Russia’s war on Ukraine. 13.02.26
Operational situation
On the Northern Slobozhansky Direction, Russian forces attempted to advance southeast of Oleksiivka, south of Yunakivka, and attacked toward Korchakivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked in Krasnopillya district.
On the Southern Slobozhansky Direction, Russian forces advanced slightly north of Zybine and attacked near Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Hrafske, Starytsia, Symynivka, toward Okhrymivka, near Khatnie, and toward Kolodyazne.
On the Kupyansk Direction, Russian forces attempted to advance northeast of Novoosynove and attacked near Kupiansk, Petropavlivka, Pishchane, toward Kivsharivka, near Novoplatonivka, Novoyehorivka, and Oleksandrivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces advanced in the south of Bohuslavka.
On the Sloviansk Direction, Russian forces advanced to the center of Nykyforivka, attempted to advance in the east of Riznykivka, and attacked near and inside Lyman, near Yarova, Serednie, Drobysheve, Stavky, Zakytne, Dronivka, Maslyakivka, Ozerne, Riznykivka, Platonivka, Sviato-Pokrovske, Nykyforivka, toward Rai-Oleksandrivka and Fedorivka Druha.
On the Kostyantynivka Direction, Russian forces attempted to advance north of Novomarkove and attacked near Kostyantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, Illinivka, Berestok, Rusyn Yar, Sofiivka, and Novopavlivka. The enemy conducted missile and air strikes with FAB-3000 bombs and Kh-38 missiles against bridges on the N20 Pokrovsk–Kostyantynivka highway and in the north of Kostyantynivka.
On the Pokrovsk Direction, Russian forces attacked near Toretske, Nove Shakhove, Novyi Donbas, Pokrovsk, Hryshyne, toward Novooleksandrivka and Shevchenkove, near Rodynske, Bilytske, Kotlyne, Novopidhorodnie, and Molodetske.
Ukrainian Defense Forces struck south of Dorizhne against enemy infiltration groups.
On the Oleksandrivka Direction, Russian forces attacked near Novopavlivka, Filiya, Dachne, and Ivanivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Stepove and Berezove.
On the Huliaypole Direction, forward units of Ukrainian Defense Forces advanced on the Ternuvate–Dobropillya line, forced the Khaychur River, and liberated the latter. They engaged in combat for Varvarivka, pushing the enemy from positions in Pryluky and Olenokostyantynivka. Ukrainian units counterattacked near Ternuvate and Kosivtseve.
Units of the enemy 5th Combined Arms Army north of Huliaypole were simultaneously forced to withdraw behind the Huliaypole–Pokrovske road on several sections. Russian forces attacked near Huliaypole, Tsvitkove, Staroukrainka, Kosivtseve, Ternuvate, Dobropillya, Zlahoda, Rybne, Dorozhnyanka, and Zaliznychne.
On the Orikhiv Direction, Russian forces advanced north of Stepnohirsk and attacked near Stepove, Prymorske, Richne, Lukyanivske, Novoyakovlivka, and Novoboykivske.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Lukyanivske.
Supporting operation:
Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the LUKOIL-Ukhtaneftepererabotka facility in Ukhta, Komi Republic; an ammunition depot of the 19th Motorized Rifle Division near Terpinnia; and an ammunition depot of the 58th Combined Arms Army in the area of Rozivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
General conclusion:
Ukrainian Defense Forces control Kupyansk and hold several groups of enemy infantry encircled in high-rise buildings in the city center. Russian forces use UAVs to supply them but cannot relieve them or redeploy reinforcements there. The enemy unsuccessfully attempts to advance east of Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi.
On the Sloviansk direction, Russian forces continue to infiltrate Zakytne, attacking on the flanks and using frozen sections of the Siverskyi Donets River to cross it. The enemy has accumulated a large amount of infantry in the Lyman area to sustain a high intensity of the offensive. The enemy attacks both with armored vehicle support and without it.
Russian forces attack bridges in the rear of Ukrainian Defense Forces as part of their current campaign to establish aerial fire control over Defense Forces logistics to facilitate further offensive operations by degrading the Defense Forces’ ability to hold the front line.
Change in the line of contact (LoC), directions of attacks and counterattacks:
There were 142 combat engagements on various fronts.
On the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, one combat engagement was recorded.
On the Southern Slobozhansky Direction, the enemy attempted 13 times to break through Ukrainian defensive lines in the areas of Okhrymivka, Kolodyazne, Hrafske, Prylipka, Vovchanski Khutory, Rybalkyne, and Vovchansk.
