War

On the evening of August 13, Russian troops attacked the Zaporizhzhia district. A 25-year-old woman and a 5-year-old child were injured in the attack.

At the “Syrets” metro station in Kyiv, a pilot project is being tested to divide the platform into zones in case the station is used as a shelter.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that a Russian citizen recruited by Russian intelligence services had been detained in Warsaw. His mission was to kill a U.S. citizen and a Ukrainian citizen.

On the night of August 13, the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out a series of strikes against enemy military targets on enemy territory and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. In particular, the “Nebo-U” radar station in Sevastopol was struck.

In the Odesa region, Russian troops attacked a Ukrzaliznytsia locomotive for the second time on August 13. This time, a drone struck a diesel locomotive that was performing shunting operations. A child was injured in the attack.

Due to the shutdown of Ukrainian ports, more than half of the agricultural products scheduled for export in the 2026/27 marketing year may remain unsold. More than €10.8 billion could be tied up in these inventories.

As a result of the latest repatriation efforts, the remains of 261 deceased individuals were returned to Ukraine. According to the Russian side, they are those of Ukrainian servicemen.

During the attack on the Orsk Oil Refinery, Ukrainian drones struck key infrastructure that cannot yet be repaired. The refinery has been completely shut down. The city is facing a critical gasoline shortage, and authorities are preparing for the “worst-case scenario.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine has only one-tenth (about 10%) of the interceptor missiles needed to defend against intense Russian ballistic missile attacks.

At around 9:50 p.m., Russian troops attacked civilians in the Korabelny district of Kherson.