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Thursday, 09 April 2026, 17:41
Russian forces carried out a large-scale combined attack deliberately calculated to cause the greatest possible damage to Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
As of 09:30 on Tuesday, February 17, Ukrainian air defense forces had neutralized 25 missiles and 367 enemy UAVs of various types.
An oil refinery is burning in Russia's Kuban region.
Over the past day, February 16, a total of 201 combat clashes were recorded between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders.
The enemy struck the region with missiles, drones, artillery, and aerial bombs, targeting five districts.
Over the course of 24 hours, six people were wounded as a result of Russian aggression in the Kherson region.
Russia suffered approximately 1,255,340 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and February 17, 2026, with 890 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
A new propaganda campaign in schools in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine aims to instill loyalty to the Russian occupiers in children.
The total amount of damage resulting from atmospheric air pollution due to the war in the Kherson region has reached more than UAH 146 billion.
As a result of a Russian drone attack in Odesa, two people were injured, and an infrastructure facility and a residential building were damaged.
Fighters of the "Steel Border" brigade over the past day hit a tank, two antennas, a vehicle, and a drone belonging to Russian invaders in the Kursk and Northern Slobozhanshchyna sectors.
Russian forces have once again attacked the main building of Kherson State University.
According to Western intelligence officials, recruiters and propagandists who previously worked for the Russian private military company Wagner Group have become a key tool for the Kremlin in organizing acts of sabotage across Europe.
16 February 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he expects the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) to implement existing developments aimed at countering Russian hackers.
The Russian army attacked Zaporizhzhia, damaging the roof of an apartment building.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that intelligence reports indicate the Russians are preparing for further massive strikes on Ukraine's energy sector.
The Russian army carried out a missile strike on Kryvyi Rih.
Counting high-value Russian losses for January
The situation in the Oleksandrivka sector and in the area of Huliaipole remains difficult, but the Ukrainian Defense Forces are carrying out effective counteroffensive and assault operations.
In January 2026, Russia fired 91 ballistic missiles at Ukraine.
Since the start of the day, 78 combat engagements have occurred between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the enemy concentrating the greatest efforts on the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole axes.
Russia is strengthening its strategic capabilities in the Arctic and building new facilities along the border with Finland.
Since nighttime, Russian forces have been periodically attacking a hospital in the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson. Two female employees of the medical facility have been injured, and there is significant damage.
The Russian army has intensified pressure from the directions of Kotlyne and Rodynske in the Donetsk region, trying to form "pincers" to encircle the Pokrovsk agglomeration.
In Mariupol, temporarily occupied by the Russian army, a Russian base is currently burning in the settlement of Richkove in the Livoberezhnyi district.
Most of the gray zone near Novomykolaivka in the Zaporizhzhia region remains under Ukrainian fire control, and Russian forces are unable to establish a foothold in this part of the front.
Ukrainian Defense Forces have shrunk the gray zone near Verbove in Zaporizhzhia region by pushing back the enemy and preventing the invaders from consolidating after assault operations.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has instructed the Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Anatolii Kryvonozhko, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, and the Chairman of Ukrenergo, Vitalii Zaichenko, to prepare additional protective measures in response to intelligence indicating that Russia is preparing another massive strike.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces carried out strikes on areas where Russian manpower was concentrated, as well as on an enemy communications hub and a UAV control point.