Timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war (1 January 2026 – present)

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This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 January 2026 to the present day.

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Timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)

January 2026

1 January

The Russian-installed governor of Kherson Oblast, Vladimir Saldo, said 28 people were killed while several others were injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on hotels and restaurants in Khorly  [ uk ]. Saldo accused Ukraine of deliberately targeting civilians during New Year's Eve celebrations. [1]

Multiple animals were killed and injured in a Russian airstrike on the Feldman Ecopark in Lisne  [ uk ], Kharkiv Oblast. [2]

Drones were reported over Moscow, shutting down local airports. They were believed to be timed to interfere with President Putin's New Year's speech. [3] Ukrainian drones struck the Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai and various sites in occupied Donetsk Oblast. [4]

Germany delivered two Patriot missile systems to Ukraine. [5]

2 January

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An apartment building in Kharkiv after the attack

Six people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Kharkiv. [6]

Kyrylo Budanov, head of the HUR, was appointed to replace Andriy Yermak as head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. [7]

Ukrainian drones struck the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery in Samara Oblast. [8]

Geolocated footage showed Ukrainian forces operating in Drobysheve near Lyman, an area Russian forces claimed they controlled. Geolocated footage showed Russian advances in the city of Kostiantynivka and northwest of the village of Oleksandro-Kalynove; and Russian advances towards Hryhorivka  [ uk ] and Prymorske near the Konka river. [9]

3 January

In Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts, 44 settlements were subjected to mandatory evacuation due to the deteriorating "security situation", affecting some 3,000 children and families. [10]

Geolocated footage indicated Russian advances in central Sotnytskyi Kozachok, northwest of Kharkiv; and northeast of Orikhovo-Vasylivka near the E40 highway. [11]

4 January

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Russian forces seized Podoly near Kupiansk. The Head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, claimed the Chechen 270th Akhmat-Kavkaz Motorized Rifle Regiment took the village of Bilohiria  [ uk ], southeast of Orikhiv. [12]

Russian authorities said two people were killed in Ukrainian drone strikes on Belgorod and Kursk Oblasts. [13]

Two people, including a National Guard of Ukraine officer, were injured in a car bombing in Obolonskyi District in Kyiv. A suspect was arrested. [14]

The mayor of Moscow claimed around 28 drones approached the city, leading to the cancellation of more than 200 flights as the Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports were closed. [15] Ukrainian drones struck the Energia enterprise at Yelets in Lipetsk Oblast. The plant makes batteries for various Russian weapon systems. [16]

President Zelenskyy dismissed Lieutenant General Serhii Deineko as head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, and replaced him on an interim basis with his deputy Valeriy Vavrynyuk. [17]

5 January

Clinic in Kyiv after the attack Destructions in Kyiv after Russian attack, 2026-01-05 (01).jpg
Clinic in Kyiv after the attack

Vasyl Malyuk was forced to resign as head of the SBU by President Zelenskyy. [18]

One person was killed in a Russian drone attack on Kyiv. [19]

Russia claimed to have taken Hrabovske in Sumy Oblast. [20]

Ukrainian drones destroyed a Russian 9S32M1 radar of an S-300V missile system in Donetsk Oblast. [21]

The Russian 136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade’s commander, Colonel Eric Selimov, was killed in a car crash in Alchevsk Raion in Luhansk Oblast. [22]

Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets reported Russian advances north of Yablunivka across Highway H20, and also in southeast Kostiantynivka. [23]

6 January

A Russian milblogger claimed Russian forces took the village of Pishchane, southeast of Kupiansk. [24]

Ukrainian drones struck targets in Penza and Sterlitamak. [25] Ukrainian drones struck Yaroslavl, with Yaroslavl Oil Refinery believed to be the target. [26] Ukrainian forces attacked the 100th Arsenal of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate located in Neya in Kostroma Oblast, which supplied ammunitions storages in the Central and Moscow military districts. Ukrainian forces also attacked an oil depot in Usmansky District in Lipetsk Oblast. [24]

7 January

Ukrainian drones set fire to the Oskolneftesnab oil depot near Kotel in Belgorod Oblast. A warehouse belonging to the Russian 20th Motor Rifle Division in Donetsk was also struck. [27]

Russian forces struck Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi ports in Odesa Oblast, killing one person and injuring five more. [28]

Geolocated footage showed Russian advances in north Yunakivka and Ukrainian advances in Vovchanski Khutory. [29]

8 January

Russian forces struck Lviv with an Oreshnik missile. [30]

DeepstateUA reported Russian forces took the villages of Andriivka in Sumy Oblast and Novomarkove  [ uk ] in Donetsk Oblast. [31] The Ukrainian Kursk Group of Forces denied the claim of Andriivka being captured. [32]

