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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of February 14 (updated)
2026-02-15
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:11 In the period from 16:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:

Three UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Three UAVs over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
Three UAVs over the waters of the Black Sea.

18:22 UAV operators of the 1431st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Sever group attacked delivery of food and ammunition to the line of combat contact in the special operation zone.

Attack drone crews from the Southern Volunteer Corps rammed Baba Yaga-type hexacopters in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkivka area.

Drone operators from the Center group destroyed dugouts housing enemy personnel in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

UAV operators from the Vostok group destroyed electronic warfare stations, antennas, and communications equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

16:29 Guards paratroopers completed combat coordination at a training ground in the rear zone of the SVO

Each attack aircraft member of the 56th Guards Airborne Assault Regiment of the Sever group has received the necessary skills in:

firearms training; medical training; engineering training; tactical training; the ability to use various types of UAVs and know methods of countering them.

15:52 The Severian drone destroyed a dugout containing Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and a repeater antenna, video.

15:19 Change of LBS in Kupyansk – MAP.

15:09 Airborne sappers conduct demining of liberated territories in the Orekhovo direction.

14:34 Dobropillya direction. Advancement of Russian attack aircraft in the area of Novy Donbas – MAP

13:49 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of February 14, 2026

Units of the "North" force grouping have improved their tactical position. Formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and the Ukrainian Border Service's border detachment have been defeated near the settlements of Novaya Sich, Grafske, and Myropillya in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov region, units of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Ternovaya and Prikolotnoye in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, and an artillery piece. Two ammunition depots and six supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "West" force group have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Drobyshevo, Krasny Liman, Svyatogorsk, and Shchurovo in the Donetsk People's Republic and Borovaya in the Khar'kpv Oblast.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 160 service members and four armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier and a Canadian-made Senator armored car. Fifteen vehicles, a field artillery gun, and three ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. Three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated near the settlements of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Minkovka, Golubovka, Krivaya Luka, and Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 155 military personnel, two British-made Spartan armored personnel carriers and five armored vehicles, two of which were Western-made.

Units of the Center Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, two Jaeger brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Grishino, Belitskoye, Kucherov Yar, and Zavido-Kudashevo in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 280 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, 10 cars and three field artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. Formations of a mechanized brigade, two assault brigades, two airborne assault brigades, and four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Bratskoye, Kolomiytsy, and Kommunarovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Zelena Dibrova and Barvinovka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The enemy lost more than 415 servicemen, 14 armored combat vehicles, 22 cars, four field artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.

12:41 Situation in the area of responsibility of the East group of forces over the past night:

Enemy assault units in armored fighting vehicles made seven attempts to attack in a number of areas:

1st Separate Regiment "Wolves of Da Vinci" - from the west in the direction northwest of Andreyevka;

92nd Separate Brigade - southwest of Bratskoye and northwest of Gai;

33rd and 225th Separate Regiments - from Boykovo in the direction of the western outskirts of Ternovatoye;

210th Separate Regiment - in the direction east of Vozdvizhevka;

154th Separate Mechanized brigade - in the direction east of Zagornoye.

10:15 Mobile anti-aircraft groups of the 49th Combined Arms Army shot down Ukrainian Armed Forces attack drone over the Kherson region

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that ZU-23-2 crews monitor the airspace around the clock, destroying reconnaissance and attack drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

08:40 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 20 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

13 UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Astrakhan region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Kursk region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Lipetsk region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Moscow region.

07:40 "Scalpels" and "Krasnopoli" destroy artillery and UAV operators during the offensive in the Dobropillya direction

Operators from the 150th Motorized Rifle Division are using new guided munitions to destroy howitzers and UAV control posts.

Precise strikes by the 150th Motorized Rifle Division's "Scalpels" and "Krasnopolye" tanks support the offensive in the Dobropolye direction.

07:04 General view engineering structures in the direction of Gulyaipole - Velikomikhailovka, under the control of the Russian Federation.

06:02 A 300mm BM-30 Hurricane crew from the 73rd Artillery Brigade of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West group destroyed concentrations of armored vehicles and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units.

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