On the Kupyansk Direction, a combat engagement took place in the area of Pishchane.
On the Sloviansk Direction, 10 attempts by the occupiers to advance were stopped in the areas of Stavky, Serednie, Lyman, toward Sviato-Pokrovske, Yampil, Platonivka, and Zakytne.
On the Kostyantynivka Direction, the enemy carried out 12 attacks near Kostyantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, Illinivka, Rusyn Yar, and Sofiivka.
On the Pokrovsk Direction, 37 assault actions of the aggressor were stopped near Udachne, Rodynske, Novooleksandrivka, Shevchenko, Kotlyne, Pokrovsk, Molodetske, Novopavlivka, Bilytske, Novopidhorodnie, Dachne, and Ivanivka.
On the Huliaypole Direction, 24 attacks by the occupiers took place in the areas of Huliaypole and toward Zlahoda, Dobropillya, Zaliznychne, Zelene, and Rybne.
Changes in the enemy disposition:
The 56th Air Assault Regiment of the 7th Air Assault Division operates on the Sumy direction.
The 71st Motorized Rifle Division of the 14th Army Corps strikes Ukrainian forces near Okhrymivka, Volokhivka, Vyrivka, Riznykove; the 288th Artillery Brigade of the 1st Tank Army, the 82nd Motorized Rifle Regiment, and the 60th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment of the 69th Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Combined Arms Army strike Ukrainian forces on the Kharkiv direction.
The 123rd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Combined Arms Army strikes Ukrainian forces east of Riznykivka; the 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army operates on the Lyman direction.
The 33rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th Combined Arms Army operates toward Dobropillya.
The 268th Artillery Regiment of the 27th Motorized Rifle Division of the 2nd Combined Arms Army operates in Pokrovsk.
The 37th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 36th Combined Arms Army strikes Ukrainian forces in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Possible operation situation developments:
The enemy has begun preparations for this year’s summer campaign. Two offensive operations should be expected starting from the end of April 2026 — the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk and the Orikhiv-Zaporizhzhia operations. The enemy’s military command will focus on forming and deploying strategic reserves, accumulating operational and strategic materiel stocks to the relevant directions, deploying strike groupings in assembly areas for the offensive, carrying out a set of measures to comprehensively cover operational deployment (air defense, EW, counterintelligence measures, etc.), and conducting covert regrouping of forces. The disruption of the enemy’s summer offensive will lead to a prolonged loss of offensive capabilities, depletion of resources, and will provide a real chance to end the war.
The enemy “Sever (North)” Operational Grouping will continue to operate simultaneously along the Northern Slobozhansky Direction, the Southern Slobozhansky Direction, and the Velykyi Burluk Direction and will attempt to seize as large an area as possible in Sumy Oblast and Kharkiv Oblast with the aim of subsequent political bargaining for their exchange for territories in Donetsk Oblast that the enemy will be unable to seize.
On the Southern Slobozhansky Direction, in the Vovchansk area, the enemy “Belgorod–Kharkov” Tactical Group will continue attempts to break through along the eastern bank of the Siverskyi Donets in the southern direction and advance as far as possible in the Vovchansk–Bilyi Kolodyaz direction. Attempting to advance in the general Vovchansk–Staryi Saltiv direction, the Tactical Group command will try to secure the right flank of its main forces, which will advance toward Bilyi Kolodyaz.
In the Kupyansk area, Russian forces will intensify operations along the Pishchane–Kurylivka line and further toward Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi, as well as along the Kolisnykivka–Hlushkivka line and further toward Kivsharivka and Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi. The headquarters of the 1st Tank Army and the 6th Combined Arms Army will attempt to achieve the required tactical troop density through regrouping within their respective armies. To implement this concept, the enemy will have to commit part of its strategic reserves in this Direction (several brigades or 1–2 divisions from among the recently formed units), or it will be forced to halt offensive operations in the Velykyi Burluk, Lyman, and Vovchansk Directions. The enemy’s “Sever (North)” Operational Grouping will concentrate its efforts on seizing the eastern part of Kupyansk, attacking from the north, will attempt to push the Ukrainian Defense Forces’ 16th Army Corps south of the Kucherivka–Petropavlivka line, advancing toward Petropavlivka along the road from Vilshana and attacking the northeastern part of the city from the direction of Lyman Pershyi. To restore the situation in the Kupyansk area, the enemy will intensify actions within the offensive zone of the 47th Tank Division of the 1st Tank Army, which conducts a frontal advance on Kupyansk from the east. Attempts by the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 1st Tank Army to eliminate the bridgehead of the 16th Army Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces on the Oskil east of Kupyansk will continue. The 6th Combined Arms Army of the enemy “Sever (North)” Operational Grouping will advance simultaneously on three directions: toward Staryi Saltiv, Velykyi Burluk, and in the Kupyansk area. The army’s troops will attempt to advance from the Dvorichanske bridgehead in the Krasne Pershe–Novovasylivka and Dvorichna–Ridkodub directions, attack in the Milove–Ambarne direction with the aim of capturing the latter and will try to outflank from the north and south the defensive strongpoint of the 16th Army Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Kolodyazne area.