A Russian shadow fleet oil tanker Elbus was struck by a drone off the coast of Turkey. According to ASTRA, the tanker was headed to Novorossiysk and sustained damage, but no crew members were injured. The ship was towed to İnebolu for inspections. [33]

The pro-Ukrainian Freedom of Russia Legion set fire to some 15 trucks at the village of Kochegury in Belgorod Oblast. [34]

Geolocated footage showed Ukrainian forces continued to operate in Zahryzove  [ uk ] near Borova, an area Russian forces claimed they controlled, while the Russian Defense Ministry claimed Russian forces took the village of Bratske  [ uk ], south of Pokrovske. [35]

9 January

Apartment building in Kyiv after the attack Destructions in Kyiv after Russian attack, 2026-01-09 (01).jpg
Apartment building in Kyiv after the attack

Four people were killed in Russian airstrikes on Kyiv that also damaged the building housing the Qatari embassy. [36]

Ukrainian FP-2 drones struck a fuel train in Crimea and a military arms depot in Donetsk. [37] Ukrainian missiles struck the thermal power plants at Belgorod and Oryol, resulting in blackouts. [38]

The Minister for Development of Communities and Territories Oleksiy Kuleba, said Russian forces struck a vessel en route to Chornomorsk, and another vessel near Odesa, killing a Syrian national. [39]

Russian milbloggers claimed Russian forces took the village of Tyshchenkivka  [ uk ], northwest of Kupiansk. Geolocated footage showed Russian advances in west Novomarkove  [ uk ], and northwest of Stupochky  [ uk ] and Ivanopillia  [ uk ], all located east of Kostiantynivka. Geolocated footage showed Ukrainian advances west of Pryluky  [ uk ] and Russian infiltration in Zelene  [ uk ], both located north of Huliaipole. Geolocated footage showed Ukrainian forces continued to operate in central Stepnohirsk, an area Russian forces claimed they controlled. [30]

The SBU arrested two GRU agents who were accused of assessing the effectiveness of the Oreshnik missile strike on Lviv. [40]

10 January

Ukrainian drones set fire to the Volgograd oil refinery. [41] A drone warehouse in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, attached to the Russian 19th Motor Rifle Division, was attacked, as was an "UAV control point" near Pokrovsk. In Donetsk Oblast, a command post in Kurakhivka and a grouping of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division in Hirnyk were both attacked. [42] Voronezh was attacked by 70 drones and a Neptune missile according to the SHOT Telegram channel, while the Russian MoD claimed all were shot down. The air defense and 20 explosions caused by the drones lasted for an hour. [43]

Iraq established a commission to prevent Iraqi nationals from going to Russia to fight in Ukraine. [44]

Russian milbloggers claimed Russian forces seized Viroliubivka, north of Kostiantynivka, and the villages of Dobropillia  [ uk ] and Svyatopetrivka  [ uk ], both located north of Huliaipole. [45]

11 January

Voronezh Oblast Governor Alexander Gusev claimed a woman died and three were injured by a drone attack on Voronezh city. The Governor claimed several administrative buildings, a secondary school, ten private houses and ten apartment blocks were damaged in “one of the heaviest drone attacks since the start of the special military operation.” [46]

Russia deployed a new jet powered drone called the Geran-5, which carries a 90 kg (200 lb) warhead, has a strike range of 1,000 km (620 mi) and can be air launched by Su-25 aircraft according to HUR. [47]

Ukrainian drones struck three Lukoil drilling rigs on the Caspian Sea (the V. Filanovsky, Yuri Korchagin, and Valeri Graifer), a Buk-M3 missile system in Luhansk Oblast, and a Russian army warehouse in Kherson Oblast. [48]

Britain said it will develop a new ballistic missile for the defense of Ukraine. [49]

Geolocated footage showed Russian infiltration in south Podoly near Kupiansk, and Russian advances in east Kostyantynivka, and in west Ridkodub  [ uk ] near Borova. [50]

12 January

Ukrainian drones struck the Novocherkassk Thermal Power Plant  [ ru ] in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, causing a power outage in the region. [51]

Russian forces struck energy infrastructure in Odesa Oblast, causing significant damage and leaving 33,500 consumers without electricity. [52] Russian forces also struck two vessels near Odesa Oblast, injuring one person. [53]

The Russian defense ministry claimed Russian forces took Novoboikivske  [ uk ] village, east of Stepnohirsk,in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. [54]

13 January

Four people were killed in a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv. [55]

The SBU said it carried out an attack on a Russian UAV factory in Taganrog in cooperation with the Ukrainian Navy. [56]

Three Greek-owned tankers, the Delta Harmony, the Matilda and the Delta Supreme, were attacked and damaged by unknown maritime drones en route to the Caspian Pipeline Consortium at Novorossiysk. [57]

