It has been the 1089th day of the Ukrainian resistance to the russian military aggression.
What happened in Ukraine today:
Here is operational information of the General Staff as of 4 pm:
The situation on the frontline remains difficult. Ukraine’s defence forces are making efforts to disrupt the russian aggressor’s offensive plans and destroy its personnel and equipment.
On 16 February, there were 79 combat engagements on the frontline. Most of the fighting occurred Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka.
Enemy artillery and mortar fire affected communities in Mkhy and Huta-Studenetska in Chernihiv oblast; Ponomarenky, Khlebohorob, Dmytrivka, Shalyhine, Korenok, Kucherivka in Sumy oblast.
Towards Kupiansk, the enemy stormed the positions of Ukrainian troops seven times in the vicinity of Petropavlivka, Zahryzove, Bohuslavka and Pishchane. Three firefights are still ongoing.
Towards Lyman, the invading army carried out 12 attacks on Ukrainian positions near Novoserhiivka, Novoiehorivka, Novoplatonivka, Novoliubivka, Nove, Novomykhailivka, Yampolivka, Kolodiazi and Dronivka. Four firefights are still ongoing.
Towards Kramatorsk, the occupiers attacked seven times. Four hostile attacks on the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the vicinity of Chasiv Yar and Vasukivka are currently underway.
Towards Toretsk, there were eight russian attacks in the vicinity of Toretsk and Krymske. Ukrainian troops repelled five of them, and the fighting continues.
Towards Pokrovsk, there were 19 enemy attempts to push Ukrainina defenders from their positions near the settlements of Vodiane Druhe, Yelizavetivka, Promin, Lysivka, Pishchane, Udachne, Uspenivka, Nadiivka, Oleksiivka, Andriivka, Dachne and Ulakly. Ukrainian defence forces are holding back the enemy’s attack and repelled 18 attacks, with one firefight still ongoing.
Towards Novopavlivka, the invaders attacked 13 times near Kostiantynopil, Burlatske and Novosilka. Five attacks have already been repelled. The fighting continues.
Towards Orikhiv, the occupation forces made six assaults on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the vicinity of Novoandriivka, Piatikhatky, Shcherbaky and Mali Shcherbaky. Three firefights are still ongoing.
Towards Kherson, Huliaipole Kharkiv and Siversk, there were no combat engagements.
The operation in Kursk oblast continues. Ukrainian soldiers repelled two enemy attacks, and four firefights are currently underway. The enemy launched 320 artillery strikes, including 10 from multiple launch rocket systems.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy states that over the past week, russia has fired nearly 1,220 bombs, more than 850 attack drones and more than 40 missiles of various types at the territory of Ukraine.
Oleksandr Senkevych, Mayor of Mykolaiv, announces that as a result of russia’s night attack on Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv CHP plant was damaged. The attack left 46,000 consumers without heat.
Recent war events in the east of Ukraine
Kharkiv oblast
Frontline
The RMA reports that towards Kharkiv, there were no combat engagements.
Towards Kupyansk sector, the occupant stormed the positions of Ukrainian troops seven times in the vicinity of Petropavlivka, Zahryzove, Bohuslavka and Pishchane. Three firefights are ongoing.
In total, there were 12 attacks towards Lyman. In particular, attacks took place near Novoserhiivka and Novoplatonivka in Kharkiv oblast.
Towards Kharkiv, the enemy stormed the positions of Ukrainian troops five times in the vicinity of Vovchansk, Tykhe and towards Kozacha Lopan.
Towards Kupiansk, defence forces repelled enemy assaults near Dvorichna, Petropavlivka, Stepova Novoselivka, Kolisnykivka, Lozova and towards Novooosynove, where there were 39 attacks.
Viktor Trehubov, Spokesman for the Khortytsia military unit, says that russian troops started paying more attention to Kupiansk, increasing the number of attacks to 39 per day.
Viktor Trehubov, Spokesman for the Khortytsia military unit, says that russian troops keep trying to cross the Oskil river in Kharkiv oblast and form a stable foothold there.
Shelling
The RMA reported that around 06:40, Bohodukhiv region, Zolochiv village came under russian attack. Two anti-aircraft missiles hit the open area. The windows of the administrative building and shops were damaged. There was no information about the victims.
The day before, Kupiansk region, Petro-Ivanivka village was under attack. A 60-year-old man was injured as a result of the shelling. A private house was damaged.
