The Russians struck the city of Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast with an Iskander-M missile system, and the city of Kramatorsk with Kh-22 missiles on the night of 17-18 February. Source: Anastasia Medvedieva, spokesperson of the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office, in a comment for Ukrainska Pravda Quote: "According to preliminary reports, on the night of 17-18 February the Russians struck the city of Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast with ballistics launched from an Iskander-M missile system, and the city
Russian forces fired three rockets on Kramatorsk and shelled Sloviansk, damaging the industrial zone and the private sector in Kramatorsk, while shell hit a school in Sloviansk, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Oleksiy Kuleba reported on Feb. 17.
Ukrainian forces defeated a Russian offensive in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Feb. 17, killing 70 troops and injuring 80, the Operational Command West reported on Feb. 18. Ukraine destroyed 18 pieces of Russian equipment, including three tanks, according to the report.
The body of a 65-year-old man was recovered from the rubble of the destroyed school in Sloviansk, which was shelled by the Russian forces around 8 p.m. on Feb. 17, the Sloviansk military administration head Vadym Lyakh reported on Facebook.