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16 February 2023
The Russians are trying to deprive Ukrainians of access to water supply by partially destroying and intentionally opening the locks of the Kakhovka HPP, which threatens to leave some settlements without drinking water.
An explosion rang out in the area of a Russian military unit based Armiansk, the city in the north of the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Moldova’s border guards have discovered missile debris near the Larga crossing checkpoint on the border with Ukraine.
In the early hours of February 16, Russian troops launched airstrikes on the liberated city of Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, injuring six people.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 17 attacks on 12 settlements in Donetsk region, pummeling the residential sector: 29 civilian objects were destroyed and damaged.
A couple was killed in the Russian shelling of the village of Zmiivka, Kherson region, on the morning of February 16.
Russian troops struck the settlements of three districts in Kharkiv region. The towns of Vovchansk and Kupyansk suffer the most.
Over the past day, the Russian invaders shelled Kherson region 52 times, injuring three civilians. In the regional center, the enemy targeted a wharf, a botanical garden, and the homes of Kherson residents.
The American news magazine Time has released a cover with a school basement in the Chernihiv region’s village of Yahidne, where the Russian military locked 368 local residents in March 2022, and 10 of them died subsequently.
Last night Russian missiles hit infrastructure facilities in the Kirovohrad region’s Kropyvnytskyi district, the Poltava region’s Kremenchuk and the Lviv region.
Six civilians have been killed and 13 injured in Russia’s shelling of the Donetsk region over the past day.
Last night Russian troops struck the Dnipropetrovsk region’s Pavlohrad with missiles. One civilian was reported killed and seven injured.
On the night of February 16, 2023, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 16 out of 36 missiles fired by Russian troops.
Russia has already lost about 140,460 troops in Ukraine (+690 over the past day).
In the early hours of Thursday, February 16, the Russians launched at Ukraine a barrage of drones and missiles, most of which were destroyed by the country’s air defenses.
On February 15, Ukrainian defenders repelled more than 15 enemy attacks in Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
Russia is incapable of quickly repairing its military hardware that sustained damage in the war zone.
As Russia begins a new offensive in eastern Ukraine, the U.S. and its allies are skeptical Moscow has amassed the manpower and resources to make significant gains, US, UK and Ukrainian officials say.
Russia is now suffering its worst losses in Ukraine since the invasion, while Putin has limited options to sustain his war, but he can still withdraw troops and stop the senseless sacrifice of thousands of Russians.
Russian generals are desperately throwing freshly mobilized forces into “senseless attacks” to make some gains ahead of February 24, the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
In the cemetery near Luhansk, local residents discovered 42 fresh graves in which the Wagner Group mercenaries, recruited in penal colonies before being killed in action in Ukraine may be buried.
Training of the Ukrainian military on the Patriot air defense system on German soil is progressing rapidly.
During the air raid alert announced throughout Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday, February 16, a critical infrastructure object was hit in Lviv region.
15 February 2023
We have to ensure that this spring it is truly felt that Ukraine is moving towards victory.
In the Donetsk region’s Pokrovsk, the rescue operation at the site of a 5-storey apartment block hit by Russian projectiles has been completed.
The Netherlands will join the international ‘tank coalition’ and hand over Leopard 2 tank ammunition and spare parts to Ukraine, as well as contribute to training programmes for the Ukrainian military.
The enemy struck Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk region with heavy artillery.
During the day, Ukraine’s Air Force launched 16 strikes on Russian troops, including five on the positions of anti-aircraft missile systems.
The losses of the Russian occupation forces are now the largest since the start of the full-scale invasion on February 24. As before, access to the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions remains a priority for the Russian Federation.
Ukrainian defenders destroyed another Russian attack and reconnaissance helicopter in the eastern direction.