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Friday, 17 April 2026, 08:51
Russian forces attacked the Synelnykove, Nikopol, Dnipro, and Kryvyi Rih districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region throughout the day with missiles, drones, and artillery, leaving three people injured.
Heating has been restored in the Troieshchyna district of Kyiv, while work continues to thaw individual risers and address local emergencies.
NEC Ukrenergo will provide nearly 10,000 sets of essential items to help vulnerable groups of Ukrainians get through the cold period.
In January, 48 fire missions using DeepStrike were carried out against Russia’s oil and gas sector, resulting in an overall 19% reduction in oil refining in Russia.
In February, the Executive Director of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will visit Ukraine to discuss with the Ombudsman new approaches to ensuring ICRC access to Ukrainian prisoners of war and unlawfully detained civilians in Russia.
The Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Germany has brought charges against Ukrainian citizen Yevhen B., who is suspected of espionage and sabotage activities on behalf of Russian intelligence services.
Russian invading forces attacked the city of Zaporizhzhia. Energy workers reported damage to the power grid.
Since the beginning of the day, 74 clashes have occurred between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the heaviest pressure from the enemy on the Pokrovsk sector.
Russian forces do not control the settlement of Hlushkivka in the Kharkiv region.
Production facilities in the Poltava region came under enemy attack, while strikes on facilities in the Sumy region are still ongoing.
Fighting has been ongoing for a long time in the area of the settlement of Dehtiarnе in the Kharkiv region, as Russian forces are attempting to infiltrate and establish control over the border area.
Russian forces continue to shell civilian railway infrastructure, with the main focus of the attacks on northern regions of Ukraine.
Reports by the Russian side claiming the alleged capture of the village of Prydorozhnie in the Zaporizhzhia region do not correspond to reality. The settlement remains under the control of Ukrainian defenders.
The most difficult energy situation remains in Kyiv: More than 1,400 buildings in the capital are still without heat, and the government is initiating an increase in the Warmth Packages program.
Ukrainian Defense Forces units struck an ammunition depot and an enemy command post and destroyed a UAV warehouse on Russian territory.
Units of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade, named after Prince Roman the Great of the 10th Army Corps, in cooperation with forces of the 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade, named after Prince Kostiantyn Ostrozky, thwarted an enemy attempt to break through defenses in the Kupiansk sector.
In Russia's war against Ukraine, information and culture are tools of cognitive influence, so Ukrainians should treat all Russian content with suspicion and filter it through their own “mental shield.”
Information spread on Telegram channels about alleged mass poisoning with an unknown substance in the Poltava region is not accurate.
Information about the alleged capture of the village of Ternuvate in the Zaporizhzhia region by Russian troops is not true; the settlement remains under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled an attempt by a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group to advance into the rear north of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, killing three invaders and wounding two others.
After the massive attack on February 7, nuclear power units are still partially unloaded.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov will visit Brussels on February 11 for an informal exchange of views with EU member states' defense ministers during the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on defense issues.
On Monday morning, February 9, Russian troops launched an air strike on a residential area of Druzhkivka in the Donetsk region.
The team of JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry held a meeting with His Excellency Dr. Faleh bin Abdullah Al-Saleh Al-Sulaiman, Governor of Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Defense Development (GADD), to discuss prospects for cooperation, production, and industrial development in the field of defense technologies.
Yesterday, February 8, 10 settlements in the Kharkiv region were hit by Russian strikes, two people were killed, and six others were injured, including a minor girl.
After the Russian attack on Yahotyn in the Kyiv region, two State Emergency Service employees were injured.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 116 drones and intercepted some of the Iskander-M ballistic missiles used by Russia to attack Ukraine on the evening of February 8.
In Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv region, one man was killed, and two men and two women were wounded as a result of an attack by the Russian Federation.
Russian troops launched nearly 90 strikes on 28 settlements in 15 territorial communities of the Sumy region in 24 hours, from the morning of February 8 to the morning of February 9, injuring seven people.