A Russian source confirmed the Ukrainian recapture of Kurylivka and Kucherivka  [ uk ], Ukrainian control of Petropavlivka, and Ukrainian advances in west and east Podoly; all near Kupyansk. Geolocated footage confirmed Russian advances east of Nova Kruhlyakivka  [ uk ], northeast of Borova. [58]

14 January

A Russian air defence missile accidentally struck an apartment block in Rostov-on-Don, starting a fire. Mayor Alexander Skryabin blamed the fire on "Ukrainian drone debris." [59] The city was targeted by Ukrainian drones and missiles with its fuel storage tank reportedly ablaze. [60] The Governor of Rostov Oblast, Yury Slyusar, claimed one person was killed and five were injured, including a four-year-old, by falling drone debris. [61] The Governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed two people were killed in drone strikes. [62]

The Russian defense ministry claimed Russian forces crossed the international border into Sumy Oblast and took the village of Komarivka  [ uk ]. [63]

President Zelenskyy declared a state of emergency in the Ukrainian energy sector due to Russian attacks and adverse winter conditions. [64]

15 January

Ukrainian drones set fire to the Nevinnomyssk Azot  [ ru ] chemical plant in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Oblast. The plant made ingredients for explosives such as TNT and RDX used by the Russian military. This marked the fifth time the plant was struck since June 2025. [65]

The mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, claimed a major critical energy infrastructure facility was destroyed by a Russian strike. [66]

Russian forces struck the port of Chornomorsk, damaging a docked vessel. [67]

DeepstateUA reported that Russian forces took the village of Krasnohirske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. [68]

16 January

A Ukrainian drone struck a high-rise building in Ryazan, damaging two apartments and injuring two people. Drone debris also struck an "industrial enterprise" according to Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov. [69]

Geolocated footage published on January 16 confirmed Russia's control over Dobropillia  [ uk ]. ISW assessed that Russian forces also took Varvarivka  [ uk ]; both are located north of Huliaipole. Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the villages of Pavlivka  [ uk ] near Stepnohirsk, and Kruhle  [ uk ] in Kharkiv Oblast near the international border. The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the villages of Zakitne  [ uk ] near Siversk and Olenokostyantynivka  [ uk ] near Huliaipole. [70]

17 January

The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the village of Pryvillia, south of Rai-Oleksandrivka  [ uk ], Donetsk Oblast. [71]

18 January

Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the villages of Ozerne, near Lyman and Novyi Donbas  [ uk ], east of Dobropillia. [72]

Ukrainian drones strikes on electricity infrastructure in Russian-occupied Ukraine left over 200,000 households in Zaporizhzhia Oblast without power, according to Russian occupation officials. [73]

The container ship Aurelia was struck by a drone some 80-90 nautical miles at sea, after its departure from the Russian port of Novorossiysk. The strike severely damaged several containers but did not damage the ship or injury to crew. It stopped at the Turkish port of Samsun to have the damaged containers removed. [74]

19 January

Russian forces launched three airstrikes on Kharkiv's Slobidskyi District, killing one person and injuring 11 more. [75]

The Ukrainian military said it had carried out an attack that destroyed a Russian drone warehouse in Novokrasnianka  [ uk ], Luhansk Oblast. [76]

The SBU captured a Russian officer accused of executing nine Ukrainian POWs in Kursk Oblast in 2024. [77]

20 January

The DTEK Energot power plant in Belgorod was set on fire by a drone and missile attack but without interruption to power supplies. In Oryol the local thermal power plant was struck by drones resulting in some 10 explosions with blackouts in parts of the city. [78]

21 January

Ukrainian drones struck Adygea; the head of the republic, Murat Kumpilov claimed that one person was killed and 13 people, including two children, were injured after a drone was detected in Novaya Adygea, Takhtamukaysky District. A fire broke out at an apartment building and a parking lot. [79] [80] However Telegram channel ASTRA said "debris (was) consistent with an air defense interceptor". A refinery caught fire in Afipsky, Krasnodar Krai. [81] In the evening, another drone strike on an oil terminal near Volna  [ ru ], Krasnodar Krai, killed three people. [82]

Japan announced $6 billion in "humanitarian and technical support" aid for Ukraine, largely for generators and other equipment used for electrical systems such as transformers. [83]

The State Investigation Bureau (DBR) arrested a Ukrainian military officer in Sumy Oblast on "suspicion of abusing and torturing subordinates" and threatening to shoot soldiers who failed to follow his orders. [84]

The Second Western District Military Court in Moscow sentenced Uzbek national Akhmadzhon Kurbonov to life imprisonment for the assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov in 2024, which Russia blamed on a Ukrainian national. [85]

22 January

The Ukrainian military said it had carried out strikes on three radar stations in Crimea, a drone storage facility in Novohryhorivka, Kherson Oblast, and other Russian military facilities in Selydove and Debaltseve in Donetsk Oblast. [86]

