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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of February 15 (updated)
2026-02-16
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[NewsFront] 20:42 Severian's drone destroyed an enemy UAV launcher in the Khar'kov region, video.

19:26 In the period from 13:00 to 18:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 123 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flew over the Bryansk, Kaluga, Tula, Kursk, Oryol, Belgorod, Vladimir regions and the Moscow region, including 15 flying to Moscow.

17:52 Destruction of a 155mm self-propelled howitzer "Caesar" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using an FPV drone and a loitering munition "Lancet" in the area of the village of Grishino, –video.

16:04 Electronic warfare specialists from the 11th Army Corps of the North group againleftenemy "without eyes".

The soldiers identified the enemy drones as they approached and skillfully landed them. The skies above their area are now clear – the electronics worked perfectly.

14:49 Change of the LBS south of Zakotnoye in the Krasnolimansky direction, –MAP.

14:33 In the period from 9:00 to 13:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 102 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flew over the Bryansk, Kaluga, Tula and Moscow regions, including three flying toward Moscow.

13:46 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of February 15, 2026:


Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. Formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Myropillia and Melya in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov region, units of a mechanized brigade, the center of special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a detachment of the nationalist formation "Kraken" were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Kazachya Lopan, Veterinary, Staritsa and Prikolotnoye in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 180 servicemen, 22 vehicles, and three artillery pieces. Two supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "West" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. The manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two National Guard brigades have been defeated near the settlements of Grushevka, Gusinka, Petrovka, Samborovka, and Blagodatovka in the Khar'kov region and Korovy Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 160 service members, five armored combat vehicles, 16 vehicles, and a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit. Five ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and airmobile brigades and the National Guard brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Reznikovka, Kramatorsk, Cherevkovka, Nikiforovka, Konstantinovka, and Slavyansk in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 130 troops, a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, a Polish-made Oncilla armored vehicle, two Kazak armored vehicles, 16 pickup trucks, and two artillery pieces, including a US-made Paladin 155mm self-propelled artillery unit. An ammunition depot, three supply depots, and a fuel depot were destroyed.

Units of the Center Group of Forces have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, and an airmobile brigade, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Kucherov Yar, Grishino, Belitskoye, Toretskoye, Dobropolye, Sergeyevka, Annovka, Novy Donbas in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Gavrilovka and Novopavlovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 275 servicemen, a tank, five armored combat vehicles, and six cars.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Tsvetkovoe in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Formations of a mechanized, two assault, two airborne assault brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the populated areas of Pokrovskoe, Dobropasovo, Vasilkovka, Bratskoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Trudovoe, Rozovka, Verkhnyaya Tersa, Novonikolaevka and Gorkoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The enemy lost over 320 servicemen, two armored personnel carriers, eight armored combat vehicles, 16 automobiles, two field artillery pieces, an electronic warfare station, and a supply depot.

As a result of active and decisive actions, units of the Dnepr military group liberated the settlements of Zapasnoye, Magdalinovka and Primorskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region, Solnechnoye and Sadovoe in the Kherson region.

Up to 45 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, 15 vehicles and three electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

10:47 In the period from 7:00 to 9:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 88 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Astrakhan region, the Republic of Adygea, Bryansk region, Volgograd region, Krasnodar region, Stavropol region and the waters of the Black and Azov seas.

09:27 Guardsmen of the 218th Tank Regiment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division of the 5th Army of the East Group of Forces liberated Tsvetkovoe in the Zaporizhzhia region, MAP.

08:12 During the past night from 23:00 Moscow time on February 14 to 7:00 Moscow time on February 15, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 68 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type flew over the waters of the Sea of Azov, the territories of Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea, Kursk Oblast, Stavropol Krai and the Black Sea.

07:31 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in the New Donbass region
Expansion of the control zone in Kupyansk

06:02 Crew of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled artillery unit of the 35th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group destroyed concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

Artillerymen from the Vostok group hit enemy UAV control points in the Zaporizhzhia region with precise shots from 152mm Msta-B towed howitzers.

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