Russia struck Ukraine almost across the entire map: at least 14 dead, dozens injured, and a new night of alarm

Russia conducted another massive attack on Ukraine, striking residential areas, energy, industrial facilities, transport, and critical infrastructure in several regions at once. According to preliminary data from Ukrainian regions, at least 14 people were killed and more than 80 injured in a day.

These numbers may still change. Throughout the day on May 13, 2026, Ukrainian services, regional administrations, and local authorities continued to clarify the consequences of the strikes, and by evening new explosions were heard again in Kharkiv.

For the Israeli audience, this attack is important not only as another military report from Ukraine. It shows a familiar logic of terror: strikes not only on the front but on cities, energy, buses, residential buildings, and people who were just trying to survive another day of war.

The main blow fell on several regions at once

Dnipropetrovsk region: the heaviest death toll

The most severe data came from the Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukrainian sources reported eight deaths as a result of Russian strikes that hit Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Synelnykove, and Nikopol districts. According to regional authorities, the enemy attacked the region almost three dozen times, damaging homes, infrastructure, and civilian objects.

This is not about a single pinpoint episode. The strikes stretched across different communities and districts, meaning the Russian attack was again calculated for a wide effect — to disrupt normal life in several points of the region at once.

In the Nikopol district, communities that have long lived under constant threat came under fire. For people there, air raids and explosions have already become part of daily reality, but the threat itself does not become any less criminal.

Rivne region: hit on a residential building

In the Rivne region, according to clarified reports, a Russian drone hit a residential building. Initially, information about two deaths was received, then the number of victims increased to three, and the number of injured to six. This is especially indicative: the strike was not on a military object but on civilian infrastructure.

Such attacks shatter the illusion that rear regions can feel safe. Russia has again shown: the distance from the front line no longer protects either the west of Ukraine, the center of the country, or the regions bordering Europe.

Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv: strikes on people and infrastructure

Kherson region: transport and rescuers under attack

In the Kherson region, one death and dozens of injuries were reported in a day. A separate attack on public transport stands out: a Russian drone struck a shuttle bus, after which the number of victims continued to grow. According to Ukrainian media reports citing local authorities, among the injured were passengers who suffered concussions and explosive injuries.

The particular cruelty of such strikes is that the target is not an abstract ‘infrastructure’ but ordinary city life: a shuttle bus, a stop, a road, rescuers who come to help after the first strike.

This has long looked like a deliberate tactic. First a strike, then waiting for the response of services, then a repeat attack. Israelis understand this logic well: terror always tries to make help itself dangerous, going outside dangerous, the very attempt to maintain normalcy dangerous.

Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions: attacks continue

In the Zaporizhzhia region, a death and damage to an infrastructure object were reported. In the Kharkiv region, there is also a death and injuries, and among the targets, infrastructure was again mentioned, including objects related to the energy sector.

Late in the evening of May 13, new explosions were already heard in Kharkiv itself. The city’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov, reported a strike on the Novobavarsky district, and then information appeared about a drone falling in a garage cooperative in the Osnoviansky district. Other Ukrainian reports spoke of hits in several districts of the city.

This means that the attack did not actually end with one night raid. It continued in waves, keeping cities in a state of alarm when people do not know if the strike is over or if the next drone is already heading for the target.

West and center of Ukraine: energy, industry, and a new risk map

Regions far from the front came under attack

The Russian attack on May 13 affected not only the east and south of Ukraine. Strikes and consequences were recorded in Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Lviv, Poltava, Zakarpattia, Khmelnytskyi, Odesa, Cherkasy, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. In several regions, damage to energy, industrial, and critical objects was reported, as well as power outages.

In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, ten people sought medical help, including two teenagers. Four of the injured were hospitalized. Emergency power outages were introduced in parts of the region, which once again shows: strikes on energy remain one of the key targets of the Russian strategy.

The Poltava region also faced power supply problems after the attack. According to Ukrainian media reports, thousands of people were left without electricity. Such strikes do not always immediately result in a large number of deaths, but they hit hospitals, communications, water, heating, the work of enterprises, and the ability of cities to live in a normal mode.

NANews — Israel News | Nikk.Agency views this attack as part of a broader picture: Russia continues to combine military pressure with terror against civilian infrastructure. For Israel, where the topic of protecting cities, energy, and the population from air threats is a daily reality, the Ukrainian experience sounds especially close.

Why the formula ‘negotiations and strikes’ looks cynical again

Against the backdrop of Moscow’s talks about readiness for peace, such attacks look like a direct refutation of any peace statements. You cannot simultaneously talk about negotiations and launch waves of drones at residential buildings, buses, energy, and industrial objects.

For Ukraine, this is not abstract diplomacy. It’s a sleepless night, funerals, hospitals, destroyed apartments, burned cars, power outages, and children who hear explosions again. That is why the Ukrainian position is built not on emotions but on simple logic: peaceful statements must be verified by actions, and Russia’s actions remain those of an aggressor.

For the international community, this attack is also important as a signal. If strikes on civilian infrastructure do not receive a harsh response, they are repeated. If crimes are called ‘escalation’ without specific accountability, the aggressor perceives this as permission to continue.

By the evening of May 13, the situation remained unstable. Data on the dead and injured could be clarified because some regions were still dealing with the consequences of the strikes, and Kharkiv was again under attack.

The main conclusion is already obvious: Russia struck not only at individual Ukrainian cities but at the very idea of normal life. At electricity, transport, housing, security, and people. This is what makes the attack on May 13 not just a military report but another proof of the terrorist nature of Russia’s war against Ukraine.