- The first day of trilateral negotiations involving representatives from Russia, Ukraine, and the USA has concluded in Geneva, with discussions set to continue on Wednesday.
- Rustem Umerov, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, reported on a meeting held with European partners, which included delegates from the USA, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, following the negotiations in Geneva.
- On the eve of the negotiations, Russia's Krasnodar Krai was subjected to a massive drone attack, resulting in a fire at an oil refinery.
- Early on February 18, Ukrainian forces again attacked power supply facilities in Belgorod, hitting a substation, with no casualties reported.
- Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia regional administration, reported casualties following a strike by a Russian drone on the regional center, resulting in the death of a woman and injuries to six others.
- On the night of February 17, Russian military forces shelled Odesa, Dnipro, and other settlements.
- The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine has arrested Herman Halushchenko, the former Minister of Energy, suspected of organizing a large-scale bribery scheme at the "Energoatom" company. The court ruled that Halushchenko could be released on bail of 200 million hryvnias (approximately $4.6 million).
- French authorities allowed the tanker Grinch, suspected of ties to the Russian shadow fleet, to leave the country's territorial waters. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot stated that the ship's owners paid a fine of several million euros for using a false flag.
- In an interview with Axios, Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukrainians would never agree to cede territories to Russia and would reject such a proposal in a referendum.
- Additionally, Zelensky instructed his negotiating team to raise the issue of a possible meeting with the Russian president in Geneva.
- A representative of the International Paralympic Committee confirmed that six Russian and four Belarusian athletes, admitted to the Winter Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina, would be allowed to use their national flags.
