the settlements of Stepove and Stepnohirsk.
In the Prydniprovs'kyi direction, one enemy attack was recorded in the direction of the Antonivskyi Bridge.
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[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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[Regnum] Cases of HIV infection have been identified among service members in units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) in the Kharkiv and Kupyansk directions. This was announced on June 13 by Abbas Pyakishev, Deputy Minister of Health of the Kharkiv Civil-Military Administration
"In the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Kupyansk direction), as well as in the 115th and 116th Brigades, cases of HIV infection are being recorded. Due to understaffing, the army is conscripting everyone, including those with chronic illnesses," TASS quotes Pyakishev as saying.
He added that the majority of new HIV cases are detected among mobilized and active service members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Pyakishev cited the low effectiveness of prevention, violations of sanitary standards when providing medical care in combat conditions, and problems with drug addiction and homosexuality (the LGBT movement is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) in military units as the reasons for the spread of HIV.
In February 2025, Ukrainian Armed Forces service members contracted HIV and hepatitis C due to blood transfusions administered directly on the front lines. This method is used when it is impossible to quickly evacuate the wounded. However, the procedure is illegal and dangerous due to the high risk of spreading infection.
Since September 2023, Ukraine has permitted the conscription of men with asymptomatic HIV and viral hepatitis with minor functional impairments. Men with clinically cured tuberculosis and endocrine diseases can also be mobilized.
In September 2024, The Times reported that wounded Ukrainian soldiers brought to European countries for treatment were often infected with antibiotic-resistant "superbugs." Due to the infection, soldiers sometimes have their limbs amputated to stop the spread of the infection. Doctors believe soldiers almost always contract the bacteria in Ukrainian hospitals.
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[Regnum] Swedish Gripen fighter jets intercepted a Russian Su-24 bomber and Su-34 fighter-bomber over the Baltic Sea. This was reported by Swedish armed forces on June 13.
"On Friday, the Swedish Incident Response Team carried out two operations using the JAS 39 Gripen to intercept Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea near Swedish airspace," the Swedish Army said in a statement on social media.
The Swedish Armed Forces claim that the Su-24 and Su-34 allegedly came very close to the country's borders. However, the same post notes that no border violations were committed by the Russian aircraft.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has previously repeatedly emphasized that the crews of the country's Aerospace Forces carry out all scheduled and training flights in strict compliance with international legal norms.
On April 20, two other Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft, Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, conducted a scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. They were escorted by Su-35 crews. The flight lasted more than four hours.
[BManalysis] Evolving maritime threats that may cause wider conflict...
The emergence of Ukrainian naval drones represents one of the most significant innovations of the Russia–Ukraine war. In less than three years, Ukraine transformed from a nation with severely limited naval capabilities into a pioneer of unmanned maritime warfare. The appearance of naval drones such as the Sea Baby and MAGURA V5 has, to a limited extent, altered the balance of power in the Black Sea and attracted the attention of military planners worldwide.
THE ORIGINS OF THE CONCEPT
When Russia launched its special military operation in February 2022, Ukraine faced a severe naval disadvantage. Russia possessed one of the largest fleets in the region, while Ukraine had lost much of its naval infrastructure and many of its ships following the annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Traditional naval confrontation was not a realistic option. Instead, Ukrainian military planners, with overwhelming support from their NATO allies, began searching for asymmetric solutions capable of challenging a much larger opponent at relatively low cost.
During the summer of 2022, engineers, military specialists, and members of Ukraine’s security services reportedly began experimenting with unmanned surface vessels (USVs). In this effort, NATO specialists were assigned to work with their Ukrainian counterparts. Early prototypes were relatively simple and relied heavily on commercially available technologies, satellite communications, and adapted civilian marine equipment. These initial experiments laid the foundation for what would later become two separate but related naval drone families: the Sea Baby and MAGURA programs.
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