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In the small hours of 13 August, a Russian ship opened "warning" fire on the Sukra Okan, a bulk carrier which was heading for the port of Izmail in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, under the flag of Palau. The incident took place in the Black Sea.

Russian attacks on southern Kherson Oblast killed at least seven people, including children, and injured 15 others, Ukrainian authorities reported on Aug. 13. Russian shelling killed five civilians in the village of Shyroka Balka, including a family of four: a couple and their two children, a 12-year-old son, and a 23-day-old newborn, according to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.

Russian troops have attacked Kherson Oblast again on Saturday evening, wounding two people in Bilozerka. Source: Kherson Oblast Military Administration AFTERMATH OF THE ATTACK ON KHERSON OBLAST ON THE EVENING OF 13 AUGUST.

The Russian military has unsuccessfully attempted to regain lost positions in the Bakhmut, Shakhtarske and Zaporizhzhia directions during the day, Ukraine's General Staff of the Armed Forces reported on Aug. 13.

After Russian dictator Vladimir Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, he swiftly eliminated the liberal anti-war opposition. As Russia's war against Ukraine faces one setback after another, the pro-war camp is more and more dissatisfied with Putin.

Over the course of the day, the oblast suffered nine attacks, resulting in at least 50 explosions.

The Russians continued to make attempts to regain lost positions at the front, but they were unsuccessful in their offensive on the Bakhmut and Kupiansk fronts yesterday. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 12 August Quote: "Today at night [11-12 August - ed.

Until the Ukrainian Armed Forces receive Western fighters, Ukraine’s old Soviet-era aircraft carrying long-range Storm Shadow missiles will remain the main air threat to the Russian invasion forces.

A Russian Su-30 two-seat fighter aircraft crashed in Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Aug. 12, referring to the Western Military District.

The New York Times notes that the Defence Forces of Ukraine have achieved "tactically significant" progress in the ongoing counteroffensive on two fronts. Source: The New York Times, citing ISW analysts, Ukrainian officials and Russian military bloggers Details: The publication says Ukrainian troops advanced 10-12 miles (16-19 km) along two main lines of attack in Kyiv's quest to reach the southern coast and cut the Russians' supply lines.