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Tuesday, 16 December 2025, 07:00
The Russian invaders have reduced Chasiv Yar and Toretsk in Donetsk region, as well as Bilohorivka in Luhansk region, to ruins. However, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) continue to hold the line.
The Russian invaders launched an attack on the residential sector of the town of Sloviansk in Donetsk region injuring at least six civilians.
On February 21, Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, was shelled and residential buildings were damaged.
Russian occupation forces have activated aviation near Vovchansk, Kharkiv region.
Russians attacked the village of Mykilske in Kherson region with a drone, injuring a 57-year-old man.
Russian occupation forces continue to shell the border in the north, using, among other things, weapons and fiber-optic drones.
On the morning of February 21, Russian invaders dropped three aerial bombs on Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, killing one civilian and injuring two others.
Russian occupation troops are unsuccessfully trying to cut off Ukrainian logistics routes to Pokrovsk.
The number of those injured following a Russian air strike on the village of Zolochiv in the Kharkiv region has increased to five.
A Russian air strike on the village of Zolochiv in the Kharkiv region injured four people and damaged houses and administrative buildings.
At night, Russians fired on the village of Zelenivka in the Kherson community, damaging two private houses and power grids.
Power lines were damaged in Bucha and Obukhiv districts of Kyiv region as a result of an attack by Russian drones, and a private house was damaged in Boryspil district.
On the night of February 21, Russian invaders attacked the Kupiansk district of Kharkiv region with guided aerial bombs.
The Russian army attacked Velykopysarivka and Esman border communities of Sumy region with drones three times at night and in the morning of February 21, and three explosions were recorded.
On February 20, a total of 121 combat encounters were recorded between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and the Russian invaders on the front line. In the Pokrovsk sector, the Ukrainian forces repelled 34 enemy assaults.
On the night of February 20-21, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 87 drones launched by Russian forces in a massive air assault on Ukraine.
On February 20, the Russian forces shelled 32 settlements in Kherson region, killing two people and injuring two others.
Since February 24, 2022, Russia’s total combat losses in Ukraine have reached approximately 864,860 personnel, with 1,280 troops lost in the past 24 hours.
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.