Ukraine and Russia continue to attack each other despite negotiations

Ukraine and Russia attacks with deaths on both sides As of: November 13, 2026 • 6:15 p.m

Despite intensive negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, mutual attacks between Kiev and Moscow continue. Russia reports seven deaths and at least two people were killed in Ukraine.

Ukraine and Russia have reported new serious mutual attacks and several casualties following their negotiations over a possible end to the war.

According to authorities, two people were killed and five others injured in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa on the Black Sea. The Ukrainian capital Kyiv reported an attack on a hospital. A person was injured there. In Rivne, in the northwest of the country, six people were injured in a Russian attack on a kindergarten.

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Ukraine is also continuing its defensive attacks. According to Russian authorities, at least seven people have died in one of the largest waves of Ukrainian attacks on Russia since the beginning of the war. A 12-year-old child was among those killed in the attacks on three Russian regions, local authorities said. 17 other people were injured. The Russian Defense Ministry spoke of extensive drone attacks at night. Between Thursday evening and Friday morning, air defense shot down almost 1,200 Ukrainian long-range drones.

Among other things, an oil refinery in the Volgograd region of southern Russia was hit, local authorities said. There were also deaths in an attack on an industrial plant in the central Russian region of Samara.

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In addition, suspected assassination attempts are currently increasing in Russia. A former adviser to former pro-Russian Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov was injured in a car detonation in Moscow. Sergei Zavorotni was injured and taken to hospital.

The suspected attack came a day after a Russian colonel was killed in a car explosion in St. Petersburg. The man was killed when the car he was driving was blown up, the investigative authorities said on Thursday. There was no statement from Ukraine.

Russia has in the past blamed Ukraine for deadly attacks on high-ranking military officials and individuals.

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