Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of May 13, 2025.
1,175 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 4,088 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.
Operational information as of 8:00 a.m. May 13, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion.
The 1175th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.
In total, 166 combat clashes were recorded yesterday.
The enemy carried out 78 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, dropped 141 guided bombs. In addition, it carried out more than 5,400 attacks, 103 of them from multiple launch rocket systems, and engaged 3,058 kamikaze drones for destruction.
The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Boyaro-Lezhachi, Chumakove, Zinove, Bilohalitsa in the Sumy region; Dvorichna in the Kharkiv region; Stara Mykolaivka, Mayak, Shevchenko Pershe, Udachne, Novomykolaivka, Poltavka, Pokrovsk, Illinivka, Sukhyi Yar, Oleksiivka, Odradne, Voskresenka in the Donetsk region; Novodarivka, Hulyaipole, Vysoke, Pavlivka, Novoyakovlivka of the Zaporizhia region; Kozatske of the Kherson region.
Over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck 12 areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, three artillery pieces, two communication nodes and three other important objects of the Russian invaders.
In the Kharkiv direction, our troops repelled seven enemy attacks in the areas of Vovchansk and Krasny Pershy.
In the Kupyansk direction, five attacks by the invaders took place in the past day. The Defense Forces repelled the enemy’s assault actions near Pishchane, Hlushkivka and Novoosynovo.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 20 times. Tried to advance towards the settlements of Zelenyi Hay, Hrekivka, Ridkodub, Torske, Kolodyazi, Zelena Dolyna, Nadiya, Lypove, Novomykhailivka, Yampolivka and towards Olhivka.
In the Siversky direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled six enemy attacks in the past day. Units of the occupiers tried to advance towards Hryhorivka and in the area of Bilogorivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, four clashes were recorded near Vasyukivka, Chasiv Yar and in the direction of Bila Hora and Predtechyny.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out nine attacks in the areas of Diliivka, Petrivka and Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 60 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Nova Poltavka, Myrolyubivka, Promyn, Lysivka, Myrnograd, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Novooleksandrivka, Kotlyarivka, Troitske, Andriivka, Stara Mykolaivka, Malynovka, Yelizavetivka, Popiv Yar, Novomykolaivka, Muravka, Oleksiivka.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 24 enemy attacks near Konstantinopol, Bahatyry, Zeleny Pole, Novosilki and in the direction of Shevchenko.
In the Hulyaipole direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive actions.
In the Orikhivka direction, today the enemy conducted six attacks in the areas of Mala Tokmachka, Malye Shcherbaky and in the direction of Pavlovka. They were unsuccessful.
In the Prydniprovka direction, the aggressor made four futile attempts to advance to the positions of our defenders.
In the Kursk direction, nine combat clashes of varying intensity took place over the past day. In addition, the enemy launched 18 air strikes using 20 guided bombs, and also carried out 254 artillery attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements, including eight from multiple launch rocket systems.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of the enemy’s offensive formations were detected.
Our soldiers inflict significant losses on the occupation forces in manpower and equipment and actively undermine the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear.
In total, over the past day, the losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 1,070 soldiers. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized two tanks, 14 armored combat vehicles, 62 artillery systems, 100 operational-tactical level unmanned aerial vehicles, 138 vehicles, and one heavy flamethrower system of the occupiers.