On the Sloviansk Direction, the enemy will continue intensive assault operations on the sector from the Siverskyi Donets to Sviato-Pokrovske, attempting to break through to the Kryva Luka – Kalenyky line and seize Riznykivka. Continued attacks should be expected on both sides of the Sloviansk – Bakhmut road. Enemy assault actions are likely aimed at seizing Nikiforivka, breaking through to Fedorivka Druha, and attempting to reach the Malynivka – Vasyutynske line. The overall offensive direction of the 3rd Combined Arms Army will not change in the near term.
On the Kostyantynivka direction, the command of Russian forces plans to capture the entire Druzhkivka–Kostyantynivka agglomeration in stages, first enveloping the flanks of Kostyantynivka while simultaneously breaking through to the near approaches to Druzhkivka. After this it will seize Kostyantynivka by assault and push Ukrainian Defense Forces out of the Druzhkivka area under the threat of encirclement. Enemy forces will advance toward the Malotaranivka–Semenivka–Bilokuzmynivka–Komyshuvakha area north of Druzhkivka. The objective of the operation may be to reach the near approaches to Kramatorsk from the south and southeast, thereby creating the preconditions for an offensive operation against the Sloviansk–Kramatorsk agglomeration. The “Dzerzhynsk” Tactical Group will break through via Illinivka and Berestok into the southwestern central part of Kostyantynivka, advancing along the western bank of the Kryvyi Torets River. The “Bakhmut” Tactical Group, attacking through the southeastern part of Kostyantynivka, will break through to the Kostyantynivka railway station area and to the northwest along Bakhmutska Street and Oleksy Tykhoho Street, as well as on both sides of the Shankhai Pond, in order to fully occupy the eastern part of the city on the opposite bank of the Kryvyi Torets. If by the end of spring the enemy does not capture Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, and Lyman, the Russian military command will have to change its plan for the summer 2026 offensive on the move, as the conditions for an assault on Kramatorsk and Sloviansk will not be created.
On the Oleksandrivka and Huliaypole Directions, the enemy’s “Vostok (East)” Operational Grouping will advance on the widest possible front, attempting to maximally stretch the forces of Ukrainian Defense Forces and their reserves, attempting to maximally stretch the Defense Forces and their reserves, and through active offensive actions by the 36th Combined Arms Army will attempt to ensure, on the main strike Direction toward Huliaypole, the maximum concentration of its own forces and assets in the zone of the 5th Combined Arms Army, which will advance in the general direction of Varvarivka – Verkhnya Tersa – Omelnyk. The enemy 35th Combined Arms Army will attempt to break through with its main forces to the near approaches to Orikhiv, after which it will assault the city. The enemy 58th Combined Arms Army will advance northward along the Dnipro River, will attempt to reach the defensive line of the 17th Army Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces along the Konka River on the Malokaterynivka – Komyshuvakha section, and will attempt to cut its logistics in Orikhiv.
On the Prydniprovske direction, the command of the enemy’s “Dnepr” Operational Grouping will continue trying to take control of most of the island zone in the Dnipro delta in the direction of Kherson, will try to create a tactical bridgehead on the right bank, and to eliminate the tactical bridgeheads of the 30th Marine Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces in the area of the automobile and railway bridges near Antonivka.
Russian operational losses from 24.02.22 to 13.02.26
Personnel - almost 1,250 950 (+800);
Tanks – 11,667 (+5);
Armored combat vehicles ‒ 24,028 (+3);
Artillery systems – 37,254 (+41);
Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) – 1,642 (+1);
Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,300 (+1);
Vehicles and fuel tanks – 78,268 (+127);
Aircraft - 435 (0);
Helicopters – 347 (0);
UAV operational and tactical level – 133,392 (+1,239);
Intercepted cruise and other missiles – 4,286 (+16);
Boats/ships – 30 (0).
