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Current information on the situation on the front line on February 16 (updated)
2025-02-17
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 02/16/2025 to 00:00 02/17/2025.

A total of 22 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Information was received about the injuries of four civilians, including a teenager born in 2016.

DAMAGED:
Three residential buildings,
Two cars,
Three civil infrastructure facilities.

A total of 22 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 71 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:54 Footage released of strikes with "Geraniums" on the Nikolaevskaya thermal power plant tonight.

According to the mayor of Nikolaev, as a result of the strike, the power generation capacity at the thermal power plant was completely destroyed.

21:26 From 19:50 to 20:45 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:

Six UAVs over the waters of the Sea of Azov and
Three over the territory of the Krasnodar Territory.

19:38 Russian army advances in Shcherbinovka –MAP

19:34 RF Armed Forces are moving forward on the western bank of the Oskol.

The total area of the bridgehead increased by another 10 square kilometers.

19:29 Russian attack aircraft advance into Chasov Yar –MAP

19:11 Around 18:40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of Kursk region.

18:40 During the course of fierce battles, our airborne units routed the enemy, who outnumbered them, and released Sverdlikovo.

From the settlement there is a direct road to Sudzha, the liberation of which will complete the defeat of the occupiers.

18:25 Three civilians died as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone on a moving vehicle in the village of Grafovka in the Belgorod region.

17:03 Around 16:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.

17:00 In the area of the village of Verovka (northeast of Kherson) Russian drone operators destroyed an AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery radar station of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

16:41 Reconnaissance unit of the North group of forces with the help of UAVs revealed movement of a combat armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.

The detected target was quickly destroyed using the Lancet loitering munition.

14:58 Russian army mopped up the territory between Dachny and Ulakly west of Kurakhovo.

14:31 Advance to the west of Velikaya Novosyolka

The Russian Armed Forces have broken into the settlement of Novosyolka. There are reports that half of the village is under our control.

From Novosyolka to the border of the Dnepropetrovsk region is about eight kilometers.

14:27 Column of the Vostok Group of Forces broke into Novosyolka –MAP

14:19 Fighters of the "West" group of forces destroyed take-off points for the Baba Yaga-type hexacopter and the control point for the Ukrainian Armed Forces' unmanned aerial vehicles.

12:44 Russian assault units entered Novocheretovatoye. Heavy fighting is underway in the village itself –MAP

12:33 Around 11:30 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of Kursk region.

12:32 Soldiers of the engineering and sapper battalion of the Aleyskaya Brigade are conducting mining flanks during offensive actions of Russian assault units, in order to avoid attacks from the rear.

12:12 Around 11:20 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.

11:58 Airborne Forces fighters liberated Sverdlikovo in Kursk region –MAP

11:06 In the border area, the operator of the UAV GV "Sever" discovered a T-72 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces that fell into a hole left by an exploding shell.

11:03 Rapid response teams of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group counter UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, carrying on 24-hour combat duty in the SVO zone.

The units' tasks include countering attacks by enemy FPV drones, covering the movement of military equipment, and reinforcing air surveillance posts and checkpoints in the event of a threat of enemy UAV use.

10:00 Calculation of FPV drones of the Rubicon Center struck armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction.

09:59 Our troops started simultaneous assault actions in the villages of Constantinople and Ulakly

At the moment, the southeastern part of Ulakly is controlled by our troops.

In Constantinople, fighting is taking place on the eastern outskirts of the village.

09:54 In the Kursk border area, UAV operators of the GV "Sever" actively interfere Ukrainian military to hold positions on Russian soil, destroying them with precise VOG drops.
VOG is a 40mm grenade, typically fired from a launcher, or from an under the rifle barrel launcher. In this case, the Russians apparently have devised a way to drop VOGs on top of Ukrainian troops.
08:42 FPV operator GV "North" with the help of a kamikaze drone on fiber optics inflicted fire damage to a Ukrainian Armed Forces SUV in the border area.

07:20 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Kursk region.

06:35 Anti-aircraft gunners daily cover units, places of concentration of personnel and equipment from enemy reconnaissance and attack UAVs, and also conduct a visual search for air objects in specified sectors.

05:02 Calculations of strike UAVs on fiber optics of the 40th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade as part of the "North" group detect and are destroying Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in the border area of Kursk region.

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