Overview
- Ukrainian General Staff reported 130 clashes on Feb. 22 and fresh fighting on Feb. 23, with the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole axes remaining the most active sectors.
- Regional officials said energy facilities in Odesa and Mykolaiv were hit by drones, leaving about 16,000 Mykolaiv customers without power, while Kyiv region recorded one death, 17 injured, and damage to more than 100 homes and rail assets.
- Authorities confirmed two improvised explosive devices detonated in Lviv after police arrived, killing a 23‑year‑old officer and wounding about 25 people, with several suspects detained and one charged with a terrorist act.
- Ukraine’s military said it struck a concentration area of a Russian coastal missile unit in occupied Crimea and hit ammunition and logistics sites in Donetsk and Mykolaiv regions, with results being clarified.
- ISW assessed that Russian targeting is increasingly focused on water and railway infrastructure and that a parallel campaign of terror and sabotage seeks to undermine public confidence.