Shelling causes power outages in six regions of Ukraine
As of the morning of February 27, due to enemy shelling of energy infrastructure, consumers in six regions of Ukraine are without power.
27 February 2026
As of the morning of February 27, due to enemy shelling of energy infrastructure, consumers in six regions of Ukraine are without power.
In the village of Pidserednie, Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, the death toll from the Russian attack has risen to two, with rescuers recovering the body of a woman from under the rubble.
In the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region, rescuers from the State Emergency Service recovered a man's body from under the rubble.
Ukrainian forces are preemptively stopping attempts by small infantry groups of Russian invaders to advance toward the villages of Bohuslavka and Nova Kruhliakivka in the Kharkiv region.
26 February 2026
Ukrainian forces are preemptively stopping attempts by small infantry groups of Russian invaders to advance toward the villages of Bohuslavka and Nova Kruhliakivka in the Kharkiv region.
During the night, the enemy carried out about 20 drone and missile strikes on Zaporizhzhia, leaving 10 people injured.
Air Defense Forces destroyed two Russian Zircon cruise missiles, four ballistic missiles, 24 cruise missiles, two X-69 missiles, and 374 drones.
Russia attacked Ukraine at night with 420 drones, most of which were Shahed drones, as well as 39 missiles of various types. As of now, dozens of people are known to have been wounded, including children.
Over the past day, the regional center and 13 other settlements in the Kharkiv region have been under Russian attack, resulting in 16 casualties, including two children.
Over the past day, the regional center and 13 other settlements in the Kharkiv region have been under Russian attack, resulting in 16 casualties, including two children.
Over the past day, the regional center and 13 other settlements in the Kharkiv region have been under Russian attack, resulting in 16 casualties, including two children.
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On February 25, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 235 combat clashes with Russian invaders along the frontlines.
The enemy carried out at least 12 strikes on Zaporizhzhia, setting a high-rise residential building on fire, damaging shopping centers, and injuring at least seven people.
Russian forces have attacked Kharkiv with missiles and drones, impacts have been recorded in the Slobidskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, and Saltivskyi districts. There are casualties, fires have broken out across the city.
25 February 2026
Olena Kurylo, a resident of the town of Chuhuiv in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, whose photograph published on February 24, 2022 appeared on the front pages of dozens of international media outlets, returned to Ukraine in June 2023 and has recently started working for a civic organization that provides free legal assistance.
On February 24, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Security Service and gave the security forces carte blanche to suppress any dissent ahead of the Russian State Duma elections in September 2026.
The number of enemy assaults has decreased slightly in the area under the control of border units.
Since February 24, Russian forces have launched around 60 drones targeting gas infrastructure in the Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the National Police of Ukraine have formally charged an 18-year-old woman from Kharkiv who lured police officers to the site of a terrorist attack in Lviv on the night of February 22.
The government is accelerating the construction of anti-drone nets in border and frontline areas, allocating an additional ₴1.6 billion for this purpose.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Zaporizhzhia detained and served a notice of suspicion to an agent of Russian intelligence services who attempted to get a job at a Ukrainian defense industry enterprise.
Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction needs for the next decade exceed USD 587.7 billion, having grown by 12.2% over the past year.
24 February 2026
Russian forces have carried out an airstrike on the Synelnykove district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, killing two people and injuring five others.
To understand what resistance to tyranny means today, you need to come to Ukraine
Four years ago, on February 24, 2022, at around 3:40, the first column of Russian tanks entered Ukraine’s Luhansk region, while residents of many Ukrainian cities awoke to the first enemy missile strikes.
An enemy attack on the Zaporizhzhia district left one person injured; a fire broke out on the premises of an agricultural enterprise.
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.
In January 2026, Ukrainians paid UAH 13.8 billion in military levy to the state budget, 30% more than in the same month last year.
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.