At 15:19 Kharkiv district, the village of Rai-Olenivka came under attack. The wreckage of a UAV, preliminary – Geranium-2, was found. There were no casualties.
Donetsk oblast
Frontline
Oleksii Khilchenko, Commander of the Spartan brigade, reports that the number of attacks increased towards Pokrovsk yesterday. russian troops were preparing for a massive attack and were waiting for bad weather.
The occupiers attacked the positions of the Defence Forces in small assault groups: they walk 15-20 kilometres to the front line of the Ukrainian defence. On average, the russian army uses more than 100 infantrymen per day in assaults in the area of responsibility of the Spartan brigade, including wounded and injured Russian soldiers.
Viktor Trehubov, Spokesman for the Khortytsia military unit, says that Ukrainian troops drove the russian army out of the village of Pishchane towards Pokrovsk. It was possible to clear the village of the occupants due to ‘effective cooperation’ of units of attack drones and assault groups of the Defence Forces.
On the map of the Deep State analytical project on 9 February, the territory of Pishchane village was marked as liberated from russian troops. At the same time, the Khortytsia military unit, when asked about the successes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Pokrovsk front on 11 February, stated that they would report on this only after the complete liberation of the settlement. On 15 February, President Zelenskyy announced successes near Pokrovsk at the Munich Security Conference.
Yesterday, the General Staff recorded a record number of russian attacks in a day in 2025. The invaders stormed Ukrainian positions along the entire frontline 261 times, including 181 attacks by russian troops in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. Prior to that, the General Staff had recorded more than 200 battles per day in 2025 only twice: 213 attacks on 10 January and 211 attacks on 24 January.
Most of the attacks took place towards Pokrovsk. The occupiers attacked 71 times near Zelenyi Pole, Tarasivka, Vodiane Druha, Myroliubivka, Yelizavetivka, Promen, Lysivka, Dachenske, Shevchenko, Pishchane, Kotlynove, Nadiivka, Andriivka and Udachne.
Ukrainian troops repelled more than 20 more attacks towards Lyman, Kramatorsk and Novopavlivka.
The Khortytsia military unit reported that Ukrainian troops destroyed at least six tanks and 28 armoured vehicles of the russian army in the battles in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts yesterday. The occupation army resumed attacks with armoured vehicles.
Azov Brigade fighters destroyed a russian Grad multiple rocket launcher system near Toretsk. The system was hit by an FPV drone when it was on night duty, the brigade said.
Shelling
Anastasia Medviedieva, Spokeswoman for the regional prosecutor’s office, reports that the shelling of Bilytske killed a married couple aged 37 and 38. The russian army had previously dropped a FAB-500 bomb with a correction module on the town,’ said . Vadym Filashkin, Head of the regional military administration, says that the occupiers damaged at least six multi-storey buildings, an administrative building, a shop and a power line.
Serhii Horbunov, Head of the RMA, states that around 8:30, the russian army shelled the village of Markove in Kostiantynivka community. The occupiers damaged at least two private houses,’ said .
Over the past day, the police recorded 2,202 enemy attacks on the frontline and residential areas. The towns of Kostiantynivka, Pokrovsk, Toretsk, and the villages of Dovha Balka, Ivanopillia, and Katerynivka came under attack. 30 civilian objects were damaged, including 25 residential buildings.
russian troops dropped 6 FAB-250 bombs on Dovha Balka of Illinivska community and the surrounding area, damaging 13 private houses.
In Ivanopillia, 10 houses were damaged as a result of a bomb hit.
The enemy attacked Kostiantynivka with artillery – a private house, a garage, and two civilian cars were damaged.
In Pokrovsk, an artillery strike damaged a private house.
Other
Three veterans from Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts – Oleksandr Andrienko, Viktor Dykyi and Denys Smolnikov – won bronze medals at the Invictus Games 2025 as part of the Ukrainian national sitting volleyball team. In the third place match, the Ukrainians beat Great Britain 2-0. For Ukraine, this is the first medal in team sports in the history of its participation in the Invictus Games.
The postage stamp ‘Cities of Heroes. Volnovakha’ stamp dedicated to the city in Donetsk oblast, which was an important railway junction on Mariupol-Donetsk and Mariupol-Zaporizhzhia lines, is to be put into circulation by Ukrposhta on 18 February. Ukrposhta announced this on its official website. The card with the inscription ‘I am Volnovakha. Je suis Volnovakha’, as conceived by the authors, refers to the tragic events of 2015, when the russian army shot Ukrainian soldiers and civilians at a checkpoint near the city. According to Volnovakha Region Council on its Telegram page, 12 people were killed and 18 others were injured.
