
Ukraine's president, Rheinmetall CEO discuss expansion of cooperation
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Armin Papperger, CEO of the German defense company Rheinmetall AG, have discussed expanding their collaboration.
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.
At the Munich Security Conference, Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov discussed military equipment maintenance, joint production of ammunition, and the development of UAV systems with the leadership of the KNDS defense holding.
Ukraine's state defense company Ukroboronprom and the French firm Thales International SAS have signed a memorandum to create a joint enterprise.
Russian shelling in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region has damaged a gas pipeline, power lines, and an agricultural facility.
In the Sumy region, Ukrainian border guards used small arms to destroy five of the latest Russian fiber-optic FPV drones.
On February 14, 112 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded at the front yesterday.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces have shot down 33 drones used by the Russian army to attack Ukraine since the evening of February 14.
On the night of February 15, Russia was attacked by drones, which caused a fire at an industrial enterprise in the Kaluga region.
In the Kherson region, one person was killed and ten more were injured in Russian shelling over the past day. Enemy strikes also resulted in damage to buildings, agricultural machinery, and vehicles.
The Russian army’s combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to February 15, 2025 amount to nearly 856,660 invaders, including another 1,180 troops killed or wounded in action in the past day.
Russian troops launched 468 attacks on 10 towns and villages in the Zaporizhzhia region on Friday, February 14.
Soldiers from the National Guard and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine used a drone to destroy a Russian Grad multiple launch rocket system in the Zaporizhzhia sector.
Total Russian troop losses in the Kursk region have now surpassed 48,000, with approximately 20,000 killed in action, according to Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi.
As part of the repatriation efforts, Ukraine has received the remains of 757 fallen defenders.
The Russian forces launched approximately 2,400 kamikaze drones at targets in Ukraine in January 2025, which is 800 more than in December 2024.
14 February 2025
On February 14, the Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 99 combat clashes with the Russian invaders. In particular, on the Pokrovsk front, the Ukrainian defenders repelled 26 enemy assaults.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully repelled a Russian assault near the settlement of Velyka Novosilka in Donetsk region, where the enemy attempted to break through using a tank and two infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs).
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed that Ukrainian Air Force units struck a Russian stronghold near the village of Yelyzavetivka in Russia’s Kursk region. This location was being used to launch drones for attacks against Ukrainian defenders in Sumy region.
Since the beginning of the day, 72 combat engagements between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops have been recorded at the front, with fighting still ongoing in seven sectors. The invaders are most active in the Pokrovsk sector.
Ukraine and its allies have successfully prevented Vladimir Putin from achieving the primary goal of his full-scale invasion -- capturing the whole of Ukraine.
Two people were killed in Mykolaiv on Friday after an unidentified object exploded on Pohranychna Street.
Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, condemned the Russian drone attack on the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, calling it "reckless."
In the village of Preobrazhenka, Zaporizhzhia region, another body was found under the rubble of a destroyed house, bringing the total number of casualties to two.
Ukraine has called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to immediately intensify all international efforts to prevent Russia from attacking nuclear facilities.