Current US administration chooses wrong path to peace in Ukraine from beginning, says Hodges
The US administration's approach to ending the Russian war in Ukraine by putting pressure on Kyiv is flawed from the outset.
15 February 2026
The US administration's approach to ending the Russian war in Ukraine by putting pressure on Kyiv is flawed from the outset.
Following an accident at an energy facility in the Odesa region, some critical infrastructure and users in the Odesa district remain without power.
Europeans, with US support, should deploy troops to Ukraine as a security guarantee, but this should not be a direct part of the peace agreement if it is signed.
Over the past day, Russians shelled the communities of Nikopol, Pokrovske, Mezhova, and Marganets in the Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery, wounding six people, including a child.
Today, February 15, Russians struck a medical facility in the Sumy region with a drone, causing damage.
During this week, the enemy launched about 1,300 strike drones, more than 1,200 guided aerial bombs, and 50 missiles at Ukraine, almost all of which were ballistic.
During the night, the enemy struck the Shevchenkivskyi district of Zaporizhzhia with a drone. Four houses in the private sector were damaged; one sustained severe damage.
Russia launched a drone strike on civilian railway infrastructure in the Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Over the past day, Russian troops carried out more than 20 shelling attacks on 11 settlements in the Sumy region, causing damage and destruction to infrastructure.
Over the past 24 hours, 205 combat engagements have occurred between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the enemy showing the greatest activity in the Pokrovsk sector. In total, 205 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.
On the evening of February 14, the Russian army attacked the Sloviansk community in the Donetsk region, injuring a woman and a child and destroying houses.
Heating has been restored to another 1,100 buildings in the capital.
During the night, the enemy launched a massive drone attack on the Odesa region. Most of the enemy targets were shot down by the Air Defense Forces, but civilian and transport infrastructure were damaged as a result of hits and falling debris.
Ukraine's air defense forces have neutralized 55 out of 83 UAVs launched by Russia since the evening of Saturday, February 14.
Explosive ordnance disposal specialists from the Poltava regional police defused an enemy UAV fitted with anti-tank mines.
Soldiers of the 147th Artillery Brigade of the 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated three vehicles and two quad bikes belonging to Russian invaders in southeastern Pokrovsk.
President Volodymyr Zelensky showed European politicians a visualization of a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine on the night of February 12.
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine released video footage of energy infrastructure damaged as a result of Russian attacks.
Special forces from the Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) Alpha Special Operations Center halved the number of Russian Pantsir short-range air defense systems with long-range strikes in 2025.
An agent of the ATESH partisan movement carried out a successful act of sabotage at a railway hub in Oryol, setting fire to and disabling critical equipment of a VL80 mainline freight electric locomotive.
Russia suffered approximately 1,253,270 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and February 15, 2026, with 1,250 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
Soldiers of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are destroying Russian invaders on the approaches to Myrnohrad in the Donetsk region, as the enemy continues attempts to bypass the city from the north and encircle Ukrainian units.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand held a meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
Soldiers of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are destroying Russian invaders on the approaches to Myrnohrad in the Donetsk region, as the enemy continues attempts to bypass the city from the north and encircle Ukrainian units.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told G7 foreign ministers on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference that the United States remains committed to participating in negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha met with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference to discuss the peace process, increased pressure on Russia, and Ukraine's accession to the European Union.
Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, stating that Japan will continue to deepen its relations with NATO and provide assistance to Ukraine.
Three people were injured in Zaporizhzhia as a result of an attack by Russian forces, and a private house was damaged.
The United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, France, and the Netherlands stated that poison was found in tissue samples from Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny's body.
Russia is constantly attempting to convince the Donald Trump administration that the territory of eastern Ukraine is the only important and unresolved issue in peace negotiations, in order to manipulate and demand concessions to achieve its goals.