Luhansk oblast
Luhansk regional military administration states that russian troops carried out eight assault attacks towards Lyman. Yesterday, their number more than tripled to 27. In particular, Ukrainian troops repelled enemy attempts to advance in the vicinity of Novoiehorivka, Hrekivka and Dibrova. The invaders used 175 unmanned aerial vehicles to attack the positions of the Ukrainian Defence Forces and shelled them six times with artillery.
At the same time, the occupation administration continues to illegally ‘nationalise’ property in Siverskodonetsk. 504 apartments in apartment buildings have been declared ownerless and transferred to the ownership of the occupation authorities. Such decisions are made because the owners failed to claim their rights to housing within 30 days of their absence being established. At the same time, most residents were forced to evacuate to safe regions of Ukraine or go abroad. In addition to residential premises, shops, pharmacies, banks, hairdressers, funeral homes and other non-residential properties were included in the list of ‘nationalised’ property. The process of illegal alienation of property will continue – every month, the occupation administration approves new lists of objects for ‘nationalisation’. At the same time, these are only the surviving premises suitable for use, as most of the city’s housing stock has been destroyed or severely damaged.
In addition, in Siverskodonetsk, some local residents install home internet at their own risk, which is provided unofficially. The cost of connection is 18 thousand rubles, but using such a connection remains dangerous – if detected, russian law enforcement agencies may impose sanctions against citizens. At the moment, the city remains without mobile communication, as well as without access to mobile and home internet. Officially, communication is only available through payphones or wired telephone lines.
The Yellow Ribbon Movement reported that there are less than 25,000 children left in kindergartens in the occupied part of Luhansk oblast. The demographic indicators in the region are rapidly deteriorating.
What is happening now in the north of Ukraine
Kyiv oblast
The Regional Military Administration reported damage in Kyiv oblast as a result of a nighttime russian attack. The alarm lasted more than 5 hours. In the Boryspil district, the roof of a production warehouse caught fire and was destroyed, and one private house was damaged. In Brovary district, 6 private houses were damaged.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine informed that liquidation of consequences of the russian drone strike on Chornobyl NPP is ongoing. On 15 February, rescuers were working to partially open the NSC Arch structures and fill the voids with fire extinguishing substances under the roof of the building. The work of specialists is complicated by sub-zero temperatures, snow and icy conditions.
Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspected Chornobyl NPP shelter damaged by a russian drone strike on 14 February. According to them, the radiation level at the site has not changed. On site, the IAEA representatives detected smoke from the NSC roof and the smell of burnt plastic, and noted that the fire was fuelled by flammable material in the roof lining.
In the forest near the village of Potashnia, foresters found a russian high-explosive bomb left over from the occupation. Sappers of the State Emergency Service seized it, transported it and destroyed it with a controlled explosion.
On 15 February, a peaceful demonstration dedicated to Valentine’s Day, ‘We Fight Because We Love!’, was held in Kyiv. Several hundred people gathered on Maidan Nezalezhnosti to support Ukrainian soldiers and civilians who were taken prisoner by russia and went missing at the frontline.
Zhytomyr oblast
Ovruch City Council reported that this week five Starlink terminals and two quadcopters were purchased using the community’s funds and handed over to the military. The total amount of the aid is almost UAH 330,000.
Rescuers in Zhytomyr oblast received humanitarian aid in the form of two vehicles from the Lithuanian Public Initiatives Support Fund. One of the vehicles is a 30-metre ladder truck designed for rescue and firefighting operations at the height of a 9-storey building, while the second vehicle is intended for prompt delivery of personnel to the scene.
Students and teachers of lyceums No. 12 and No. 25 from Zhytomyr visited Japan as part of the Sakura Science Exchange Programme. The visit became a part of international cultural exchange and scientific and educational cooperation between Ukrainian and Japanese schoolchildren. The discussion about environmental safety and consequences of nuclear disasters became the main purpose of the trip.
Sumy oblast
On 16 February, anti-aircraft gunners shot down 11 enemy Shahed-type UAVs over Sumy oblast. Since the beginning of 2025, 423 russian drones have been destroyed.
During night and morning, russians carried out 4 shelling attacks on border areas and settlements in Sumy oblast, resulting in 8 explosions. The attacks targeted Verkhnia Syrovatka, Krasnopillia, Bilopillia, and Shalyhyne communities.
On 15 February, Iryna Biriukova, Head of Velyka Pysarivka community, reported that in Velyka Pysarivka, on Tsentralna Street, a russian drone scattered explosives. The local authorities are asking people not to move through the section of the village from the center to the church.
During the past day, the russian military carried out 40 shelling attacks in Sumy oblast. A total of 62 explosions were recorded. The enemy dropped VOG grenades from UAVs (12 explosions), conducted airstrikes by GABs (3 explosions), air strikes by NARs from a helicopter (4 explosions), FPV-drone strikes (10 explosions), UAV strikes (1 explosion), mortar shelling (19 explosions), and artillery shelling (13 explosions).
On 15 February, eight communities were under enemy fire: Sumy, Khotin, Yunakivka, Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, Velyka Pysarivka, Shalyhyne, and Seredyna-Buda. As a result of a UAV strike on Sumy community, one civilian was injured, and five private residential houses were damaged. In Yunakivka community, four private residential houses were damaged due to shelling.
Chernihiv oblast
Chernihiv Border Guard detachment reported that during the day on 15 February, the russian army attacked two border communities in Chernihiv oblast: Semenivka and Snovsk. They used FPV-drones (6 explosions), UAVs (17 explosions), and mortars (14 explosions). Eight villages were under fire.
Viktoriia Volvych, Head of Generation of Success NGO, informed that approximately 45,000 square meters of camouflage nets and over 500 ghillie suits have been sent to the front lines by volunteers of the NGO from Pryluky over nearly three years.
Recent events in the central regions of Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk oblast
Mykola Lukashuk, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council, reported that during the day, the occupiers attacked Nikopol region about fifteen times. They used artillery, kamikaze drones and dropped ammunition from drones. A 52-year-old man died in Nikopol as a result of enemy attacks. A 74-year-old man was also injured. The enemy targeted the regional centre and Marhanets community. Enterprises, 16 private houses, 12 outbuildings, cars and a bus, a garage, a greenhouse, 4 power lines and the same number of gas pipelines were damaged.
Vinnytsia oblast
During the week of 10-16 February 2025, it became known that 21 defenders from Vinnytsia oblast were killed.
Poltava oblast
The Ukrainian team won a bronze medal for third place in sitting volleyball at the Invictus Games 2025. The team includes an athlete from Poltava oblast, Yaroslav Sharkyi. Yaroslav is a member of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and was injured during a combat mission in Luhansk oblast in July 2023.
Cherkasy oblast
Ihor Taburets, Cherkasy Regional Military Administration, reported that at night, Ukrainian defence forces shot down 12 russian UAVs in Cherkasy oblast. For the first time, the open regional winter sitting volleyball cup “Place of Power Cherkasy Oblast” among military personnel was held in Cherkasy.
In Cherkasy, relatives of captured and missing defenders gathered for the weekly action “Don’t be silent — captivity kills!”.
Latest news from the front of the southern regions of Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia oblast
Ivan Fedorov, Head of the RMA, reported that russian forces struck Bilenke community, damaging windows in private houses. There were no casualties reported.
According to the CMA, explosions were heard in the temporarily occupied city of Berdiansk.
As reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on 15 February, Ukrainian Defence Forces repelled 2 russian attacks near Novoandriivka on Orikhiv region.
Based on the information provided by the Regional Police Department, russian forces attacked Malokaterynivka by FPV drones, destroying a civilian vehicle and damaging windows in a private house and a fence.
Ivan Fedorov, Head of the RMA, stated that on 15 February, russian forces launched 227 attacks on 12 settlements in Zaporizhzhia oblast, including 96 drone strikes on Malokaterynivka, Kamianske, Huliaipole, Orikhiv, Shcherbaky, Novodanylivka, Mala Tokmachka, Charivne and Novodarivka.
Mykolaiv oblast
Referring to the RMA, on the night of 16 February, russian forces launched a massive Shahed drone attack on Mykolaiv. Ukrainian air defence shot down 9 attack drones. A 64-year-old man was injured. His condition is stable. A critical infrastructure facility caught fire, and the shockwave damaged 5 apartment buildings, shops and offices.
Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister, informed that as a result of the attack, 46,000 households in Mykolaiv were left without heating until 4pm. A russian drone damaged a thermal power station, but the city has deployed 67 invisibility centres and begun connecting 3 modular boiler stations in healthcare facilities.
Odesa oblast
According to the Air Forces of Ukraine, during the night, russian forces launched 2 ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea toward Odesa oblast.
Kherson oblast
The RMA reported that russian forces attacked Beryslav by drones, damaging an administrative building used as an Invincibility centre and humanitarian hub. There were no injuries reported.
At 3:30pm, russian forces shelled Tsentralnyi district of Kherson, leaving a 74-year-old woman with a concussion, blast injuries and a traumatic brain injury. She was hospitalised.
Roman Mrochko, Head of the CMA, said that due to russian shelling, parts of Dniprovskyi district in Kherson lost electricity and water supplies. Specialists are assessing the damage.
According to the National Police, on 15 February, russian forces attacked police officers in Korabelnyi district of Kherson by an FPV drone, injuring 2 officers with shrapnel wounds. Both are in the hospital.
The RMA reported that on 15 February, russian forces shelled 20 settlements in Kherson oblast, damaging a high-rise building, 4 private houses and vehicles. There were no casualties reported.
Latest news for today in the western regions of Ukraine
Volyn oblast
Over the past 2 weeks, Lutsk community sent 6 DJI Mavic 3T, 9 DJI Mavic 3PRO, 6 EcoFlow, 10 DJI Mavic 3 Intelligent Flight Battery batteries, 10 1p5s battery assemblies, 2 EW Shelter 6M, Starlink, and 10 FPV drones to the military.
Zakarpattia oblast
3–15 February, the Rakoczi Society, in cooperation with the Consulate General of Hungary in Uzhhorod and Zakarpattia RMA, organized a vacation for 200 children from Ukraine in their camps in the city of Shatoroljauygej. Over the past five weeks, over 700 children from Ukraine have visited here, and since the beginning of the war, a total of about 7,000, including from Zakarpattia oblast.
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
The RMA held a meeting with representatives of the Military Chaplains of Pokuttya public organization. They discussed allocating a room in Zabolotivsk community, which will serve the needs of veterans and servicemen.
Lviv oblast
The memory of Maksym Kot, fallen soldier of the 80th Separate Halician Airborne Assault Brigade, was immortalized in Lviv. The defender was killed on 25 May 2024.
In Lviv oblast, traffic will be stopped during a minute of silence. Every morning at 9:00am, police officers will remind drivers of the need to stop. All vehicles in settlements will stop for a minute, except for emergency vehicles.
Rivne oblast
In 2024, 8 cogeneration units were installed at the heat supply enterprises of Rivne, Dubno, and Zdolbuniv thanks to the USAID project.
Ternopil oblast
Ternopil community allocated assistance for 21 wounded defenders for treatment and rehabilitation.
Ternopil City Council reported that in January, UAH 25,200 and UAH 173,900, respectively, were allocated for free prescriptions and dental prosthetics services for veterans and their family members.
Khmelnytskyi oblast
22 families of captured or missing defenders of Khmelnytskyi community received assistance. The total amount of assistance is UAH 1.1m.
The III degree For Courage Order was awarded to Junior Sergeant Volodymyr Krachan, Senior Private Mykhailo Potapov, Privates Yevhen Syrotyuk, Bohdan Kobchenko and Rostyslav Melnyk (posthumously).
Chernivtsi oblast
The Energy Hub group has been operating at the Anton Kokhanovsky Lyceum №22 in Chernivtsi for a year now. Every day at 2:00pm, one of the classes meets in the dining room. Here, children prepare energy breakfasts for the military.
International support of Ukraine in the russian-Ukrainian war (russia’s invasion of Ukraine)
The Netherlands sent 25 YPR armored tracked vehicles for transporting the wounded to Ukraine.
Germany announced the sending in the near future of about 100 missiles for IRIS-T to Ukraine. The assistance will arrive in Ukraine.
Germany and Ukraine have signed a joint declaration of intent to open a Ukrainian Unity Hub in Berlin. This will be a space that will facilitate the adaptation of internally displaced persons: it will help them study, develop their business and cultural initiatives.
Materials compiled by Tetyana Pidgorna, Olena Reka, Yana Hushchyna, Tamara Moshkovska, Sofia Ratynska, Ioanna Kryvenko, Helena Albahachiieva, Kristina Maknynia
Translated by Tetyana Pidgorna, Yana Hushchyna, Alla Litrovnyk, Liudmyla Stadnykova, Ilona Korolevska, Tetiana Moiseienko, Marharyta Koval, Tetiana Kurbatova
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