Russians launch 588 strikes at Zaporizhzhia region over past day: casualties reported
In the past 24 hours, the Russian forces carried out 588 attacks on 12 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region.
21 February 2025
In the past 24 hours, the Russian forces carried out 588 attacks on 12 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region.
Pilots of the Phoenix reconnaissance and strike drone unit from the Revenge Brigade used FPV drones to strike a Russian tank and 14 vehicles near Kreminna in Luhansk region.
Defense Minister of the Netherlands Ruben Brekelmans stated that 20,000 Ukrainian servicemen have undergone training at an EU mission center in Germany.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry will allocate more than UAH 44 billion for the purchase of FPV drones, including fiber-optic models, in 2025.
Attack drone operators from Ukraine's Phoenix strike UAV unit of the Pomsta (Revenge) brigade destroyed eleven Russian vehicles and eight military trucks in the Kramatorsk sector.
20 February 2025
In Zaporizhzhia region, Russian troops struck at the frontline village of Huliaypole, killing a 53-year-old man.
Russian drones have been spotted in the skies over Kyiv region, and air defense forces are targeting enemy targets.
On the evening of February 20, a Russian drone attacked the private sector of the city of Sumy, causing damage.
In Kherson, the body of a victim has been recovered from the rubble of the entrance of a high-rise building destroyed by a Russian air strike, and rescue operations are complete. Two people were killed and five others were injured, including two children.
Ukrainian paratroopers carried out a swift operation to eliminate a Russian forward position in the Pokrovsk sector.
British and other European troops could be deployed to Ukrainian cities, ports and nuclear power plants to help secure the peace following any ceasefire deal with Russia.
In Kherson, the body of a 37-year-old man was pulled out from under the rubble of the section of a high-rise building destroyed by a Russian aerial bomb.
Russian aircraft and artillery shelled Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, killing four civilians.
The Russian military shelled Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region with heavy artillery, killing two people and injuring another one.
European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius believes that holding elections in Ukraine should be a sovereign decision of the Ukrainian authorities. At the same time, American statements about peace but without force indicate a change in their formula, which helps strengthen Putin.
Russian troops conducted an air strike on the village of Slatyne in the Dergachiv community in Kharkiv region, damaging houses and leaving part of the village without electricity.
In the morning, Russians fired on residential buildings in the village of Bilozerka in Kherson region.
The condition of twins wounded in an air strike on Kherson is moderate, their mother is still being searched for under the rubble.
On the night of February 20, Ukraine's air defense forces shot down 80 Russian drones, while another 78 disappeared from radar.
In the Kyiv region, falling debris from downed Russian attack drones damaged private homes and vehicles in the Bila Tserkva and Vyshhorod districts.
A Russian airstrike on Kherson in the early hours of February 20 destroyed 15 apartments in a high-rise building and shattered windows in 80 homes. Six people were injured, including 14-year-old twin siblings who are currently in the hospital in stable condition.
On February 19, Ukrainian forces engaged in 122 combat clashes with Russian occupiers, halting 32 enemy assaults in the Pokrovsk sector alone.
The Russian army has again attacked a DTEK's energy facility in the Odesa region.
As a result of Russia’s attack on Kherson on the night of February 20, 15 apartments were destroyed, windows were smashed in 80 homes, and six people were injured, including two twin children who are now in hospital.
Since Wednesday evening, Russian troops have attacked the Marhanets, Myrove and Pokrovsk communities in the Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery and drones.
The Russian army’s combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to February 20, 2025 amount to nearly 863,580 invaders, including another 1,190 troops killed or wounded in action in the past day.
The total value of the Dutch military support to Ukraine has risen to almost EUR 5.88 billion as of February 4, 2025.
One enemy missile carrier remains in the Black Sea, with a total volley of up to four missiles
A Russian guided aerial bomb hit a high-rise residential building in the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson.
About 300,000 civilians remain in the Donetsk region and the mandatory evacuation continues.