- Luhansk Military Administration urges people to evacuate while possible as Russia prepares to attack
- 13 Russian mobile crematoriums in Mariupol burn bodies of Ukrainians – intelligence
- Oleksii Arestovych, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, confirmed that units of the 36th Independent Brigade of Marines named after Admiral Belinsky have broken through to join the Azov regiment.
- Kharkiv region: 7 people die from Russian shelling, two-year-old child dies in hospital
- There are more than 1,500 unclaimed bodies of Russian soldiers in the Dnipro morgue – the deputy mayor
- At least 7 people were injured in a missile strike Russian occupying forces carried out on the city of Cherkaske in the Donetsk region on the morning of 13 April.
- The Russian Federation continues to hope it will occupy all of Ukraine and is even planning a “victory carnival” in Mariupol on 9 May.
- Russian occupiers shelled Kharkiv. Residents urged to shelter all day
- 2 Russian planes shot down over Kharkiv region
- 120,000 inhabitants still remain in Mariupol under Russian blockade – Mayor says
- Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that the Russians want to surround the Ukrainian military in the Donbas, but Ukraine will be able to expel the occupiers from Ukraine if the partners provide long-range weapons.
- The Russian occupiers, with the help of propagandists, are preparing a fake news story about a depot housing explosives that they have allegedly found in Enerhodar in order to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
April 13: Eastern Ukraine digest
