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24 February 2026
On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainians have every right to assert that they defended their independence, preserved their statehood, and prevented the Kremlin from achieving its goals.
At least five people, including a child, were injured as a result of enemy strikes on Zaporizhzhia. An infrastructure facility caught fire following the attack.
23 February 2026
There were 100 clashes recorded on the front line, with the largest number in the Pokrovsk sector, where the enemy lost more than 60 occupiers.
In the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region, a 59-year-old woman and her son were killed in an airstrike on February 22. Another person and two children were trapped under the rubble and sustained injuries.
Over the course of the day, the Russian army carried out more than 40 attacks on two districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region using FPV drones, shelled them with artillery, and dropped glide bombs (KABs). One person was killed and another was injured.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chair of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, met with former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Kyiv to discuss the next steps in Ukrainian-American cooperation, including strengthening defense support, maintaining sanctions pressure, and establishing reliable security guarantees.
Operational assessment of key frontline axes: January–February 2026
Russian forces are suffering significant irrecoverable losses in the area of responsibility of the Operation Task Force East, while Ukraine’s Defense Forces continue to carry out combat missions.
Long-range drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) struck a critically important hub for transporting Russian oil overnight – the main Kaleikino Oil Pumping Station near Almetyevsk, in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Shahed drone repeaters had appeared on the territory of Belarus, thanks to which attacks on Ukraine were being coordinated. At the same time, according to the president, everything has been done to ensure that three or four of the repeaters are no longer there.
In the Chasiv Yar area of the Donetsk region, the Russian army is deploying tanks and armored vehicles this week, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are detecting and eliminating the enemy as they approach.
On the night of February 23, Russians shelled port infrastructure in the Odesa region, leaving dead and wounded.
On the morning of February 23, the Russian army attacked the Kholodnohirskyi and Osnovianskyi districts of Kharkiv, with two casualties reported so far.
Russian troops wounded five residents of the Donetsk region over the past day.
Yesterday, Russian troops shelled the Sumy region over 70 times, leaving one person injured.
Over the previous day, February 22, 130 combat engagements between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded.
On the night of February 23, UAVs attacked an oil pumping station located near the Russian city of Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan.
Ukraine’s air defense forces neutralized 105 out of 126 drones launched by Russian troops in an overnight attack that began on Sunday evening.
Two people were killed and three others were wounded in a nighttime attack by Russian strike drones in the Odesa region.
Over the previous day, Russian invaders launched 754 attacks on 44 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. As a result of the enemy strikes, two people were killed and four others were injured.
As a result of a Russian drone attack in Zaporizhzhia, a man was killed and another was wounded.
In temporarily occupied Luhansk, Russian forces organized a drone racing championship aimed at preparing children and young people for war.
On the night of February 22, the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit two Russian Tor surface-to-air missile systems in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region and an oil depot in temporarily occupied Luhansk.
In most regions of Ukraine, hourly power outages will affect residential users throughout the day on Monday, February 23, while industrial users will face power restrictions.
In the Znob-Novhorodske community of the Shostka district, Sumy region, police community officer Serhii Slavskyi and his wife Khrystyna, an emergency paramedic, were killed on February 21 while performing their duties.
22 February 2026
On February 22, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 112 clashes with Russian forces, with the highest activity – 24 attacks – occurring in the Huliaipole sector.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has instructed air defense forces, the Ministry of Defense, and government agencies to strengthen protection against Russian drones in response to changes in Russia’s strike tactics.
Drone operators of the 80th Separate Air Assault Galician Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed a Russian depot containing UAVs, related equipment, ammunition, and vehicles in Russia’s Kursk region.
The Russian military struck a residential area in a community in the Sumy region with two guided aerial bombs, leaving several people wounded.
The town of Yampil in the Donetsk region is under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.