The Russian army have launched several groups of attack UAVs onto the territory of Ukraine on the evening of 21 February. Source: Air Force on Telegram; Philip Pronin, Head of Poltava Oblast Military Administration Details: In particular, as of 21:32, the military warned of several groups of UAVs between Kirovohrad and Dnipro oblasts, heading north/northeast; UAVs in Pyatikhatky district of Dnipro Oblast, heading north-east; in Novi Sanzhary district of Poltava Oblast, heading north (Poltava); o
Russian troops launched an airstrike on the Novoslobidska community of the Konotop district in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, killing two people, the Sumy Oblast State Administration reported on Telegram on Feb. 20.
Russia targeted a total of 11 Ukrainian oblasts — Poltava, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Sumy. Casualties were reported in the latter four regions.
Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Feb. 20 that he appealed to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to investigate the killings of Ukrainian prisoners of war at the Zenit strongpoint in Avdiivka. Ukrainian forces withdrew from Avdiivka just north of Russian-occupied Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Feb. 17 after months of resisting Russia’s intensified offensive against the town.
Shelling in the community of Khotin killed one resident and left another injured, the authorities said. The attacks also damaged homes and a farm building.