Humanitarian + general:
During the night of February 13, Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 154 UAVs of various types (about 100 — Shaheds). According to the Air Force, as of 08:30 air defense shot down and suppressed 111 enemy drones. Missile impact and 22 UAV impacts were recorded at 18 locations, as well as falling debris at 2 locations. At the time of the report, the attack was ongoing, and drones remained in the air.
During the night of February 13, the enemy attacked one of the ports in Odesa Oblast with UAVs. According to Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba, one person was killed and six were injured, three of whom are in serious condition. Enterprise infrastructure, fertilizer warehouses, and vehicles, including freight railcars, were damaged. A fire broke out at the impact site.
As a result of a morning UAV attack on Mykolaiv Oblast, damage to energy infrastructure was recorded. According to Head of the Oblast Military Administration Vitalii Kim, settlements in Bashtanka district were partially left without power due to the shelling.
On February 13, the enemy carried out destructive strikes on Odesa’s energy infrastructure. According to DTEK, the destruction is extremely severe, and repairing the equipment will require a long time.
In Ukraine, as of the morning of February 13, consumers in Odesa, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Donetsk Oblasts are without electricity as a result of targeted Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.
One person was killed and one injured as a result of Russian strikes on Kherson and its suburbs on the morning of February 13; another resident of the city was injured in a detonation of a “petal” mine scattered by the occupiers.
Russian occupation forces struck the grounds of a children’s hospital in Sumy with two UAVs. According to Head of the Oblast Military Administration Oleh Hryhorov, the attacks occurred after 12:00 with a half-hour interval. Because staff and children were in shelter, no one was injured. Hospital windows were shattered.
After noon on February 13, the enemy continued attacking Rivne Oblast, damaging a store and several outbuildings. According to the Rivne Oblast Military Administration, one local resident was injured and is hospitalized. The morning attack lasted more than five hours; air defense forces shot down aerial targets, and there were no casualties or destruction of civilian infrastructure.
Throughout the day, the enemy carried out more than 50 strikes on three districts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast using artillery, UAVs, and guided aerial bombs. According to Head of the Oblast Military Administration Oleksandr Hanzha, in Nikopol district a 44-year-old man was killed and a 39-year-old woman was injured due to shelling; a multi-story building, private homes, a dormitory, and infrastructure were damaged. In Synelnykove district, two women were injured, and a church and nearly two dozen homes were damaged. The Yuriivka community of Pavlohrad district was also struck.
On the evening of February 12, Russian forces attacked Odesa and the oblast with strike drones, damaging a multi-story building, a recreational infrastructure facility, and a commercial property. Four people are preliminarily reported injured. Significant disruptions to electricity, heating, and water supply began in Odesa district as a result of the attack.
At 21:15 on February 12, Russian forces attacked a residential area of Kramatorsk. According to the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office, three brothers were killed as a result of a direct hit on a private house: two 19-year-old youths and an 8-year-old boy. The victims’ 43-year-old mother and 65-year-old grandmother were also injured. A total of four people were killed in the strike.
Another five children aged 4 to 15 who were illegally deported or forcibly transferred by Russia have returned to Ukraine.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has attacked Ukraine’s healthcare facilities 2,591 times. According to a study by Physicians for Human Rights and its partners, the intensity of the strikes is increasing: during 2024–2025 the number of documented incidents rose from 445 to 663, representing nearly 50% growth in a year.
The Kherson Oblast Defense Council expanded the zone of mandatory evacuation for families with children due to intensified Russian shelling. According to Head of the Kherson City Military Administration Yaroslav Shanko, the decision applies to Dniprovskyi district (including areas between Popovycha Street, 1st Skhidna Street, Novozavodska Street, and Perekopska Street). A proposal was also introduced for the forced evacuation of families with children from the settlements of Pryozerne and Komyshany, as well as from several streets of Kherson located near the Dnipro River.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine intercepted an audio recording of an order from a Russian commander to destroy civilians on the Oleksandrivka direction. According to the HUR, the criminal order was received by a detachment of former prisoners, “Storm,” within Russia’s 57th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade. The events took place near Zelenyi Hai in Donetsk Oblast, constituting further evidence of the deliberate extermination of civilians in temporarily occupied territories.