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17 February 2026
In Geneva, a new round of talks in a trilateral format involving representatives of Ukraine, the United States, and Russia is getting underway. The Ukrainian delegation has work parameters approved by the President of Ukraine and a clear mandate.
On Tuesday, February 17, the Latvian government decided to allocate EUR 10 million to support Ukraine under the NATO initiative called PURL.
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.
Drones struck the Metafrax Chemicals plant in Russia’s Perm region on Tuesday, February 17.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have struck a Russian Ka-27 helicopter in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have struck the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai.
The Ukrainian delegation has arrived to take part in the next round of negotiations in a trilateral format involving Ukraine, the United States, and Russia.
An FPV drone attacked a civilian vehicle in the town of Mykolaivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region in the morning of February 17, killing three people and wounding one other.
Three employees of the Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant were killed as a result of a targeted Russian drone strike.
Two young women, sisters-in-arms known by the call signs “Kara” and “Laiza,” were killed on the Zaporizhzhia front.
On the night of February 17, Russia carried out a large-scale strike on Ukraine’s critical and logistical infrastructure, leaving several regions without electricity, water, and heating.
The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces hit a storage site for Russia's Iskander operational-tactical missile system and a drone control point of the Rubikon unit.
The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces hit a storage site for Russia's Iskander operational-tactical missile system and a drone control point of the Rubikon unit.
In Odesa, a Russian drone attack overnight on February 17 caused power outages at water supply and heating facilities.
Temporarily occupied Crimea was targeted by drones from the evening of February 16 into the night of February 17. Powerful explosions were reported at the Belbek airfield in Sevastopol.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said ahead of a new round of trilateral talks involving Ukraine, the United States, and Russia in Geneva that Ukraine should "better come to the table fast."
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.
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.
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.
The National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) is calling on members of parliament to adopt a decision to shut down all private radio stations broadcasting in Russian.
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.