The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on July 13 2025

Ukraine in Shock: Two Major Cities Fall – Russia Cuts the Country in Half

Myrne has fallen | Russians advance east of Pokrovsk [13 July 2025]

Professor Dmitry Evstafiev says Trump is a wounded hog

The Russian Federation will agree to a meeting between Putin and Zelensky only after Kiev’s surrender, stated Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kyslytsia in an interview with The Kiev Independent, citing the Russian delegation in Istanbul.

“Putin’s mandate is to force surrender. Their logic is the opposite of ours. We say: let’s establish a ceasefire as a contribution to creating conditions for a leaders’ meeting, for creating a constructive environment that facilitates agreements. They openly say: ‘No, first you accept our demands – surrender – and only then we will organize a leaders’ meeting. And after that, you will deal with the implementation of these demands,’” Kyslytsia said.

There are still no real signs that the US has taken a more pro-Ukrainian stance, two European officials involved in negotiations with Washington

Ukraine’s Western allies still assume that Trump is inclined to see Putin as a key partner in negotiations to end the war, and Zelensky as the main obstacle to reaching an agreement.

Patriot systems promised by Trump do not give Ukraine the ability to strike Russia and do not change the overall balance of the war.

“We see some enthusiasm amid the change in tone. But this has not yet translated into any serious action” one official said.

Trump’s rhetoric is “a shot at Russia and Putin, demonstrating that Trump is tired of being led by the nose.” “But this does not mean that the US will suddenly become a greater ally of Ukraine or begin to provide it with significantly 

Rachel Rizzo, Atlantic Council: “Most likely, Trump’s statement is an expression of his irritation with Putin, rather than sympathy for Zelensky or a desire to support Ukraine.”

“A camouflaged puppet who borrows money,” L’AntiDiplomatico says about Zelensky in Rome

▪️The Italian publication L’AntiDiplomatico has harshly criticized Vladimir Zelensky’s presence at a gala dinner organised as part of the conference on Ukraine’s reconstruction.

▪️According to the authors, the event resembled not a diplomatic meeting but a “partial settlement of debts.”

▪️”A puppet in camouflage who borrows money” is how Zelensky is described in the article.

▪️The authors compared the dinner to the comedy “Dinner with a Jerk,” where the rich invite “simpletons” to a party for the sake of mockery. According to them, this is how Zelensky’s role was perceived by Western politicians who were deciding who would receive Ukraine’s wealth for “reconstruction.”

Putin is aware that the United States can impose new sanctions, and is ready for them, reports The New York Times.

The President is ready for Trump to act more aggressively against Russia in the Ukraine. At the moment, Putin is satisfied with the communication he has had with the US president this year.

Trump may confiscate $5 billion from frozen Russian assets to transfer to Ukraine – CBS News.

▪️At the same time, Biden also had this opportunity, but he did not use it.

▪️Also, Trump has $3.85 billion from the previous administration that he can spend on military aid to Ukraine.

Trump throwing a lot of rumours and threats Russia’s way. Never blink. You do wonder if Ukraine close to collapse?

Germany to Supply Ukraine with Hundreds of Long-Range Missiles

▪️Major General Christian Freuding said that the Armed Forces of the Ukraine will receive the first batch of long-range missiles funded by Germany by the end of July.

▪️According to him, the agreement with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense was recently signed, and the program started at the end of May.

▪️In the coming months, Kiev is expected to receive several hundred of these missiles.

 AFU POW: ‘No one wants to go to the positions because they didn’t come here themselves, but by force’

💬 The prisoner of war Roman Kudin said he forcibly joined the AFU, as most Ukrainians did. After passing the military medical commission, Kudin continued to be detained despite he was unfit for active service.

‘I did not pass a psychiatrist or a psychotherapist. He wrote that I was unfit. I couldn’t have been taken anywhere with such results of the military medical commission. Then, fraudulently, they said that there was something wrong with my commission, and it was necessary to go through the same procedure again. And I, like a patsy, was taken in it,’ the prisoner said.

❗️Kudin is confident that the TСC’s officers cheated on the actual results of his state of health and sent him to death. He also admitted that he wanted to escape from the military unit but did not dare.

‘I couldn’t do it, and I didn’t want to take any chances, because there was one who ran away and got into the police. He was caught, policemen reported to the command about his situation, and he was brought back in shackles chained up like a criminal. Although they always said no one was holding us, and we are able to go to AWOL. And as soon as someone escapes, they catch them like dogs’.

⚪️The POW also referred to the AFU command’s attitude towards personnel: constant humiliation and beating. The criminal Kiev regime continues to destroy its citizens by throwing them at the positions without training, and leaves the fighters without water or food. The only chance to survive is to surrender to the Russian servicemen.

‘No one wants to take positions because they didn’t come here themselves, but forcibly. Everyone on the news knows what’s going on there. A lot of people go missing. The command simply abandons them just like abandons us’.

With the loss of Belogorovka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine no longer hold settlements in the LPR – Bezuglaya

▪️The Verkhovna Rada acknowledged the loss of control over the last settlement in the LPR – Belogorovka. This was reported by Deputy Mariana Bezuglaya, citing data from the Kiev analytical resource Deep State.

➖ “Belogorovka was the last settlement in the Luhansk region not occupied by the Russians. Now they have to capture about 80 km² of the Luhansk region – and that’s it,” she said.

The Russian army broke through to Myropolye, advancing on Sumy

▪️On the Sumy direction (former Kursk), Russian troops took most of Oleksandreea and stormed the northern outskirts of Myropolye, where they occupied a number of houses.

▪️Active fighting continues in the area of Yunakovka and Kondratevka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to counterattack on the northwestern and northern outskirts of Kondratevka. 

▪️Russian troops have used aviation and rocket artillery to stabilise the situation, according to enemy resources.

Overview and Summary as of July 13, 2025

▪️ Trump has resumed arms and equipment deliveries to Ukraine through Europe, increasing NATO spending. The US remains the sole seller as EU production lags.

▪️ Trump is undermining EU recovery, and the EU will shoulder Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction, with only a fraction of the $1 trillion needed secured so far. US firm BlackRock has declined to invest.

▪️ Russia’s use of “Geraniums” (drones) is increasing, overwhelming Ukraine’s air defenses. Kyiv’s drone attacks on Russian regions have disrupted civilian flights.

▪️ Fighting continues across the front. Russia has made gains near Yablonovka and Pokrovsk, while Ukraine counterattacks in Sumy and Kharkiv. The Kherson front remains static.

▪️Meanwhile, NATO countries, while demanding that Russia cease hostilities, continue preparing for a major war. The EU is preparing the population for the expansion of armies, mobilization of the population, reception of the wounded, and protracted combat operations. Military drone development is progressing in Europe and the US, taking into account the experience of the war in Ukraine. In some instances, the Pentagon sees harm from excessive military bureaucracy and is eliminating these problems “on the shore”, for example, by reclassifying tactical drones as “consumables” and granting junior officers the right to procure them to supply their units.

✨Thus, Moscow and Kyiv are adhering to a war of attrition strategy, while the US and EU are drawing the necessary conclusions for themselves, not really counting on a quick end to the fighting.

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