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Tuesday, 16 December 2025, 08:26
Putin doesn't need any settlement deal other than Ukraine’s complete surrender, but is the new administration in the U.S. fully aware of the Kremlin’s real intentions? Meanwhile, Russia's imperial ambitions haven't gone anywhere.
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.
19 February 2025
The United Kingdom is considering deploying Typhoon fighter jets to patrol Ukraine's airspace as part of security guarantees following a ceasefire agreement.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has denied Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's claims about an alleged breakthrough in the Kursk region and the advance of Russian troops into Ukraine.
The Russian army launched a drone attack on the village of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, Kharkiv region, seriously injuring two people.
The Russian army shelled Huliaypole with artillery, injuring an elderly man.
A 55-year-old woman was killed in the shelling of the village of Kindiyka, a suburb of Kherson, on February 18.
The Russian subversive group that attempted to enter the territory of Ukraine from the Kursk region has been destroyed, and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's information about a large-scale Russian offensive is a lie.
South Korea is ready to accept North Korean soldiers captured by the Ukrainian army if they express a desire to come to the South.
On the morning of February 19, Russian troops attacked residential buildings in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, with air strikes.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 30% of the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are currently covered by domestic production.