The damaged Darnytsia CHPP in Kyiv. Photo by Roman Pilipey / AFP / Scanpix / LETA.
- The governor of Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, reported that over 170 Ukrainian drones were shot down in the region on Sunday. Heating and electricity disruptions are observed in several municipalities and partially in Bryansk.
- Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin also reported on downed drones approaching the capital of Russia.
- As a result of an attack by Ukrainian drones on the Black Sea port of Taman on Sunday night, terminals were damaged, a fuel tank caught fire, and two people were injured, authorities in the Krasnodar region reported.
- On the sidelines of the Munich conference, Senator Marco Rubio met with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss security issues and deepening defense and economic partnerships.
- According to "Ukrainian Truth," former Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Halushchenko was detained on the night of February 15 while attempting to cross the border. He found himself at the center of a corruption scandal and was removed from a train, according to a source.
- In Kyiv, over a thousand residential high-rise buildings remain without heating.
- On the eve of the trilateral meeting of Ukraine, Russia, and the USA in Geneva, scheduled for February 17-18, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Mikhail Galuzin stated readiness to discuss with the USA and other countries the possibility of introducing temporary external governance in Kyiv.
- Christian Kern, Chancellor of Austria, expressed the opinion that to achieve peace in Ukraine, direct negotiations with Russia should be initiated from the side of the European Union.
