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21 February 2026
The Ukrainian Defense Forces are holding designated positions and maintaining control despite increased Russian pressure near Riznykivka and Holubivka.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian attacks on Saturday left a 77-year-old man injured and damaged seven homes.
Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the oil depot in the settlement of Hvardiiske in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Russian troops shelled the town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region with artillery on Saturday; as a result, a local woman was killed.
A fire broke out in an industrial zone in the city of Saransk, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Mordovia, in the morning of February 21. According to media reports, the blaze may have occurred at Elektrovypryamitel.
Units of the Missile Forces and Artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine used FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles to strike a the Votkinsk Plant in the city of Votkinsk, Udmurt Republic, Russia, during the night of February 21.
In the Shostka community of the Sumy region, a Russian drone struck a civilian car, leaving people dead and one woman injured.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday that if Ukraine did not resume oil transit to Slovakia, he would initiate a halt to electricity supplies to Ukraine on Monday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed decrees implementing the National Security and Defense Council's decision to impose sanctions on 225 captains of vessels of the Russian shadow fleet and entities serving the Russian military-industrial complex.
The Sejm of the Republic of Poland intends to adopt a resolution in support of Ukraine on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as well as to open an exhibition on Russian aggression in Ukraine in the Sejm premises.
In Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, on the morning of February 21, a hospital and a high-rise building were damaged as a result of an attack by a Russian drone.
The Czech project Dárek pro Putina (The Gift for Putin) has raised almost 1.5 billion crowns (over $72 million) for Ukraine in nearly four years of existence, mainly for weapons.
Russian troops have intensified pressure in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske and Hryshyne in the Donetsk region.
Shahed drones are attacking the Russian Tatarstan.
Over the past day, the regional center and 10 other settlements in the Kharkiv region came under enemy fire, and five civilians were injured.
An energy facility owned by DTEK Odesa Power Grids was damaged in Odesa following a Russian attack.
On the morning of February 21, Russian military forces attacked a minibus with a drone in Kherson, injuring three people.
Five people were wounded in the Sumy region as a result of enemy attacks during the day.
On the night of February 21, a factory in the city of Votkinsk in the Russian Udmurt Republic, which produces Iskander and Oreshnik ballistic missiles, was attacked.
In the center of Myrnohrad, Russian invaders are trying to install as many antennas and signal amplifiers as possible to strengthen their drone capabilities.
In Odesa, a lyceum was partially destroyed, and warehouses of an energy company and residential buildings were damaged as a result of a night attack by drones.
On the evening of February 20, the Russian army attacked the Nikopol district in the Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery, Grad MLRS, and FPV drones.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 106 out of 120 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine since the evening of February 20.
Over the past day, 175 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front line.
On Saturday, at around 4 a.m., Russian troops launched an air strike on Sumy, wounding three people, including two children.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to February 21, 2026, in the war against Ukraine amount to about 1,258,890 soldiers, of which 1,010 were killed in the past day.
A man was wounded in Odesa as a result of a nighttime drone attack.
As a result of an attack by Russian drones in Odesa, infrastructure facilities, residential buildings, and an educational institution were damaged.
Sappers from the State Emergency Service successfully neutralized a Russian drone found on the ice cover of the Kyiv Reservoir.
20 February 2026
Over the course of February 20, there were 130 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders. In particular, in the Pokrovsk sector, the enemy attempted 22 attacks.