In Moscow, the Second Western District Military Court formally acknowledged that the Russian cruiser Moskva was sunk by a Ukrainian missile, and accused Andrii Shubin, then commander of the 406th Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy, of giving the orders that led to the sinking of the Moskva. Updated casualties were listed as 20 crew members killed, 24 injured and eight missing. Shubin was also accused of destroying the frigate Admiral Essen in April 2022, for which the court demanded 2.2 billion rubles (approximately $28.4 million) in damages. [87] Shubin was sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia for terrorism charges related to the sinking. [88]

23 January

The Penzanefteprodukt oil depot in Penza was set on fire by a Ukrainian drone attack, while a house was set on fire in Voronezh Oblast according to the local governor, Oleg Melnichenko. [89] [90]

The Russian Ministry of Defense and Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the village of Symynivka  [ uk ] near Vovchansk. A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces took the villages of Novoselivka  [ uk ], Vorone  [ uk ], Sosnivka  [ uk ], and Orestopil  [ uk ], all southeast of Oleksandrivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. [89]

24 January

According to the regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, Belgorod Oblast suffered its "most massive" attack that involved that HIMARS, damaging electrical infrastructure, a utility building, a car park and homes in the village of Tavrovo. [91] Unidentified drones also struck Taganrog in Rostov Oblast, with the city losing power after explosions and fires were reported by locals with a transformer failing. Explosions were also reported in Oryol and Bryansk Oblast. [92]

A Russian drone attack damaged two buildings of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, the first time the complex sustained war-related damage since World War II. [93]

26 January

An oil refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban was attacked by Ukrainian drones with at least one oil storage tank being set on fire. The Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery in Samara Oblast was also attacked. [94]

27 January

Train in Kharkiv Oblast after Shahed drone strike Train in Kharkiv Oblast after Russian attack, 2026-01-27 (11).jpg
Train in Kharkiv Oblast after Shahed drone strike

Three people were killed in a Russian drone attack on Odesa. [95] Two others were killed in a separate attack in Sloviansk, while a drone strike on a train in Kharkiv Oblast killed six. [96] Additional strikes killed two people in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts. [97]

28 January

Two people were killed in a Russian air attack on Bilohorodka, Kyiv Oblast. [98]

Atesh partisans claimed to have set fire to an electrical substation in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, cutting electricity to the BUMMASH metallurgical plant. [99]

Ukrainian forces struck the Khokholskaya oil depot in Voronezh Oblast with thick smoke being spotted over the depot. Ukrainian forces struck Russian soldiers in Kolotilovka, Belgorod Oblast. Other groupings of Russian soldiers were attacked in Velyka Novosilka, Shakhove, and Hryhoriivka, Donetsk Oblast. A UAV control center near Velyka Novosilka and battalion command post near Berezove, both in Russian-occupied Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was attacked as was an ammunition depot in Nyzhnia Duvanka, Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast. [100]

Ukrainian officials claimed that Russian forces lost a Su-34 and a Su-30, without providing further details. On social media a Su-34 was reported destroyed along with its crew. [101]

29 January

Three people were killed in a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. [102]

The bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action were repatriated by Russia in exchange for those of 38 Russian soldiers. [103]

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Russian forces took the village of Bila Bereza  [ uk ], east of Komarivka  [ uk ] in Sumy Oblast. [104]

30 January

One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson. [105]

The Kremlin said that President Putin agreed to U.S. President Donald Trump's personal request to halt strikes in Kyiv until 1 February to create "favourable conditions" for peace negotiations. [106]

Near Stepnohirsk, geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the village of Lukianivske  [ uk ] and the Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the village of Richne as well as Ternuvate north of Huliaipole. [107]

31 January

Ukrainian forces claimed to have destroyed a TOR-M1 near the village of Kamianka, Luhansk Oblast. Attacks were also made in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on "concentrations of enemy personnel" near Rivnopillia, Pryvillia, and Uspenivka, as well as a Russian logistics depot near Voskresenka and a Russian command post in Rivnopillia. Attacks were also made in Donetsk Oblast on troop concentrations near Chasiv Yar and a motorized rifle regiment command post in Poltavka, and a UAV command post near Sluchovsk, Bryansk Oblast. [108]

Near Kupiansk, a Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces took the village of Podoly while another Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces almost completely control Petropavlivka. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Russian forces took the villages of Berestok  [ uk ], south of Kostyantynivka, Sofiivka  [ uk ], south of Shakhove  [ uk ] and Svyatopetrivka  [ uk ], north of Huliaipole. [109]

February 2026

1 February

Bus in Ternivka after the attack Destructions in Ternivka after Russian attack, 2026-02-01 (01).jpg
Bus in Ternivka after the attack

