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Friday, 17 April 2026, 03:04
Russian forces carried out a large-scale combined attack deliberately calculated to cause the greatest possible damage to Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
As of 09:30 on Tuesday, February 17, Ukrainian air defense forces had neutralized 25 missiles and 367 enemy UAVs of various types.
Europeans have only now begun to fully understand Russia's war against Ukraine and will become closer friends to Ukraine than Americans.
In the Odesa region, Russian forces once again attacked a DTEK energy facility overnight on February 17, causing extremely serious damage.
An oil refinery is burning in Russia's Kuban region.
Over the past day, February 16, a total of 201 combat clashes were recorded between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders.
The enemy struck the region with missiles, drones, artillery, and aerial bombs, targeting five districts.
Over the course of 24 hours, six people were wounded as a result of Russian aggression in the Kherson region.
Russia suffered approximately 1,255,340 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and February 17, 2026, with 890 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
The National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) is calling on members of parliament to adopt a decision to shut down all private radio stations broadcasting in Russian.
A new propaganda campaign in schools in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine aims to instill loyalty to the Russian occupiers in children.
The total amount of damage resulting from atmospheric air pollution due to the war in the Kherson region has reached more than UAH 146 billion.
As a result of a Russian drone attack in Odesa, two people were injured, and an infrastructure facility and a residential building were damaged.
Fighters of the "Steel Border" brigade over the past day hit a tank, two antennas, a vehicle, and a drone belonging to Russian invaders in the Kursk and Northern Slobozhanshchyna sectors.
Czech authorities want to move more actively from providing social assistance to Ukrainian refugees toward granting residence permits to those who are well integrated, pay taxes, and receive no state benefits.
Russian forces have once again attacked the main building of Kherson State University.
At the international BIOFACH 2026 trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, Ukraine showcased its National Pavilion, where 26 companies highlighted the export potential of the country’s organic sector.
According to Western intelligence officials, recruiters and propagandists who previously worked for the Russian private military company Wagner Group have become a key tool for the Kremlin in organizing acts of sabotage across Europe.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has published detailed data on 39 companies that are part of the Russian Kalashnikov concern on the War&Sanctions portal.
In the temporarily occupied parts of the Luhansk region, farmers have been ordered to surrender at least 30% of their diesel fuel reserves for the needs of the Russian army.
16 February 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he expects the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) to implement existing developments aimed at countering Russian hackers.
Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov has stated at the forum "Resilient Economy: Leadership Challenges 2026" that Ukraine needs neo-industrialization.
The Russian army attacked Zaporizhzhia, damaging the roof of an apartment building.
The Ukrainian delegation has arrived in Geneva to take part in the next round of trilateral talks involving Ukraine, the United States, and Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that intelligence reports indicate the Russians are preparing for further massive strikes on Ukraine's energy sector.
The Russian army carried out a missile strike on Kryvyi Rih.
First Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Oleksandr Poklad is engaged in cleansing the SBU of those who do not serve the Ukrainian state.
Negotiations aimed at achieving peace, including those scheduled soon in Geneva, only give Vladimir Putin time to continue the war and serve as a way for him to prevent Europeans from militarily strengthening Ukraine.
Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court partially upheld former Energy Minister German Galushchenko's appeal over his "illegal detention," but he remains in custody.