💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces struck logistics depots in occupied Donetsk City and Lidyne, roughly 45km and 102km from the frontline respectively.

February 17, 2026 Donetsk City, Donetsk Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 6 sources

Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Ukrainian General Staff (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Federal Security Service (organization) S-300VM (weapon_system) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Russian forces (military_unit) KAB (weapon_system) 25th Air Assault Brigade (military_unit) Valentyn (person) Pokrovsk (location) Sloviansk Thermal Power Station (location) Donetsk Oblast (location) Donetsk (location) Rodynske (location) Mariupol (location) Lidine (location) Russian Federation (organization) Zarichne (location) Stavky (location) Yampil (location) Zakytne (location) Platonivka (location) Novodmytrivka (location) Kramatorsk direction (location) Pleshchiivka (location) Shcherbynivka (location) Rusyn Yar (location) Sofiivka (location) Kostiantynivka direction (location) Nykanorivka (location) Kotlyne (location) Novyi Donbas (location) Novooleksandrivka (location) Pokrovsk direction (location) Ternove (location) Havrylivka (location) Fedorivske (location) 7th Corps of the Airborne Assault Forces (military_unit) Armed Forces of Ukraine (organization) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant (location)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces struck logistics depots in occupied Donetsk City and Lidyne

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Near temporarily occupied Mariupol in the Donetsk region, a launcher of a Russian S-300VM surface-to-air missile system was struck

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Staromlynivka area (temporarily occupied Donetsk Oblast) – a communications hub was hit on the night of 17-18 February 2026.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Both sides' expansion of the kill zone to about 30 kilometers has made it practically impossible to drive up anywhere near the positions, forcing infantrymen to walk each time

Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

Telegram channels also reported a fire in the port area following drone activity in temporarily occupied Mariupol

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian troops stopped six attacks in Lyman direction in area of Zarichne and toward Stavky

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.922Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-17-2026