Russian propaganda will intensify its campaign about "Ukraine's unreadiness for winter" in the second half of October 2025. Kremlin media will spread messages about the catastrophic situation with energy and heat supply, and will also discredit EU sanctions.
The European Union has already allocated 800 million euros to support Ukraine this winter and is working on an additional 100 million euros for generators, shelters and equipment. The EU will also provide 2 million euros for drones, 10 million for a Special Tribunal on Russia's crime of aggression, and 6 million for the rehabilitation of deported children and victims of sexual violence.
On the night of October 13, SBU and SSO of the Armed Forces of Ukraine drones attacked facilities in occupied Crimea. Five tanks of the oil terminal in Feodosia and the Kafa and Simferopol power substations were hit.
On October 13, Russian occupiers attacked Kharkiv with an unidentified type of UAV. Windows of a dormitory and two cars were damaged in the central part of the Kyivskyi district.
Oksana Savchuk, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, emphasized the need to modify the protection of critical infrastructure facilities. She also noted that it is necessary to introduce a new term "transport security" at the legislative level.
Russia again attacked the energy infrastructure of Chernihiv and Donetsk regions. Due to this, emergency power outages were applied in 7 regions in the morning, and hourly schedules are in effect in another one.
On the morning of October 13, emergency power outages were introduced in six regions of Ukraine. Poltava, Sumy, and Kharkiv regions were added to Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Kirovohrad regions.
On the morning of October 13, emergency power outages were introduced in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Kirovohrad regions. In Chernihiv region, a schedule of hourly outages in three queues is in effect.
