- The first day of trilateral negotiations involving delegations from Ukraine, Russia, and the USA has concluded in Geneva. They are expected to continue on Wednesday.
- Rustem Umerov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, reported that after the negotiations in Geneva, he held a separate meeting with representatives from European countries, including the USA, France, the UK, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland.
- On the eve of the negotiations, Russia's Krasnodar Krai was subjected to a massive drone attack, resulting in a fire at an oil refinery.
- Ukrainian military forces again launched a missile strike on power supply facilities in Belgorod, but no casualties have been reported.
- Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia regional administration, reported the death of a woman and six injuries as a result of a Russian drone attack on the regional center.
- On the night of February 17, the Russian army shelled Odessa, Dnipro, and other cities.
- The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine has arrested former Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko on suspicion of organizing a corruption scheme at the "Energoatom" company. The court also noted that Halushchenko could be released on bail of 200 million hryvnias (about $4.6 million).
- French authorities allowed the tanker Grinch, suspected of links to the Russian shadow fleet, to leave the country's territorial waters after paying a fine of several million euros. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot confirmed that the ship's owners are accused of using a false flag.
- In an interview with Axios, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that Ukrainians will never agree to cede their territories to Russia and will reject such a proposal in a referendum.
- Zelensky also stated that he instructed his negotiating team to discuss the possibility of a meeting with the President of Russia in Geneva.
- A representative of the International Paralympic Committee confirmed that six Russian and four Belarusian athletes, allowed to participate in the Winter Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina, will be able to use their national flags.
