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18 February 2026
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine is imposing sanctions on Alexander Lukashenko, who not only provided Belarusian territory for the deployment of the Oreshnik missiles but also allowed Russia to supply critical components for this weapon.
On the night of Wednesday, February 18, drones struck the VNIIR-Progress enterprise in Cheboksary, which works directly with the Russian Ministry of Defense.
On the evening of February 17, Sloviansk was attacked by Russian drones, causing damage.
Russian invaders killed three residents of the Donetsk region yesterday, February 17, and wounded two more people.
The Ukrainian Air Defense Forces neutralized 100 of 126 drones with which Russia attacked Ukraine from the evening of February 17.
On the front line yesterday, February 17, 160 clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
Ukraine is serious about ending the war, while Russia carried out a massive attack even on the day talks were held in Geneva.
Russia suffered approximately 1,256,080 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and February 18, 2026, with 740 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
An official representative of Poland may attend the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington only as an observer, and Warsaw does not currently intend to join the initiative.
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
An emergency response headquarters will begin round-the-clock operations on Wednesday, February 18, due to deteriorating weather conditions across Ukraine.
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.
Ukraine is serious about ending the war, while Russia carried out a massive attack even on the day talks were held in Geneva.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset have discussed the opening of a representative office of the Council of Europe Development Bank in Ukraine.
More than 15,000 civilians have been killed and over 41,000 injured in Ukraine since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion.
Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has ordered former Energy Minister German Galushchenko to be held in custody with the alternative of posting UAH 200 million bail.
Ukraine Could Become Japan’s Most Important Defense Partner
Russia is deliberately striking American businesses in Ukraine, with 47% of U.S. companies operating in the country affected since the start of the full-scale war.
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.
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.
Japanese society has come to better understand and sympathize with Ukraine over the four years of Russia’s full-scale aggression. However, deeply rooted pacifism and the perception of military aid as a “tool for killing” continue to restrain broader support for Kyiv’s defense needs.
Discussions about a peace process in which Ukraine is treated only as an object, rather than as a subject whose voice is heard, are fundamentally mistaken.
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.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have struck the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai.
As of 09:30 on Tuesday, February 17, Ukrainian air defense forces had neutralized 25 missiles and 367 enemy UAVs of various types.
Europeans have only now begun to fully understand Russia's war against Ukraine and will become closer friends to Ukraine than Americans.
In the Odesa region, Russian forces once again attacked a DTEK energy facility overnight on February 17, causing extremely serious damage.
An oil refinery is burning in Russia's Kuban region.