Russia–Ukraine War Update — October 13, 2026
Ballistic missiles hit Kyiv without warning, drones sink a ship off Bulgaria, and Kyiv says it held energy strikes for two days.
Reporting on Russia-Ukraine War.
Ballistic missiles hit Kyiv without warning, drones sink a ship off Bulgaria, and Kyiv says it held energy strikes for two days.
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Washington licenses Russian diesel after a Trump-Putin call, Kyiv says its envoys were used as cover, and glide bombs kill at least 11 in Zaporizhzhia.
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Yandex says a drone fire took its Sasovo data center fully offline; Kyiv has not claimed it, but its General Staff confirmed a strike on a Bashkir refinery.
Donetsk officials say a guided bomb struck two passenger buses at a Kramatorsk stop, prompting a halt to public transport in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.
A guided-bomb strike on Kramatorsk buses kills at least 30, jet drones force Kyiv blackouts, and Ukraine hits a refinery 1,300 km from the front.
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Ukrainian officials say at least 20 civilians died nationwide, 14 of them in a Pryluky apartment block, as Russia fired 70 missiles and 130 drones.
Russia launches its heaviest strike of the window as the October 7 civilian toll reaches at least 19, and drones sink a ship in Bulgaria’s economic zone.
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