Russian forces conducted a limited number of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of July 12 to 13.
Ukrainian Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk stated that Russian forces launched five Shahed-136/131 drones from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai, and that Ukrainian mobile fire groups shot down four of the drones.[51] Oleshchuk reported that the fifth Russian Shahed drone left Ukrainian airspace and entered airspace over Gomel Oblast, Belarus.[52] The Belarusian Hajun Project stated on July 13 that a Shahed drone entered Belarusian airspace on the morning of July 13 and flew 350 kilometers to Vitebsk Oblast.[53] The Belarusian Hajun Project stated that Belarusian forces sortied a Mi-24 helicopter and an Su-30 fixed wing aircraft to intercept the Shahed but that the status of the Shahed drone is unknown.[54] The Belarusian Hajun Project reported on July 12 that a Russian Shahed drone entered Belarusian airspace from Chernihiv Oblast and loitered for an hour before reentering Ukrainian airspace to target Kyiv Oblast.[55] Belarus has previously allowed Russian forces to attack Ukraine with high-precision weapons from Belarusian airspace.[56]
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) reportedly conducted successful drone strikes against an oil depot near Tsimlyansk, Rostov Oblast on the morning of July 13. Ukrainian outlet Suspilne reported that its sources stated that SBU drones struck the oil depot, which stored various grades of gas and diesel fuel.[1] Russian sources amplified footage showing the fire at an oil depot near Tsimlyansk, Rostov Oblast (156km northeast of Rostov-on-Don), and Rostov Oblast Head Vasily Golubev confirmed that a drone strike caused the fire.[2] A Ukrainian military observer told Ukrainian media that Ukrainian forces are targeting Russian military logistics, including oil depots, and that Rostov Oblast is one of Russia's most important military logistics hubs.[3]
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- Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) reportedly conducted successful drone strikes against an oil depot near Tsimlyansk, Rostov Oblast on the morning of July 13.
- Russia and Iran continue to signal their commitment to deepening bilateral relations and multilateral cooperation.
- A detained Russian businessman and a Russian military official who were reportedly connected to detained former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov recently died on the same day.
- Armenian border guards, cooperating with Russian authorities, reportedly detained a Russian citizen in Yerevan, likely as part of a continued Kremlin effort to assert political power over Armenia and challenge Armenia's sovereignty amid deteriorating Russian-Armenian relations.
- Ukrainian forces recently regained lost positions near Kupyansk and Svatove, and Russian forces recently advanced near Kreminna, Toretsk and Avdiivka and in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area.
- The Russian military continues efforts to improve training capacity.
Russian forces continued ground attacks north and northeast of Kharkiv City on July 13, but there were no confirmed changes to the frontline.[15] …. Fighting continued north of Kharkiv City near Hlyboke and Lyptsi and northeast of Kharkiv City near Starytsya, Vovchansk, and Tykhe on July 12 and 13.[17] The Ukrainian Kharkiv Group of Forces reported on July 13 that Russian forces are attempting to regroup in the direction of Lyptsi and within Vovchansk and are preparing elements of the 153rd Motorized Rifle Regiment (47th Tank Division, 1st Guards Tank Army [GTA], Moscow Military District [MMD]) and 138th Motorized Rifle Brigade (6th Combined Arms Army [CAA], Leningrad Military District [LMD]) for attacks within Vovchansk.[18]
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