These are the main developments as the conflict enters its 505th day.
Here is the situation on Thursday, July 13, 2023.
Fighting
- NATO did not ‘create incentive’ for Putin to end the Ukraine conflict, list 2 of 4.
- Analysis: Ukraine undoes 5 weeks of Russian gains after 6 months
- Sergei Surovikin: According to a lawmaker, the Russian general is missing
- “Highly dangerous” Russia criticises Ukraine’s G7 security guarantees
- According to Ukrainian military officials, Moscow launched a wave of drone attacks on Kyiv for a third night. 11 of the 15 drones, according to the military, were destroyed. The attack resulted in a fire that injured two people.18 people, including six children, were hurt in a Russian attack on a residential area in the city of Zaporizhzhia, according to regional governor for Zaporizhia Yuriy Malashko.
- Oleksandr Prokudin, the governor of the Kherson region, reported that after Russia shelled the southern city of Kherson, an 81-year-old man was killed and his 82-year-old wife was injured.
- Ukraine’s military said Russian forces carried out 65 air strikes and fired at least 71 times from heavy weapon rocket systems at Ukrainian troop positions and populated areas along the front lines over the previous 24 hours.
- Andriy Kovaliov, a spokesperson for the armed forces general staff, said Ukrainian forces “had success in some places” amid fierce fighting on the front line south of Bakhmut. He said the Russians were putting up strong resistance, moving units and troops and deploying reserves. He did not say how much ground Ukraine had gained.