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Tuesday, February 17
Drones strike multiple Russian regions, sparking major fire at oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai
The Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, which supplies fuel to Russian troops, processes 6.42 million tons of oil annually, according to Ukraine's General Staff.
Ukraine's military turns Russian equipment into 'scrap metal' in newly released video
Over the past week, the elite Prymary ("Ghosts") unit targeted several high-value pieces of Russian military equipment, including a Pantsir missile system.
Tuesday, February 17
Zelensky warns of new Russian strikes on Ukraine as Geneva peace talks resume
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Feb. 16 that Russia is preparing new large-scale attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure as Kyiv's negotiating team arrived in Geneva for another round of peace talks with the United States and Russia.
In Munich, Ukraine and Europe face collapse of post-Cold War order
The U.S.-Europe dynamic was more cordial at the Feb. 13-15 Munich Security Conference than last year, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivering a conciliatory speech. But the substance of the relationship remained unchanged, despite the softer rhetoric. U.S. President Donald Trump's foreign policy upheavals, from Ukraine to Greenland, were fresh on everyone's mind – as well as the confrontational address by U.S. Vice President JD Vance during last year's conference. European leaders
Ex-energy minister charged in Ukraine's biggest corruption case
Herman Halushchenko, Ukraine's former energy minister, was charged of money laundering and involvement in a criminal group as part of the country's major corruption scandal, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) announced on Feb. 16.
Lithuania warns against 'hollow' Article 5-like guarantees for Ukraine
Dismissing any approximations to Article 5 as mere "rhetorical expressions," Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys named financial support for Ukraine's military or future EU membership as more realistic guarantees.
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The facility is expected to produce up to 10,000 drones within a year, all of which will be delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
