War update: 139 combat clashes in past day, Pokrovsk sector remains hottest
On February 17, 139 combat engagements were recorded at the front.
18 February 2025
On February 17, 139 combat engagements were recorded at the front.
Over the past week, 1,808 new applications were submitted to recruitment centers in Ukraine.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) has reported that Kharkiv region is the most heavily affected by remote mining by the Russian forces.
17 February 2025
Three people were injured in the Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, as a result of a Russian FPV drone strike.
The number of fires in ecosystems and private households across Ukraine in 2024 rose by nearly 50%.
Since the beginning of the day, as many as 80 combat clashes have occurred between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and the Russian troops, with battles still ongoing in eight frontline sectors. The most intense attacks are taking place on the Pokrovsk front.
Russian troops launched an attack on Kharkiv city on the afternoon of February 17.
Over more than 35 months of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has damaged or destroyed 2,285 healthcare facilities in the country.
On February 16, Ukrainian forces engaged in 129 combat clashes with Russian invaders, with most enemy attacks recorded in the Pokrovsk sector and Russia's Kursk region.
Ukraine's air defense forces shot down 83 Russian UAVs on the night of February 16-17, while 46 others veered off course and failed to reach their targets.
During the Russian nighttime drone attack on Zaporizhzhia, roofs and windows of 15 apartment buildings and six private homes were damaged.
Russian forces launched an attack on Zaporizhzhia using 10 drones, causing blast damage to warehouse facilities and triggering fires.
An explosion occurred in Kharkiv’s Saltivskyi district during an attack by Shahed drones.
16 February 2025
Ukraine's air defense forces shot down 95 Shahed-type attack UAVs, while 46 enemy decoy drones veered off course and failed to reach their targets.
On February 15, Ukrainian forces engaged in 261 combat clashes with Russian occupiers. In the Pokrovsk sector alone, Ukrainian troops successfully repelled 71 enemy attacks.
15 February 2025
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 176 clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops. Fighting is still ongoing in six sectors of the front, with the most battles taking place in Kupiansk and Pokrovsk.
In the Sumy region, Ukrainian border guards used small arms to destroy five of the latest Russian fiber-optic FPV drones.
On February 14, 112 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded at the front yesterday.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces have shot down 33 drones used by the Russian army to attack Ukraine since the evening of February 14.
Soldiers from the National Guard and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine used a drone to destroy a Russian Grad multiple launch rocket system in the Zaporizhzhia sector.
14 February 2025
On February 14, the Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 99 combat clashes with the Russian invaders. In particular, on the Pokrovsk front, the Ukrainian defenders repelled 26 enemy assaults.
Since the beginning of the day, 72 combat engagements between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops have been recorded at the front, with fighting still ongoing in seven sectors. The invaders are most active in the Pokrovsk sector.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine have shot down 73 Russian drones. Another 58 UAVs have been lost from tracking.
On February 13, 113 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders occurred at the front, most of them in the Pokrovsk and Kursk sectors.
On the night and morning of February 14, Russian forces launched attacks on Bohodukhiv and Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, leaving four people injured.
In Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region, 31 residents have been evacuated from settlements in the Kupiansk district, which remain under constant shelling by Russian forces.
Ukrainian defenders from the 22nd Separate Mechanized Brigade destroyed two Russian reconnaissance UAVs of the Zala and Supercam types in the Kharkiv sector.
A total of 106 children from 75 families are still residing in 17 settlements of Donetsk region, where mandatory evacuation is being enforced due to ongoing hostilities.
13 February 2025
Ukraine’s Defense Forces destroyed 85 drones launched by the Russian forces overnight, while 52 other enemy UAV decoys were lost in flight without causing any negative consequences.
On Wednesday, February 12, a total of 116 combat clashes occurred on the frontline, with 34 of them taking place in the Pokrovsk sector.