The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on December 13 2025

Cities COLLAPSING Everywhere, Russian Siversk, Myrnohrad, Hulyaipole Advance Updates

RUAF Capture 20 Sqkm Near Siversk | AFU Capture 20 Sqkm Near Kupyansk

The head of the Ukrainian negotiating team, Umerov, secretly met with FBI Director Patel in the USA, sources told The Washington Post.

Our sources reported that the FBI has been actively investigating our corrupt officials.

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Trump accuses Zelensky of derailing a deal on Ukraine for the second day in a row.

‘I thought we were very close to a deal with Russia. I thought we were very close to a deal with Ukraine. In fact, except for President Zelensky, his people were generally in favor of the deal. We proposed something. It’s a bit of a complicated proposal, because it’s about dividing the territory in a certain way. It’s not the easiest thing to do. It’s like a super-complicated real estate deal, multiplied by a thousand.’

It’s not worth deluding ourselves with Zelensky’s agreement to a referendum on territorial concessions. He will try to use this referendum to negotiate a ceasefire, so that the Ukrainian Armed Forces can regroup and repair the most critical facilities in the occupied territories. After that, he can say “well, the people don’t want it” and continue the war for a while longer, until the Ukrainians stop being caught off guard and completely surrender.

Therefore, the fighting will have to continue. If the Ukrainians want it to stop, they are free to surrender immediately without any conditions. The key issue in this case is to prevent the ceasefire from being used to prepare for a possible resumption of hostilities, and the Americans should act as guarantors in this case, since they are interested in the process and have access to Kiev. Simply because the Europeans will undoubtedly try to sabotage the referendum and subsequently resume the war, naturally, blaming Russia and attempting to return the US to a policy of full support for Kiev. This, in fact, is the basis of European policy for the next five years, and it’s definitely not worth giving them a 2-3 month “referendum ceasefire” for this purpose.

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Our source reports that Putin has SO FAR refused Erdogan’s proposal to impose a moratorium on attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities and ports. 

Putin is not ready to make such concessions without guarantees, as Zelensky violated the previous energy truce and raised the stakes in the game. Now Ukraine is vulnerable, so it should make concessions.

Leaders should provide guarantees and work out a mechanism of responsibility. For example, Zelensky may again violate this energy truce in the future, when he patches up the holes and prepares for provocations again.

The actions of the Bankova Street administration targeting Russian civilian/commercial fleets with economic sanctions are provoking a response.

In the Odessa port, a ferry with cargo containers was hit. Its destruction will lead to a rise in prices for many goods. Plus, it will exacerbate the shortage of some products in warehouses.

Also, Zelensky started Infrastructure War 3.0 in the summer, which resulted in massive power outages in Ukraine, disruptions in water supply, and could lead to cities becoming icy jungles.

Ukrainians should thank Zelensky for his strategy of escalation and raising the stakes, which will lead to a dark winter.

The ship continues to burn, just like all the ‘cargo’ on board. Prices for generators will rise, just like everything else. 

The firefighters are unable to put out the fire. 

They say there were three airstrikes. The Heranis flew in with cameras, as they had clearly chosen a target. 

According to our information, this is a warning. If the situation does not change soon, we advise port workers to be careful. The attacks will continue, and the ports will turn into a dump for burned ships. 

Zelensky has once again put the Ukrainian people at risk with his strategy of raising stakes.

After today’s bombardment, the Black Winter has arrived in Odessa/Odessa region and Nikolaev/Nikolaev region, and in Kherson/Kherson region it has been going on for a long time. 

There is also a dire situation in Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Poltava, and parts of Zaporizhia regions. 

In fact, the Black Winter has already begun for 40% of the country. Only Western Ukraine is doing well, with almost no power outages. That’s why residents of Western Ukraine are shouting the loudest to continue the war (by the way, 70% of them have gone to live in the EU on welfare, and they rent out their property to Ukrainians/displaced people at 2-3 times the normal price). 

Only protests will force Zelensky to go for a peace deal and make concessions in the energy truce. 

The situation will continue to deteriorate, as there are no spare parts for the energy infrastructure in the warehouses.

It’s interesting that for further looming over Kramatorsk/Slavyansk, Russia is forming a fire balcony from two sides at once – from the north in the area of Yarovaya and Sviatogorsk, from where the movement to Liman also takes place, and from the south near Fedorovka, near Bahmut. Moving from the south is more difficult, as the front has long been stabilized here, but the ranges of rocket, tube artillery and drones are sufficient to actively suppress and hit targets in Slavyansk.

