{"id":1392786,"date":"2026-05-13T14:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russia-is-massively-attacking-ukraine-where-are-the-explosions-heard\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T06:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T03:55:31","slug":"russia-is-massively-attacking-ukraine-where-are-the-explosions-heard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russia-is-massively-attacking-ukraine-where-are-the-explosions-heard\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Unleashes Massive Assault on Ukraine: Explosions Rock Cities Across the Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian forces launched a massive attack on several Ukrainian cities with drones on May 13. Explosions were heard in Odesa, Lutsk, Kyiv, and Kherson, causing injuries, fires, and damage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A fire broke out in one of the city’s courtyards in Odessa<\/strong> as a result of a drone attack. Several cars caught fire. One person is reported injured.<\/p>\n

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The head of the Odessa MVA, Serhiy Lysak, reported<\/a> that the threat of new attacks remained.<\/p>\n

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Explosions were recorded in the central part of\u00a0Lutsk<\/strong><\/span>. Secretary of the Lutsk City Council Kateryna Shkloda reported<\/a> that information on building damage and casualties is being clarified.<\/p>\n

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According to her, the movement of enemy drones towards the city continued, and residents were urged to remain in shelters until the alert ended.<\/p>\n

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The wreckage of a Russian drone fell in the Obolonsky district of Kyiv<\/strong>. The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Timur Tkachenko, noted<\/a> that there were no initial reports of injuries.<\/p>\n

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Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko clarified<\/a> that the debris fell in an open area, and emergency services were dispatched to the scene.<\/p>\n

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The consequences of the attack are also being recorded in the Vyshgorod district, where a residential building caught fire, reports<\/a> the Head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration, Mykola Kalashnyk.<\/p>\n

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Kherson<\/strong> was the worst affected, where Russian troops targeted a shuttle bus in the central part of the city with a drone.<\/p>\n

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Nine civilians were injured in the strike. People were taken to hospitals with contusions, blast injuries, shrapnel wounds, and traumatic brain injuries. Among the injured were women and the elderly.<\/p>\n

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Medics continue to provide assistance to the victims, and the regions continue to eliminate the consequences of another Russian attack.<\/p>\n

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It was previously reported that Russia has launched a combined strike on the territory of Ukraine, targeting critical facilities<\/a>. It may be long-lasting.<\/p>\n

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As a reminder, “Pryamiy” reported that after the night attack by the Russian Federation,<\/a> the city of Dnipro suffered significant destruction\u2014residential buildings and social infrastructure facilities were damaged, and there were victims and injured. The attack occurred on the night of April 25.<\/p>\n

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Also, follow \u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on Facebook<\/a>, X<\/a>,\u00a0Telegram<\/a><\/span>, and Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russian forces launched a massive attack on several Ukrainian cities with drones on May 13. Explosions were heard in Odesa, Lutsk, Kyiv, and Kherson, causing injuries, fires, and damage.   A fire broke out in one of the city’s courtyards in Odessa as a result of a drone attack. Several cars caught fire. One person […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1392781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1392786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1392786"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1392985,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392786\/revisions\/1392985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1392781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1392786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}