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Friday, 17 April 2026, 03:04
The President of Ukraine held his first phone conversation with the new Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Rob Jetten, congratulated him on taking office, and thanked him for the Netherlands' unwavering support for Ukraine.
In the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region, a 59-year-old woman and her son were killed in an airstrike on February 22. Another person and two children were trapped under the rubble and sustained injuries.
The explosion in Mykolaiv has been classified as a terrorist act, and a pre-trial investigation has been launched.
President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Marshal of the Sejm of Poland, Wlodzimierz Czarzasty, discussed Ukraine's European integration, energy security, and defense cooperation during their meeting.
Two women are implicated in the case concerning the terrorist attack in Lviv.
Over the course of the day, the Russian army carried out more than 40 attacks on two districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region using FPV drones, shelled them with artillery, and dropped glide bombs (KABs). One person was killed and another was injured.
The relevant services are investigating the circumstances of the explosion in Mykolaiv, which occurred at 18:10 on Monday, February 23, on the premises of a gas station; in particular, the version of a terrorist act is being checked.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced that Slovakia would stop emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine starting February 23.
The Ukrainian flag was raised outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
An explosion occurred at a gas station in Mykolaiv that was not in operation. Seven officers from the Patrol Police Department were injured; they had come to change shifts and parked their vehicles at the station.
The Czech Republic recognizes the importance of supporting Ukraine, as demonstrated by citizens raising 7 billion Czech korunas for Ukraine since the start of the war.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chair of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, met with former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Kyiv to discuss the next steps in Ukrainian-American cooperation, including strengthening defense support, maintaining sanctions pressure, and establishing reliable security guarantees.
Sergiy Kyslytsya, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, stated that the Ukrainian negotiating team had never discussed any scenario in which peace could be exchanged for impunity.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chair of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, met with a delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which arrived in Kyiv ahead of the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
EU foreign ministers failed to reach an agreement on the 20th sanctions package against the aggressor state during today’s meeting of the Council of the European Union.
Units territorially formed by the command of the invading forces of the aggressor state in Chechnya are avoiding the front lines in Ukraine.
Russian forces are suffering significant irrecoverable losses in the area of responsibility of the Operation Task Force East, while Ukraine’s Defense Forces continue to carry out combat missions.
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, is a puppet of Russian President Vladimir Putin and does not speak publicly beyond what the Kremlin permits.
The Chairman of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, and the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Włodzimierz Czarzasty, signed a Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership and the creation of a parliamentary-expert working group to support Ukraine’s European integration.
Under its current system, the Russian Federation will continue to pose a threat to all its neighbors, regardless of who holds power in Moscow.
Long-range drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) struck a critically important hub for transporting Russian oil overnight – the main Kaleikino Oil Pumping Station near Almetyevsk, in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan.
The Ukrainian delegation is already preparing for the next round of trilateral negotiations, which is expected to take place closer to February 27.
On February 23, the Council of the European Union imposed restrictive measures on eight individuals responsible for serious human rights violations, the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, as well as for undermining democracy and the rule of law in Russia.
During trilateral talks in Geneva, the Ukrainian delegation raised the issue of a possible meeting between President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, Russia has not yet provided a final response.
The villages of Nykyforivka, Lypivka, and Platonivka in the Donetsk region, as well as Pokrovka in the Sumy region, remain under the control of Ukraine’s Defense Forces, despite reports claiming that the enemy has advanced near these settlements.
At the end of March or the beginning of April, the Polish side may begin search operations at burial sites.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Shahed drone repeaters had appeared on the territory of Belarus, thanks to which attacks on Ukraine were being coordinated. At the same time, according to the president, everything has been done to ensure that three or four of the repeaters are no longer there.
In the Chasiv Yar area of the Donetsk region, the Russian army is deploying tanks and armored vehicles this week, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are detecting and eliminating the enemy as they approach.
Since the end of January this year, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have regained control of 400 km² of territory and eight settlements in the Oleksandrivka sector.