A DTEK-owned minibus transporting mineworkers was hit by a Russian drone in Ternivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing 12 people and injuring 16. [110]

The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the villages of Zelene, northeast of Kharkiv, and Sukhetske  [ uk ], northeast of Rodynske. [111]

SpaceX imposed a shutdown of Starlink satellite internet terminals across Ukraine, with exceptions for preapproved terminals by the Ukrainian defense ministry amid evidence that Russian forces were using the service in military operations. [112]

2 February

A Ukrainian drone strike hit Stary Oskol, killing two people and setting fire to a house according to the Governor of Belgorod Oblast. Locals reported six explosions and a fire. [113]

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Russian forces took the village of Prydorozhnie  [ uk ], southwest of Ternuvate. [114]

3 February

Heads of missions of foreign states and international organizations inspect the destroyed Darnytsia Thermo-Electric Station in Kyiv Darnytska Combined Heat and Power Plant in Kyiv after Russian attack on 2026-02-03 (21).jpg
Heads of missions of foreign states and international organizations inspect the destroyed Darnytsia Thermo-Electric Station in Kyiv

Two people were killed in a Russian drone strike on Zaporizhzhia. [115] A separate attack severely damaged the Darnytsia Thermo-Electric Station in Kyiv. [116]

A court in Poland sentenced a Polish national to 3.5 years' imprisonment for spying as part of a Russian plot to assassinate President Zelenskyy in 2024. [117]

According to the Governor of Belgorod Oblast, Vyacheslav Gladkov, 12 Ukrainian missiles and three drones damaged energy infrastructure in Belgorod city, resulting in the loss of power, water and heating for "thousands" in the southwestern part of the oblast. [118]

4 February

Seven people were killed in a Russian cluster munitions attack on Druzhkivka, Donetsk Oblast. [119]

President Zelensky said that 55,000 Ukrainian troops had been killed since the beginning of the war. [120]

ISW reported that Russian forces took the cities and villages of Myrnohrad and Svitle  [ uk ], as well as Pryluky  [ uk ], Olenokostyantynivka  [ uk ], and Zelene  [ uk ], northwest of Huliaipole. Ukrainian military analysist Kostantyn Mashovets reported that Russian forces took the village of Minkivka and Orikhovo-Vasylivka near Kostiantynivka. The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Russian forces took the villages of Stepanivka  [ uk ], southwest of Kostyantynivka and Staroukrainka  [ uk ], near Huliaipole. [121]

5 February

Russia and Ukraine held a prisoner exchange that saw the release of 157 Ukrainian POWs for the same number of Russians. [122]

Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the village of Novomarkove  [ uk ], north of Chasiv Yar. [123]

6 February

Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, the deputy head of the GRU, was shot and severely injured by an unidentified gunman in Moscow. [124]

A Ukrainian soldier was killed in a vehicle bombing in Odesa. [125]

Ten dogs were killed in a Russian airstrike on an animal shelter in Zaporizhzhia. [126]

A Mil Mi-24 of the Ukrainian Army Aviation lost control and crashed during a combat flight in Chernihiv Oblast, killing all three crew members. [127]

Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the city of Huliaipole. The Russian Ministry of Defense and several Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the village of Popivka north of Hrabovske. [123]

7 February

The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the village of Chuhunivka  [ uk ], northeast of Velykyi Burluk, near the border. [128]

Alexander Bogomaz, Governor of Bryansk Oblast, claimed that energy facilities were attacked by Ukrainian HIMARS and Neptune missiles, causing power outages in seven municipalities. [129] SBU drones struck the Redkinsky Research Plant in Redkino, Tver Oblast. The plant made fuel additives for use in Kh-55 and Kh-101 cruise missiles. [130]

A Russian strike on Kherson's Korabelnyi District  [ uk ] injured eight people. [131] A Russian FAB-250 strike in Kramatorsk killed one person and injured three more. [132]

8 February

The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the villages of Sydorivka  [ uk ] in Sumy Oblast near the border, and Hlushkivka  [ uk ], southeast of Kupiansk. [133]

Russian strikes in Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, injured three people. [134]

Atesh claimed to have carried out a sabotage attack on a military communications tower in Belgorod Oblast. [135]

Ukraine imposed sanctions on 128 individuals and entities accused of supplying components for Russian weaponry and circumventing sanctions against Russia. [136]

The Ukrainian General Staff claimed to have struck the Russian test range at Kapustin Yar using FP-5 Flamingo missiles. [137]

9 February

Train in Konotop (Sumy Oblast) after Russian attack on 9 February Train in Sumy Oblast after Russian attack, 2026-02-09 (01).jpg
Train in Konotop (Sumy Oblast) after Russian attack on 9 February

One person was killed in a Russian airstrike on Odesa. [138]

