Here are the key developments on the 1,085th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Here is the situation on Thursday, February 13:
Fighting
At least one person was killed and four others, including a nine-year-old child, were injured by a Russian missile strike in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, the city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said. The strike caused damage and fires in at least four areas of the city.
Regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said a woman was killed by a Ukrainian drone in Russia’s Belgorod region. Gladkov said the drone struck the victim’s car and killed her instantly.
Ukraine’s military said it shot down six out of seven ballistic missiles launched by Russia in an overnight attack. The Kremlin also launched a barrage of 123 attack drones at Kyiv, out of which 71 were shot down and 40 were likely deterred by “electronic countermeasures”, the military said.
Ukraine launched a drone attack on Enerhodar city near the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, hitting a car parked about 300 metres (0.2 miles) from one of the plant’s reactors, the Russian-installed regional governor for the occupied Zaporizhia region, Yevgeny Balitsky, said.
Residents leave from a site of apartment buildings hit by a Russian air strike in Kherson, Ukraine, on February 2, 2025 [Ivan Antypenko/Reuters]
Ukraine’s security service (SBU) said the chief of staff of its anti-terrorist department was arrested for allegedly spying for Russia. The agency said they discovered 14 episodes of the unnamed official’s illegal activities.
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