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Friday, 17 April 2026, 03:04
On February 15, Russian forces carried out nearly 10 attacks on the communities of Synelnykove and Nikopol districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region. There is destruction and damage to houses.
The opening of a factory in the United Kingdom, which was supposed to produce ammunition for both the British Army and Ukraine, has been delayed by more than six months.
As of Sunday evening, about 500 residential buildings in Kyiv remain without heat following the strike on the city’s infrastructure by Russian forces on February 12.
Several European nations have publicly announced their intention to join discussions on establishing a shared nuclear deterrent in Europe.
Russian drone hit a house in the Chernechchyna community of the Okhtyrka district in Sumy region.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the United States has no plans to leave NATO.
The museum has urged the cancellation of the announced competition for the "UNESCO–Russia International Mendeleev Prize in the Basic Sciences."
Since the start of the day, Russian troops have attacked Ukrainian positions 129 times, exerting the greatest pressure on the Pokrovsk sector, while also showing increased activity on the Huliaipole, Kostiantynivka, and Oleksandrivka regions.
Russian forces struck the settlement of Zarichne in the Zaporizhzhia region with glide bombs. As a result of the attack, two women were wounded.
Russian commanders are using force, shouting, and threats to "improve" the morale and psychological state of their subordinates and send them into suicidal assaults.
Western partners must make sure that Ukraine is able to win and does win.
The focus on supporting Ukraine must remain central; otherwise, Russia will gain space for further aggression. At the same time, Europe and Canada must increase defense spending and take the initiative in all NATO deterrence operations.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with a bipartisan delegation of US senators on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference and discussed sanctions against Russia.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Tamanneftegaz oil terminal near the village of Volna in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation and the Pantsir-S1 medium-range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery system in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
During a meeting with North Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the situation on the front lines and opportunities for defense cooperation between the two countries.
The US administration's approach to ending the Russian war in Ukraine by putting pressure on Kyiv is flawed from the outset.
While crossing the border today, February 15, the former energy minister was detained by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau.
Following an accident at an energy facility in the Odesa region, some critical infrastructure and users in the Odesa district remain without power.
Europeans, with US support, should deploy troops to Ukraine as a security guarantee, but this should not be a direct part of the peace agreement if it is signed.
Over the past day, Russians shelled the communities of Nikopol, Pokrovske, Mezhova, and Marganets in the Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery, wounding six people, including a child.
Today, February 15, Russians struck a medical facility in the Sumy region with a drone, causing damage.
During this week, the enemy launched about 1,300 strike drones, more than 1,200 guided aerial bombs, and 50 missiles at Ukraine, almost all of which were ballistic.
During the night, the enemy struck the Shevchenkivskyi district of Zaporizhzhia with a drone. Four houses in the private sector were damaged; one sustained severe damage.
Russia launched a drone strike on civilian railway infrastructure in the Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Over the past day, Russian troops carried out more than 20 shelling attacks on 11 settlements in the Sumy region, causing damage and destruction to infrastructure.
Over the past 24 hours, 205 combat engagements have occurred between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the enemy showing the greatest activity in the Pokrovsk sector. In total, 205 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.
On the evening of February 14, the Russian army attacked the Sloviansk community in the Donetsk region, injuring a woman and a child and destroying houses.
Heating has been restored to another 1,100 buildings in the capital.
During the night, the enemy launched a massive drone attack on the Odesa region. Most of the enemy targets were shot down by the Air Defense Forces, but civilian and transport infrastructure were damaged as a result of hits and falling debris.