The damaged Darnytsia CHPP in Kyiv after attacks from Russia. Photo by Roman Pilipey / AFP / Scanpix / LETA.
- The governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, reported that over 170 Ukrainian drones were shot down in the region on Sunday. Heating and electricity outages are observed in five municipalities of the region and partially in Bryansk.
- The mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, also confirmed information about the downed drones that were heading towards the Russian capital.
- As a result of an attack by Ukrainian drones in the Black Sea port of Taman, which occurred on Sunday night, terminals were damaged and a fuel tank caught fire, with two people injured, according to authorities in the Krasnodar region.
- At the Munich Conference, Marco Rubio met with Volodymyr Zelensky, where issues of Ukraine's security and strengthening defense and economic cooperation were discussed.
- According to "Ukrainska Pravda," former Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko was detained on the night of February 15 while attempting to cross the border. A source in political circles claims that the ex-minister was removed from a train and is at the center of a corruption scandal.
- In Kyiv, over a thousand apartment buildings remain without heating.
- Against the backdrop of an upcoming trilateral meeting of Ukraine, Russia, and the USA in Geneva on February 17-18, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Mikhail Galuzin stated Russia's readiness to discuss the possibility of introducing temporary external governance in Kyiv with the USA and "European and other countries."
- Austrian Federal Chancellor Christian Stocker expressed the opinion that to achieve peace in Ukraine, the European Union should begin direct negotiations with Russia.