The Ukrainian 11th Separate Army Aviation Brigade "Kherson" announced the loss of an Mi-24 helicopter along with its crew during a combat mission. [139]

The Russian-installed mayor of Horlivka, Ivan Prikhodko  [ ru ], announced the death in action of Hayk Gasparyan, the commander of the paramilitary Arbat Battalion composed of ethnic Armenians that had been fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine. [140]

An electrical substation exploded in Volgograd during a Ukrainian drone strike. It is unclear if the explosion was due to Ukrainian drones or an accident. [141] Ukrainian drones struck a warehouse holding three containers containing some 6,000 FPV drones in Rostov-on-Don, also damaging more drone containers. The headquarters of a Russian paratrooper unit in Sudzha, Kursk Oblast and an ammunition dump in Novooleksiivka, Kherson Oblast, were also attacked. [142]

Russian troops launched a mechanised assault east of the city of Kupiansk, capturing the villages of Petropavlivka and Stepova Novoselivka  [ uk ]. [143]

10 February

Two people were killed in a Russian airstrike on Sloviansk. [144]

Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the village of Zaliznychne, west of Huliaipole. [145]

11 February

Four people were killed in a Russian airstrike on Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv Oblast. [146]

The Lukoil refinery in Volgograd was attacked and set on fire by Ukrainian drones. [146] The JSC Progress Plant, in Michurinsk, Tambov Oblast, was struck by Ukrainian drones. The plant makes aviation and missile control systems, along with equipment for gas and oil pipelines. [147] Ukrainian drones also struck an ammunition depot near Rozivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. [148]

12 February

A Main Missile and Artillery Directorate ammunition depot near Kotluban, Volgograd Oblast, was attacked by Flamingo missiles resulting in a "series of powerful explosions" and a precautionary evacuations of locals according to Governor of Volgograd Oblast, Andrey Bocharov. [149] [147] Ukrainian drones struck the Ukhta oil refinery, located in the Komi Republic. Some 1,750 km (1,090 mi) from Ukraine, the SBU claimed this was a record for a Ukrainian drone attack. [150] Ukrainian drones also struck an airfield in Hvardiiske, Crimea, the Kirova electrical substation in Luhansk, and a data center in Prymorsk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. [148] An attack was also carried out on a 55Zh6U "Nebo-U" long-range radar station near Yevpatoria [151] and a BK-16 landing vessel in Novoozerne. [152]

13 February

Car showroom in Odesa after drone attack on the city on 13 February Car showroom in Odesa after Russian attack, 2026-02-13 (01).jpg
Car showroom in Odesa after drone attack on the city on 13 February

The Ukrainian military said it carried out an attack on a Russian ammunition depot near Novoekonomichne, Donetsk Oblast. [152]

Ukraine unveiled a new Shershen surface-to-air missile system, based on the Israeli Barak 8, tested with "legacy Soviet-era weapons (missiles), foreign-produced missiles, and emerging Ukrainian designs (missiles)". [153]

14 February

One person was killed in a Russian drone strike on Odesa, while one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on Bryansk Oblast. Russian-installed authorities claimed that 15 people were injured in a Ukrainian airstrike in Luhansk Oblast. [154]

15 February

Railway depot in Odesa Oblast after drone attack on 15 February Destructions in Odesa Oblast after Russian attack, 2026-02-15 (01).jpg
Railway depot in Odesa Oblast after drone attack on 15 February

Ukrainian drones struck targets in Moscow, Bryansk, and Belgorod Oblasts. Thirteen drones attacked Moscow with falling debris was reported by the Mayor and flights from Domodedovo airport were suspended. In Bryansk 120 drones attacked the city according to Bryansk Oblast Governor Alexander Bogomaz, cutting power to five municipalities. Parts of the city were left without heat or electricity. Attacks on Belgorod resulted in "significant damage to energy infrastructure", according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. [155]

Ukrainian drones struck the Tamanneftegaz oil terminal, near Volna in Krasnodar Krai, starting multiple fires and injuring two people. A Pantsir-S1 was destroyed in Crimea. [156]

In Odesa, the Odessa Oblast Regional Recruitment Center was attacked by a group of civilians. A "violator of military registration" was being escorted to the Recruitment Centre when the civilians attacked. Using tear gas and physical violence, one military officer suffered a burned cornea from tear gas, while a military vehicle and camera were damaged. [157]

16 February

A disabled former Ukrainian soldier was injured in a car bombing in Odesa's Kyivskyi district  [ uk ]. [158] [159]

17 February

Three people were killed in a Russian drone strike in Mykolaivka, Donetsk Oblast. [160] A separate strike killed one person in Kyrykivka, Sumy Oblast. [161]

