According to Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych, besides residential areas, Russians shelled two hospitals, an orphanage, 11 kindergartens, and 12 schools. During the day, 120 people were evacuated from the city: to the city of Odesa and to the neighboring Moldova.
A Russian drone attack on the city of Sumy on July 13 killed one person and injured three others, Governor Oleh Gryhorov reported, amid a larger attack on the region's critical infrastructure.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will visit Washington on July 14-15, the military alliance's press service announced on July 13. The visit comes as U.S. President Donald Trump previously said he intends to make a "major" announcement on Russia on July 14, potentially signifying a major policy shift on the war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials signed agreements, memorandums, and joint statements on raising funds totalling 3.55 billion euros ($4.15 million) following the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 (URC) on July 10-11 in Rome, Ukraine's Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories announced July 13.
By the end of the year, Russia Today plans to launch broadcasting in Amharic for an audience in Ethiopia, HUR said.
The joint summit declaration was released by Ukraine and the Croatian government on July 12.
In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, the Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur breaks down a recent string of mysterious deaths and arrests among Russia’s elite, as well as and explains the implications Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could have for a future conflict between China and Taiwan. Also in this episode: The U.S. resumes some military aid to Ukraine after an abrupt halt by the Defense Department last week.
Over 1,200 glide bombs and 83 missiles of various types were also launched on Ukraine in the past week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on July 13.
The alleged Russian agents were killed during a shootout in an SBU special operation on July 13 in Kyiv Oblast, according to the agency.
The report estimated that North Korea could have provided Russia with around 28,000 containers containing weapons and artillery shells to date.
Deadly attacks on civilians were reported in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, and Kherson oblasts, according to regional authorities.
The number includes 1,240 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
"We send greetings to the kadyrovtsy," the group wrote, referring to the notoriously ruthless troops named for Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov.
