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18 February 2026
Fighters of the reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial systems unit Striks of the 4th Border Detachment eliminated a Russian occupiers' "Msta" self-propelled artillery system in the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector.
Units of the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck more than 240 Russian targets in strategic depth and in temporarily occupied territories during the first 48 days of this year.
Due to an enemy drone attack on Mykolaiv, homes in the private residential sector were damaged.
Pilots from the SIGNUM battalion disrupted a Russian military advance on the Lyman front using night-time FPV drones.
Yuriy Ignat, head of the communications department of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has denied reports by a French outlet claiming that foreign pilots are involved in protecting Ukraine’s airspace.
17 February 2026
A total of 137 combat clashes were recorded along the frontline, with Russian forces carrying out nearly 30 attacks against Ukrainian Defense Forces positions in the Huliaipole sector.
In January, the work of the Engineering Troops of the Support Forces and engineering units of other branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the Ground Forces, Unmanned Systems Forces, and Air Assault Forces, resulted in the elimination of nearly 700 invaders and the destruction of 110 weapons systems and pieces of military equipment.
Russian forces carried out a drone attack on Zaporizhzhia, damaging residential buildings and killing a woman who sustained injuries.
More than 15,000 civilians have been killed and over 41,000 injured in Ukraine since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion.
The regions of Ukraine most vulnerable to Russian strikes are constantly changing, as Russia acts in a concentrated manner, selecting specific directions for massive combined attacks.
Russian forces are using cluster munitions against residential neighborhoods in Kherson and remotely planting mines in city streets and coastal areas using drones, primarily harming civilians.
In Kyiv, heat has been restored to all 2,600 buildings that were without heating following the February 12 attack.
In the Kherson community, critical infrastructure has been damaged due to shelling, causing power outages in the Dniprovskyi district.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 53 combat engagements between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops, with the enemy showing the greatest activity in the Huliaipole and Pokrovsk sectors.
On the night of February 17, drones operated by the Alpha Special Operations Center of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) hit one of the largest producers of explosives in Russia and Europe – Metafrax Chemicals.
In the Kupiansk sector, Ukrainian troops are maintaining designated defensive lines despite attempts by Russian invaders to improve their tactical position and advance, mostly on foot, taking advantage of difficult weather conditions and terrain features.
While European soldiers are filling out permit paperwork, Russians will seize the Suwalki gap, warned European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius, speaking about the need to simplify the movement of troops and military equipment across the borders of EU member states.
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, circulated a document among EU member states outlining the concessions Russia must make during diplomatic negotiations with Ukraine, mediated by the United States.
On Tuesday, February 17, the Latvian government decided to allocate EUR 10 million to support Ukraine under the NATO initiative called PURL.
The Alpha Special Operations Center of the Security Service of Ukraine have struck the Black Sea region’s largest oil terminal, Tamannaftogaz in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai.
Drones struck the Metafrax Chemicals plant in Russia’s Perm region on Tuesday, February 17.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have struck a Russian Ka-27 helicopter in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have struck the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai.
An FPV drone attacked a civilian vehicle in the town of Mykolaivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region in the morning of February 17, killing three people and wounding one other.
Three employees of the Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant were killed as a result of a targeted Russian drone strike.
Two young women, sisters-in-arms known by the call signs “Kara” and “Laiza,” were killed on the Zaporizhzhia front.
The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces hit a storage site for Russia's Iskander operational-tactical missile system and a drone control point of the Rubikon unit.
In Odesa, a Russian drone attack overnight on February 17 caused power outages at water supply and heating facilities.
Temporarily occupied Crimea was targeted by drones from the evening of February 16 into the night of February 17. Powerful explosions were reported at the Belbek airfield in Sevastopol.
Russian forces carried out a large-scale combined attack deliberately calculated to cause the greatest possible damage to Ukraine's energy infrastructure.