Ukraine-Russia war latest: Woman killed in latest Putin strikes after 'tense' US-backed talks in Geneva
Source: independent.co.uk
Moscow pressures Kyiv further with more than 400 drones and missiles
Sam Kiley in Zaporizhzhia, Arpan Rai, James C. Reynolds & Jane Dalton
Tuesday 17 February 2026 21:59 GMT
A drone strike killed a woman and injured six other people in Ukraine’s southern city of Zaporizhzhia a couple of hours after the end of the first day of “peace talks” between Russia and Ukraine.
Local authorities said the woman was killed in one of at least two strikes at around 8pm local time.
The US-mediated talks in Geneva with Russian and Ukrainian negotiators were tense but are to continue on Wednesday, Russian news agencies quoted a source as saying.
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Russia’s defence ministry claimed responsibility for a “massive strike” on military-industrial and energy targets, with Ukraine’s battered energy infrastructure increasingly under strain amid the coldest winter in nearly 20 years.
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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-live-map-offensive-putin-zelensky-news-b2921605.html
Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social
Russia killed three employees of Sloviansk thermal power plant this morning and injured one more person.
Their civilian car was struck by a Russian FPV drone as they were headed to work.
Yet another one in the long, long list of Russian war crimes.
Russia killed three employees of Sloviansk thermal power plant this morning and injured one more person.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) 2026-02-17T13:08:47.890Z
Their civilian car was struck by a Russian FPV drone as they were headed to work.
Yet another one in the long, long list of Russian war crimes.
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