17 February 2026 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• Drones in the Russian Federation attacked oil refineries, five airports were closed, and there were problems with lighting in Kazan
• Armed Forces: Defense forces hit an oil refinery in Russia and disrupted the logistics of the occupiers in Donetsk region
• Armed Forces: Air defense destroyed 20 Kh-101 missiles, 1 Kh-59/69 missile, 4 "Iskander-K" and 367 drones at night, but there are hits in 18 locations of Ukraine
• Russia attacked Odesa, Dnipro and Okhtyrka with drones
• Russians attacked Odessa with drones: energy, houses, service stations and warehouses were damaged, 3 injured
• The Russians attacked Dnipropetrovsk region - there were fires, there is destruction
• As a result of Russian attacks in Kharkiv region, Kherson region and Zaporizhzhia, 9 people were injured
• Russians attacked residential buildings in Sumy Oblast - killed a woman, injured 4 adults and 2 children
• Russia killed three employees of Slovyansk TPP with a drone
• In Poland, military aviation was raised due to the mass attack of Russia on Ukraine
• A citizen of Moldova was detained in Poland for interfering with the movement of a freight train
• Politico: A loophole was found in Orbán to slow down the adoption of the 20th package of EU sanctions against Russia
• In France, a tanker of the shadow fleet was released after paying a fine
• A new stage of Ukraine-USA-Russia peace talks has begun in Switzerland
• National security advisors of Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy are present at the talks in Geneva
• Zelensky instructed the Ukrainian team at the negotiations to organize a meeting with Putin in Geneva
• Negotiations in the political group in Geneva reached an impasse because of Medinskyi's position
• Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand David Seymour: Putin is now in a hopeless situation
• Iran's Foreign Ministry: the path to an agreement with the US has begun
• The Polish government distanced itself from Nawrocki's words about nuclear weapons
• European Commissioner: EU may ban maritime services for Russian tankers without G7 support
• American senators visited the thermal power plant in Kyiv damaged by Russian shelling
• Swedish intelligence considers Russia to be the biggest security threat
• The enemy fired at the critical infrastructure of the Kherson region - there are power cuts and water interruptions
• Turkey and Ethiopia signed an agreement on cooperation in the energy sector