Ukrainian drones set fire to the Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai. Drones also struck targets in Kazan and Nizhnekamsk; locals reported explosions which disrupted electricity to one part of Kazan. Airports in Kazan, Nizhnekamsk, Krasnodar, Sochi, and Gelendzhik suspended operations. [162] Metafrax Enterprise, a chemical factory in Gubakha, Perm Oblast involved in the manufacture of explosives, was attacked by Ukrainian drones. Witnesses reported multiple explosions and a fire. [163]

A Ka-27 and an Iskander missile storage site were struck by Ukrainian drones in Crimea. A S-300VM missile system was destroyed by drones near Mariupol. [164] The Tamanneftegaz oil terminal in Krasnodar Krai was attacked by SBU drones. Explosions were reported by locals and a fire broke out at the oil terminal. [165]

An explosion occurred at a military commandant's office in Sertolovo, Leningrad Oblast. Three were killed and four were believed to be trapped under the rubble. According to open source information the facility was used to train soldiers in skills for deployment to Ukraine such as "drone operation and counter-drone defense". [166]

18 February

A bomb attack was carried out on a Ukrainian military enlistment office in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. [167]

Ukrainian drones attacked the VNIIR-Progress plant in Cheboksary. ASTRA noted that locals reported explosions. [168] Ukraine launched an "another massive missile attack on energy facilities" on Belgorod, according to the regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, resulting in partial electricity loss in the city. Another drone attack was reported on the oil depot near Velikiye Luki in Pskov Oblast with a report of explosions. [169]

The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the village of Kharkivka  [ uk ], west of Komarivka  [ uk ] in Sumy Oblast. [170]

20 February

Two Ukrainian police officers of the White Angels evacuation unit were killed after their vehicle was struck by a Russian drone in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast. [171]

Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo missiles [172] struck the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant in Udmurtia, injuring 11 people. The plant is responsible for manufacturing parts for Iskander-M ballistic missiles and intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear capability. [173]

A court in Kyiv sentenced a Russian soldier to life imprisonment for the killing of two surrendered Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk Oblast in 2025. [174]

Ukrainian authorities announced the discovery of a Russian plot to assassinate senior Ukrainian political figures following a joint operation with Moldovan authorities that resulted in 10 arrests. [175]

21 February

Four people were killed in Russian airstrikes on Znob-Novhorodske, Sumy Oblast. [176] Two police officers were killed in a separate attack in Seredniy Burlyk, Kharkiv Oblast. [177]

Ukrainian drones struck the Neftegorsk Gas Processing Plant in Samara Oblast, resulting in fires and explosions according to social media and local authorities. [178] Ukrainian drones also struck an oil depot in Hvardiiske, Crimea [179] and the Yevpatoria aircraft repair plant, destroying two Rubin-class patrol boats and hitting two Beriev Be-12 amphibious aircraft. [180]

22 February

House in Sofiivska Borshchahivka, Kyiv Oblast, after the attack Destructions in Sofiivska Borshchahivka after Russian attack, 2026-02-22 (01).webp
House in Sofiivska Borshchahivka, Kyiv Oblast, after the attack

One person was killed in a Russian airstrike on Fastiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast. [181] [182]

Two explosions in Lviv's historic Old Town, in the early hours of the morning, killed a police officer and injured 25 others, including a further six police officers. The SBU helped police arrest a woman who allegedly carried out the attack as "ordered by Russia" according to Ukrainian officials. [183]

Ukrainian drones reportedly destroyed a Ka-52 and an Mi-8 at the village of Pugachevka, Oryol Oblast. [184]

23 February

Two people were killed in Russian drone strikes in Odesa Oblast. A separate strike killed two people in Zaporizhzhia. [185]

Seven police officers were injured in a bomb attack at a disused gas station in Mykolaiv. A separate bombing damaged a police station in Dnipro. [186]

A missile struck the Belgorod thermal power plant. The regional governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, confirmed a "massive" drone and missile strike on Belgorod's infrastructure which disrupted electricity, heating and water to the city. [187] The oil pumping station near Almetyevsk, in Tatarstan, was also attacked by drones, starting a fire. [188]

Ukrainian Armed Forces commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi claimed on 23 February, that starting from late January Ukrainian forces restored control over an area of 400 square kilometers and 8 settlements in the direction of Oleksandrivka, Pokrovske settlement hromada  [ uk ]. [189]

24 February

The SBU arrested two residents of Izmail on suspicion of registering Starlink satellite internet terminals for Russian forces. [190]

ISW claimed that Ukrainian forces retook Andriivka, Ostapivske, Pishchane, Nechaivka, Radisne, and Nove Zaporizhzhia from Russian forces. [191] ATACMS were fired by Ukraine on a Russian 5th Army “auxiliary command” near Novopetrykivka in Donetsk Oblast. [192]

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a $2 billion aid package for Ukraine which included over 400 armoured vehicles. [193]