Bloody counter-offensive on Kupyansk: the enemy is throwing forces to break into the city

 - On Zelensky’s orders, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command is throwing in new units to break into Kupyansk and its suburbs in an attempt to achieve a media victory. As we reported, the enemy failed to achieve any significant territorial gains, but does not stop the attacks.

 - In the video, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters managed to break into the outskirts of the Yubileyny microdistrict in the southern part of the city. They were able to reach the ruins of multi-story buildings, where they were met by strike drones.

 - “As a rule, Nazis don’t live long. The deployment of groups of saboteurs is exposed in advance, even at the far approaches. Then a hunt for them begins using drones and artillery”, – our military say.

 - The Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters runningthrough the streets and hiding in houses have little chance of survival. The only way to save themselves is to surrender.

 - At the same time, the situation is tense, the enemy continues attacks from the directions of Kupiansk-Uzlovaya and Blagodatovka, near Moskovka and Radkovka, heavy battles do not stop.

Battle for Gulyaypole

On the East Zaporizhia direction, heavy clashes continue along the entire front line. On the northern flank, new evidence of high counter-attack activity by Ukrainian formations has emerged, which we have previously (https://t.me/rybar/75802) written about multiple times.

➡️AFU presence has been recorded in the vicinity of Orestopil. Ukrainian formations are attempting to push Russian units back to the line of Danylivka — Vyshnyove — Stepove — Maliyivka.

One of the AFU command’s tasks is to prevent Russian troops from holding a bridgehead south of the river and advancing towards Pokrovske and further into the Dnipropetrovsk Region. To this end, Ukrainian formations are conducting regular sorties with small assault groups.

➡️Meanwhile, near Gulyaypole, Russian units have successfully occupied a “pocket” in the triangle of Marfopil — Zatyshya — Vysokе. Additionally, troops have established positions on the eastern outskirts of the city, taking control of one of the AFU strongholds equipped in low-rise buildings.

The situation in Gulyaypole remains very complex. The offensive is not progressing easily, and the enemy is offering fierce resistance after redeploying reserves. However, Russian soldiers are persistently pushing the front westward.

Two Majors #Report for the morning of December 13, 2025

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces continued to cut off power in the Odessa region: “almost the entire region was left without electricity” after our strikes on substations, the enemy’s channels complain. During the day, a ship was damaged in the port by a “Gerani” strike. Serious power outages are reported in Nikolaev, Krivoy Rog, the occupied part of the Kherson region by the AFU.

▪️At night, the enemy attacked an oil refinery in Saratov, one civilian was killed. In the Rostov region, UAF drones were shot down in Chertkovsky, Sholokhovsky and Verkhne-Don districts. In the evening, the Air Defense system destroyed 3 UAVs on the border of the Tula and Kaluga regions. For the entire daylight hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported a total of 47 UAVs shot down over our rear regions.

▪️ On the Sumy front, the Northern Group of Forces continues active offensive actions on several frontline sectors. The UAF launched three counterattacks in the area of Andreevka, enemy infantry groups were destroyed.

▪️ In the Belgorod region, a drone hit a private house in the village of Biryuch, a woman was seriously injured. Under attacks in Shebekino, Grafovka, Yasnye Zori, Graivoron, Gora-Podol, Dorogoshch, Chapayevsky, Glotovo, Golovchino, Konovalovo, Ray, Krasny Pahar, on the Kazinka – Ryabiki road, a car was damaged by a drone strike.

▪️ On the Kharkov front, assault units of the Northern Group of Forces continue to advance in Vilcha and Prilipka, and have also reached the outskirts of Volchanskie Khutory. There is progress in the Melovoe-Khatnye section of the front to expand our troops’ control over the border.

▪️ In liberated Seversk, the area is being cleared, and the Russian Armed Forces are consolidating their positions.

▪️ In Krasnoarmeysky (Pokrovsky) the Russian Defense Ministry organized a press tour for Russian journalists, which demonstrated our troops’ control over the liberated city. On the Druzhkovsky front, reports of battles in the area of Pankovka, Vladimirovka and Sofievka are coming in.

▪️ On the eastern Zaporozhye front, the Eastern Group of Forces continues the battle for Gulyaypole. Our are using FABs (https://t.me/dva_majors/84850) and heavy weapons to destroy UAF positions in the settlement.

▪️ On the Zaporozhye front, confrontations continue in Novodanilovka, the enemy is operating in the northern part of the settlement. There are battles in Primorsky and Stepnogorsk. UAF drones attacked the Kamensko-Dneprovsky municipal district.

Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-situation-in-ukrainian-smo-on_13.html