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16 February 2025
Ukrainian defenders have successfully repelled a large-scale Russian offensive near Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region, where enemy forces deployed significant infantry units and dozens of armored vehicles.
The Russian army has attacked the Nikopol district, killing one civilian and injuring another.
Russian forces attacked the town of Beryslav in Ukraine's southern Kherson region using drones, targeting a "point of invincibility" providing power, water and food and a humanitarian hub.
In Kherson, residents of the Dniprovsky district were partially left without electricity and water due to damage caused by shelling by the Russian army.
The Ukrainian and German military, which are involved in advising the Armed Forces of Ukraine, are jointly developing tactics of warfare, taking into account the development of the situation on the ground and changes in Russian methods.
During the meeting, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and CEO of the German arms concern Rheinmetall Armin Papperger discussed cooperation in the production of ammunition, armored vehicles and air defense systems.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that today more than a hundred thousand people in Mykolaiv were left without heating as a result of a Russian Shahed UAV strike on the city's critical infrastructure.
Estonia will continue to help Ukraine not only with military means, but also with civilian means as long as it is needed.
Russia's attack on critical infrastructure in Mykolaiv has left 46,000 subscribers without heat supply.
Norway has joined the international drone coalition for Ukraine and became the 18th country to join the initiative.
The Ukrainian defense forces pushed the Russian army out of Pishchane village, three kilometers from Pokrovsk. This was achieved thanks to the effective cooperation of unmanned aerial vehicles and attack aircraft.
Russian troops shelled the town of Bilytske in the Donetsk region, killing two civilians.
A Russian drone attacked police officers in the Korabelnyi district of Kherson yesterday. Two law enforces sustained shrapnel wounds.
Yesterday, February 15, Russian troops fired 11 times at towns and villages in the Donetsk region.
The Russian army used almost 1,220 aerial bombs, more than 850 attack drones and more than 40 missiles of various types against Ukraine in the past week.
On February 14, a terrorist attack in Mykolaiv claimed the lives of three service members from the Mine Action Center -- Vadym Yelisieiev, Olena Kliuchnikova, and Yevhenii Siryk.
On the night of February 16, the Russian army carried out a massive attack on Mykolaiv, injuring one person and damaging a critical infrastructure facility, five apartment buildings, several stores, and a restaurant.
Ukraine's air defense forces shot down 95 Shahed-type attack UAVs, while 46 enemy decoy drones veered off course and failed to reach their targets.
On February 15, Ukrainian forces engaged in 261 combat clashes with Russian occupiers. In the Pokrovsk sector alone, Ukrainian troops successfully repelled 71 enemy attacks.
The total combat losses of Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to February 16, 2025, amounted to about 858,390 people, including another 1,730 people over the previous day.
Soldiers of the “Shkval” commandant's office of the 7th Carpathian border detachment have carried out precise strikes with FPV drones on the positions and equipment of Russian invaders in the Luhansk region.
Sappers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine discovered and destroyed an unexploded munition from a Russian Uragan multiple launch rocket system in the Chernihiv region.
15 February 2025
During the Munich Security Conference, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov met with Luxembourg's Defense Minister Yuriko Backes to discuss key priorities in defense cooperation and funding.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that since the war is taking place in Ukraine, it is Ukraine that must determine who sits at the negotiating table in the peace process.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Armin Papperger, CEO of the German defense company Rheinmetall AG, have discussed expanding their collaboration.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that due to its ongoing war against Ukraine, Russia has been forced to withdraw a significant portion of its military contingent from Transnistria.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov discussed the possibility of joint production of UAVs and ammunition with a Boeing Defense delegation led by Executive Director Steve Parker.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 176 clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops. Fighting is still ongoing in six sectors of the front, with the most battles taking place in Kupiansk and Pokrovsk.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre discussed cooperation in the defense industry, with special attention paid to the Ukrainian production of long-range missiles and drones.
This year, Moscow plans to create 15 new divisions, which will include up to 150,000 military personnel.