25 February

ISW confirmed Russia's control over Pokrovsk and Rivne on a prior date, ending the offensive for the city. [194]

In the Vovchansk front, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed Russian forces took the village of Hrafske. A Russian milblogger also claimed that Russian forces took the villages of Prylipka  [ uk ] and Vilcha. [195] Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the village of Chuhunivka  [ uk ], southeast of Velykyi Burluk as Prydorozhnie, Varvarivka, and Pryluky near Huliaipole. [196]

Olha Stefanishyna, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, said during a briefing that the US government formally warned Ukraine against striking Russian targets that affect US economic interests. The warning was in response to the 14 November 2025 attack on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium pipeline Novorossiysk as US has economic interests in Kazakhstan oil. The letter however "did not propose that Kyiv refrain altogether from attacking Russian military and energy infrastructure". [197]

Ukraine claimed to have destroyed a Russian Buk-M3 air defense system, [198] while its Special Forces destroyed a Pantsir-S1 and an S-400 in Crimea. The commander of the S-400 battery, Lieutenant Colonel Khasan Tumgoyev, was killed in action. His death was confirmed by local media in his native Ingushetia. [199] [200] The Dorogobuzh PJSC chemical factory in Smolensk Oblast was set on fire by Ukrainian drones, [201] injuring 11 people and killing seven. [202]

Andrii Ukrainets, the Ukrainian Air Force's Logistics Commander, and Volodymyr Kompanichenko, the head of the SBU for Zhytomyr Oblast, were arrested by the SBU for embezzling some $320,000 intended for making hardened aircraft shelters. The shelters that were made, some $32 million worth, were found to be vulnerable to attack, did not meet safety requirements and were "inflated costs of works". [203]

26 February

ISW confirmed Russia's control over Kleban-Byk  [ uk ] on a prior date. [204]

Russian officials claimed that Ukrainian drone strikes killed two and wounded six across Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk Oblasts. [205]

The bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers were repatriated by Russia in exchange for those of 35 Russian personnel. [206]

The Ukrainian Commissioner for Missing Persons, Artur Dobroserdov, confirmed that more than 90,000 people went missing in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion in 2022. [207]

27 February

The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the village of Bilyakivka, northeast of Novopavlivka. [208]

Two people were killed in a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv Oblast. [209]

Ukraine set ablaze an oil depot and a substation near Alchevsk, Luhansk Oblast. [210] Ukraine also struck the Belgorod Thermal Power Plant again with what the local governor described as a "massive missile attack". Locals claimed that HIMARS were used and large parts of Belgorod were left without power. [211]

Fire Point (Ukrainian firm) released footage of the test firing of its new FP-7 short range ballistic missile. [212]

The governor of Kursk Oblast claimed that an "energy facility" in Belovsky District was damaged by a drone strike, killing a military volunteer and cutting power. [213]

28 February

The Albashneft oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai was attacked by Ukrainian drones resulting in a fire measuring 150 m2 (1,600 sq ft). [214]

March 2026

1 March

One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The Governor of Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, Alexander Bogomaz, claimed a Ukrainian drone killed a woman in the village of Chernookovo. [215] A S-300V air defense missile system near Mariupol was destroyed by FP-2 drones. [216] Ukrainian drones damaged the radar of a S-400 missile system in Osinovaya Gora, Tula Oblast. [217]

2 March

In Donetsk Oblast, three people were killed in Russian attacks on Kramatorsk, while two others were killed in Druzhkivka. One person was killed in a Russian drone strike on a train in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. [218]

The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike near the border. [219]

The Ukrainian military said it had retaken nine settlements in the Oleksandrivka sector, at the junction of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts. [220]

Ukrainian drones struck Novorossiysk, damaging buildings, starting a fire at the Sheskharis oil terminal, [221] and destroying an S-300PMU-2 missile system, a Pantsir-S2 and six out of the seven oil berths. Five vessels of the Russian Black Sea Fleet were damaged including the Russian frigate Admiral Essen, killing three sailors and wounding 14. [222]

3 March

The Russian shadow fleet tanker Arctic Metagaz caught fire and sank after an alleged drone strike while sailing between Malta and Libya. Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed Ukraine attacked the vessel using drones launched from the Libyan coast. [223] [224]

A Russian helicopter was reportedly shot down by friendly fire while repelling a drone attack on Millerovo, Rostov Oblast. [225]

4 March

Russia released two dual Hungarian-Ukrainian nationals who had been captured while fighting for Ukraine following negotiations between Putin and Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó. [226]

Ukrainian Liutyi drones struck a chemical plant in Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov Oblast. [227] Ukraine claimed to have shot down a Ka-27 helicopter, over the Black Sea, through unknown means. [228]

Ukraine and Russia each released 200 prisoners as part of a two day prisoner swap, with 500 prisoners to be swapped by the end of the week. [229]

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