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21 February 2026
On February 21, there were 121 clashes between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders, with the enemy most actively attempting attacks in the Huliaipole and Pokrovsk sectors.
As a result of attacks by Russian drones in the Sumy region, four civilians were killed, including a 17-year-old boy.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the assistance of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Czech Republic, on Saturday, February 21, transferred more than 200 DJI Matrice reconnaissance drones to five brigades of Ukraine’s Defense Forces. The total value of the equipment is approximately $800,000.
Ukraine rejects and condemns ultimatums and blackmail by the governments of Hungary and the Slovak Republic regarding energy supplies between our countries.
In the Kharkiv region, five people were injured as a result of a Russian drone strike on the Lozova district.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces are holding designated positions and maintaining control despite increased Russian pressure near Riznykivka and Holubivka.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian attacks on Saturday left a 77-year-old man injured and damaged seven homes.
Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the oil depot in the settlement of Hvardiiske in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Russian troops shelled the town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region with artillery on Saturday; as a result, a local woman was killed.
Ukrainian Defense Forces have struck two Russian border guard ships of Project 22460 Okhotnik and two Be-12 aircraft in temporarily occupied Crimea.
A fire broke out in an industrial zone in the city of Saransk, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Mordovia, in the morning of February 21. According to media reports, the blaze may have occurred at Elektrovypryamitel.
Units of the Missile Forces and Artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine used FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles to strike the Votkinsk Plant in the city of Votkinsk, Udmurt Republic, Russia, during the night of February 21.
In the Shostka community of the Sumy region, a Russian drone struck a civilian car, leaving people dead and one woman injured.
In Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, on the morning of February 21, a hospital and a high-rise building were damaged as a result of an attack by a Russian drone.
Russian troops have intensified pressure in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske and Hryshyne in the Donetsk region.
Shahed drones are attacking the Russian Tatarstan.
Over the past day, the regional center and 10 other settlements in the Kharkiv region came under enemy fire, and five civilians were injured.
On the morning of February 21, Russian military forces attacked a minibus with a drone in Kherson, injuring three people.
Five people were wounded in the Sumy region as a result of enemy attacks during the day.
On the night of February 21, a factory in the city of Votkinsk in the Russian Udmurt Republic, which produces Iskander and Oreshnik ballistic missiles, was attacked.
In the center of Myrnohrad, Russian invaders are trying to install as many antennas and signal amplifiers as possible to strengthen their drone capabilities.
In Odesa, a lyceum was partially destroyed, and warehouses of an energy company and residential buildings were damaged as a result of a night attack by drones.
On the evening of February 20, the Russian army attacked the Nikopol district in the Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery, Grad MLRS, and FPV drones.
Over the past day, on February 20, Russians wounded four residents of the Donetsk region.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 106 out of 120 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine since the evening of February 20.
Over the past day, 175 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front line.
On Saturday, at around 4 a.m., Russian troops launched an air strike on Sumy, wounding three people, including two children.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to February 21, 2026, in the war against Ukraine amount to about 1,258,890 soldiers, of which 1,010 were killed in the past day.
A man was wounded in Odesa as a result of a nighttime drone attack.
Over the past day, Russian occupiers have launched 679 strikes on 36 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region, leaving seven people wounded.