KHARKIV OBLAST, Feb 13 — In the Kupiansk direction, Ukrainian troops repelled two Russian attacks near Synkivka, Kharkiv Oblast.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces informed about this in a morning report.

In the Slobozhanskyi direction, in the border areas, the Russian military conducts intense sabotage activities to prevent the deployment of Ukrainian troops to more dangerous directions and increases the density of minefields along the state border in the Belgorod Oblast.

The Russian army fired mortars and artillery at more than 110 settlements in the Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts.

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Over the last day, there were 84 combat engagements along the entire frontline. In total, the Russian military launched five missiles and 113 airstrikes and fired 135 multiple-launch rocket systems at Ukrainian troops’ positions and populated areas. Also, at night, the Russian army attacked Ukraine once again, using 23 Shahed-136/131 UAVs. Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 16 attack drones.