War update: 148 clashes on front lines in past day, most attacks in Huliaipole sector
As many as 148 combat clashes were recorded between Ukrainian forces and Russian invaders on the front lines on Friday, February 27.
28 February 2026
As many as 148 combat clashes were recorded between Ukrainian forces and Russian invaders on the front lines on Friday, February 27.
As a result of the Russian Federation's strike on Dnipro, transport infrastructure and high-rise buildings have been damaged. One man was wounded.
The Russian State Duma has passed a law prohibiting the extradition to other countries of foreigners suspected of committing criminal offenses if these foreigners participated in the so-called “special military operation.”
An oil refinery caught fire in the village of Novominska, Kanivsky District, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Local authorities claim that it was attacked by drones.
27 February 2026
Since the start of the day, there have been 120 combat clashes between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops.
Denys Shtilierman, chief designer and co-founder of the Ukrainian defense company Fire Point, has released footage showing the launch of the new FP-7 ballistic missile.
Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson said that the Swedish military has confirmed that the drone which approached the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was Russian.
Russian troops attacked a car in the Vorozhba community of the Sumy district with a drone, killing two men and injuring another.
Russian troops attacked three districts of Dnipropetrovsk region more than 30 times during the day with drones and artillery, damaging civilian facilities.
Russian troops attacked an agricultural enterprise in the Yampil community of Sumy region with drones.
On February 27, five people, including two children who suffered acute stress reactions, were injured in an enemy attack in the Kharkiv region.
The European Commission welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's readiness to accept the results of an inspection of the damaged Druzhba pipeline by a relevant mission initiated by Hungary and Slovakia, but the format of such a mission has not yet been determined.
Pilots of the "Phoenix" unit of the State Border Guard Service filmed and released a video of a real hell in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region – the shelling of the city with phosphorus munitions.
During a meeting in Brussels held in the Ramstein format, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov presented Ukraine’s war plan to international partners, as well as the projects and operations that need to be carried out.
A Molniya drone struck a civilian enterprise in the Osnovianskyi district of Kharkiv.
The Ministry of Defense quickly responded to the problem of Russian drones using Starlink and, after reaching an agreement with Elon Musk and SpaceX, effectively cut off Russian troops' communications. In particular, the number of streams used by the Russians decreased 11-fold.
In the Sumy community, Russian troops destroyed a school by sending a drone to strike it.
As of the morning of February 27, due to enemy shelling of energy infrastructure, consumers in six regions of Ukraine are without power.
In the city of Novhorod-Siverskyi in the Chernihiv region, two police officers were wounded, and civilian infrastructure, residents' homes, and a car were damaged as a result of Russian strikes.
Two people, including a 3.5-year-old girl, were wounded in Odesa as a result of an attack by Russian drones.
In the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region, rescuers from the State Emergency Service recovered a man's body from under the rubble.
Russian troops attacked a hotel building in Sumy with drones.
Russian troops attacked a hotel building in Sumy with drones.
Over the past 24 hours, 230 combat clashes took place between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops. The occupiers exerted the most pressure on the Pokrovsk sector and were also highly active on the Huliaipole sector.
In the Kherson region, one person was killed and eight others were injured over the past 24 hours as a result of Russian aggression.
The electronic Mission Control system already makes it possible to record more than 2,800 strikes per day on the front line, and the full phase of its implementation is expected to be completed within a month and a half.
Agents of the ATESH guerrilla movement carried out a successful sabotage operation on a Russian army communications facility near Sevastopol, resulting in the destruction of radio-electronic warfare antennas that were interfering with Ukrainian drones in the area.
26 February 2026
Russian forces launched attack drones at Vilniansk in the Zaporizhzhia district on Thursday evening, injuring two people.
Ukraine's Air Force has improved its ability to repel Russian aerial attacks thanks to changes made within the system.
Satellite images confirm extensive destruction at the chemical plant in Dorogobuzh in Russia's Smolensk region following an attack on the night of February 24-25.