War update: 100 clashes on front line, Pokrovsk sector most active
There were 100 clashes recorded on the front line, with the largest number in the Pokrovsk sector, where the enemy lost more than 60 occupiers.
According to Ukrinform, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated this on Facebook as of 22:00 on February 23, 2026.
"Since the beginning of the day, 100 combat engagements have taken place. According to updated information, the enemy carried out 70 airstrikes and dropped 181 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they used 5,774 kamikaze drones and conducted 2,336 shellings of populated areas and the positions of our troops," the statement says.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, the enemy carried out one airstrike, dropping one guided aerial bomb, and conducted 68 shellings of populated areas and our units’ positions, including six using multiple launch rocket systems.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the enemy attacked twice toward Hrafske and Kutkivka. One combat engagement is ongoing.
In the Kupiansk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled two attacks in the area of Pishchane.
In the Lyman sector, Ukrainian soldiers stopped five attacks in the area of Drobysheve and toward Novoserhiivka, Shyikivka, and Lyman.
In the Sloviansk sector, our defenders repelled six attempts by the occupiers to advance in the areas of Platonivka and Zakitne.
In the Kramatorsk sector, no enemy offensive actions have been recorded so far.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, the occupiers today stormed our defenders’ positions 14 times near the settlements of Kleban-Byk, Shcherbynivka, Ivanopillia, Sofiivka, Berestok, and toward Kostiantynivka and Novopavlivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the enemy carried out 19 attacks. The occupiers attempted to advance in the areas of Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Udachne, Shakhove, and toward the settlement of Shevchenko.
According to preliminary estimates, today in this sector our soldiers eliminated 44 occupiers and wounded 22; destroyed one tank, 76 unmanned aerial vehicles, one artillery system, one ground robotic system, two vehicles, nine pieces of special equipment, two UAV control points, and a fuel and lubricants depot. An artillery system, two electronic warfare stations, ten vehicles, three UAV control points, and nine enemy personnel shelters were damaged.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, Ukrainian units stopped ten attacks by the occupiers near the settlement of Ternove and toward Vyshneve. The areas of Havrylivka, Velykomykhailivka, Prosyana, Levadne, and Pokrovske were subjected to airstrikes.
In the Huliaipole sector, 14 enemy attacks took place in the areas of Huliaipole and toward Varvarivka and Zaliznychne. Two combat engagements are still ongoing. The settlements of Vozdvyzhivka, Myrne, Huliaipilske, Novoselivka, Charivne, Dolynka, Luhivske, Liubytske, and Katerynivka were subjected to enemy airstrikes.
No enemy offensive actions were recorded in the Orikhiv sector. The settlements of Orikhiv and Veselianka were hit by guided aerial bombs.
In the Prydniprovske sector, the Defense Forces repelled one enemy attack.
As Ukrinform previously reported, since the end of January this year in the Oleksandrivka sector, the Defense Forces of Ukraine have regained control over 400 square kilometers of territory and eight settlements.
Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine