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Ukrainian soldiers person made melodramatic battlefield gains connected nan eastbound frontlines aft Russian troops mislaid entree to Starlink outer internet, a US-based deliberation vessel said.
Ukrainian forces managed to recapture 78 sq miles from Russia betwixt Wednesday and Sunday, balanced to nan Russian gains for nan full period of December, information from nan Institute for nan Study of War showed.
It marks nan astir onshore retaken by Kyiv’s forces successful specified a short play since a June 2023 counteroffensive, undoing weeks of Russian advances to nan eastbound of Zaporizhzhia metropolis at a important clip up of talks pinch Russia today.
Delegations will meet successful Geneva connected Tuesday and Wednesday for a caller information of US-mediated bid talks that nan Kremlin says are apt to attraction connected land, nan main sticking point.
Russia is still asserting hardline demands that Ukraine cede nan remaining 20% of nan eastbound region of Donetsk that Moscow has grounded to seizure - thing Kyiv refuses to do.
Nine injured pursuing 'attack connected power infrastructure' successful Ukraine
Volodymr Zelensky says that rescue and repair efforts are ongoing successful galore regions of Ukraine pursuing dense strikes overnight.
Writing connected societal media, nan president describes a “combined strike, deliberately calculated to origin arsenic overmuch harm arsenic imaginable to our power sectors”, which has been pounded by Russian strikes done nan coldest wintertime successful almost 20 years.
“In Odesa, tens of thousands of group are without power and h2o proviso aft nan drone strike,” he writes.
“In total, 12 regions were targeted and, unfortunately, 9 group person been reported injured, including children. More than 10 residential buildings and railway infrastructure were damaged.”
James Reynolds17 February 2026 08:00
Russia 'launches complete 400 drones and missiles astatine Ukraine'
Ukraine is claiming that Russia launched 396 drones and 29 missiles overnight, representing a caller high.
The Air Force announced successful its greeting study that 4 ballistic missiles and 18 drones struck 13 different targets crossed nan country.
It said Ukrainian forces changeable down 25 missiles and 367 drones.
James Reynolds17 February 2026 07:45
Putin progressively reliant connected overseas fighters to conflict Ukraine war, says Healey
Vladimir Putin is becoming progressively reliant connected overseas fighters to conflict his warfare successful Ukraine, defence caput John Healey said.
Russia is facing much losses than it tin switch pinch mobilising much troops, he said, speaking connected nan sidelines of nan Munich Security Conference.
The mounting losses are forcing Russia to dangle much connected thousands of overseas fighters, including recruits from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Cuba, Nigeria and Senegal, he said.
They are "often recruited nether mendacious pretences and press-ganged nether unit without needfully realising that they’re destined for nan Russian nutrient instrumentality connected nan beforehand statement of Ukraine,” Healey said.
His remarks travel aft Ukrainian defence curate Mykhailo Fedorov told his European counterparts that Kyiv was capable to inflict much Russian casualties than nan Kremlin was capable to enlistee complete nan past 2 months.
Healey added that North Korean troops committed to fighting for Russia are estimated to beryllium astir 17,000.
"Putin likes to springiness nan belief that they’re making relentless and inevitable advancement but he’s weaker than he’s been and much reliant than he’s been connected overseas fighters,” Healey said.
Arpan Rai17 February 2026 07:29
Russians, Americans and Ukrainians: Who is participating successful today's bid talks
The high-stakes bid talks to extremity nan warfare successful Ukraine are group to statesman successful Geneva today. Here’s what we cognize astir nan officials heading location to participate successful nan talks.
Ukrainian General Kyrylo Budanov, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky's main of staff, posted a photograph connected Telegram showing himself opinionated adjacent to a train pinch different members of nan negotiating team, which is owed to beryllium led successful Geneva by Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's nationalist information and defence assembly chief.
Entering aliases leaving Ukraine entails a agelong overland journey, moreover for VIPs, arsenic nan country's airspace is closed because of nan war.
Vladimir Putin's advisor Vladimir Medinsky, who headed Moscow's squad of negotiators successful nan first nonstop bid talks pinch Ukraine successful Istanbul successful March 2022 and who has forcefully pushed Putin's warfare goals, is returning to lead Moscow's delegation.
Medinsky has written respective history books that attraction connected exposing purported Western land against Russia and denigrate Ukraine.
Igor Kostyukov, nan caput of Russian subject intelligence, and lawman overseas curate Mikhail Galuzin, on pinch different officials, will besides beryllium successful nan delegation, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
Putin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev will besides recreation to Geneva for abstracted talks pinch nan US connected economical cooperation, according to Peskov.
Moscow and Kyiv are keen to connection early business opportunities to Washington.
It is not clear which American officials would beryllium successful Geneva. At caller talks successful Abu Dhabi, nan superior of nan United Arab Emirates, nan Trump management was represented by envoys Steve Witkoff and nan president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Arpan Rai17 February 2026 07:20
Watch: Ukraine neutralises North Korean 'Koksan' artillery aft detecting power signature
Arpan Rai17 February 2026 07:10
Ukraine sanctions 10 Russian athletes for supporting Putin's war
Ukraine has sanctioned astatine slightest 10 Russian athletes who person actively supported Russia’s aggression successful Ukraine, president Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The sanctions will use to sports figures who visited occupied Ukrainian territories, publically defended Russia’s penetration and occupation, raised costs for Russian forces, aliases organised events for Ukrainian children forcibly abducted by Russia, nan statesmanlike agency said.
“This Ukrainian sanctions package should beryllium a awesome to others astir nan world – a awesome that 1 cannot simply move a unsighted oculus to support for aggression,” Zelensky said.
“When Ukrainians astatine nan Olympics are forbidden to moreover mention nan victims of Russian aggression, that is intelligibly a world rollback of justice. We will reconstruct justice,” he added.
Arpan Rai17 February 2026 07:00
Ukrainian territory remains cardinal talking constituent astatine Geneva bid talks
Representatives of Ukraine and Russia are group to meet successful Geneva successful a fewer hours' clip for a caller information of US-mediated bid talks that nan Kremlin says are apt to attraction connected land, nan main sticking point.
Russia is demanding that Ukraine cede nan remaining 20 per cent of nan eastbound region of Donetsk that Moscow has grounded to seizure – thing Kyiv refuses to do.
“This time, nan thought is to talk a broader scope of issues, including, in fact, nan main ones. The main issues interest both nan territories and everything other related to nan demands we person put forward," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters connected Monday.
The venue has switched to nan Swiss lakeside metropolis aft Abu Dhabi hosted 2 rounds of talks that some sides described arsenic constructive but which grounded to scope immoderate awesome breakthrough.
Arpan Rai17 February 2026 06:50
Poland shuts airports owed to ongoing subject operation
Authorities successful Poland person temporarily closed airports successful Rzeszow and Lublin because of subject aviation operations, nan Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) said this morning.
Polish commanders said subject aviation operations began successful nan country's airspace owed to strikes by Russia's long-range aerial forces connected Ukrainian territory.
Arpan Rai17 February 2026 06:37
Trump pressures Ukraine up of bid talks successful Geneva
Donald Trump is pressuring Ukraine to scope a woody pinch Russia up of nan US-brokered talks successful Geneva today.
“It’s easy… Ukraine amended travel to nan table, fast,” nan US president said, speaking to nan reporters onboard Air Force One while en way to Washington.
Officials successful Kyiv confirmed a Ukrainian delegation was heading to Geneva connected Monday for different information of talks pinch Russian officials, up of adjacent week's 4th day of Russia's full-scale invasion.
Trump’s remarks did not telephone for action from nan Russian side, which has been seeking Ukraine’s territory and governmental concessions from Kyiv without budging from its demands.
Moscow wants Ukraine to cede nan entirety of nan Donbas area, including areas it has grounded to seizure by force.
Arpan Rai17 February 2026 06:35
Watch: Ukraine talks will beryllium 'very easy', says Trump
Arpan Rai17 February 2026 06:26
