February 17, 2026
Ukrainian Armed Forces Special Operations Forces carried out operations to destroy enemy targets in the temporarily occupied territories. As a result of the strikes, Ukrainian defenders destroyed an Iskander missile system storage facility, a Rubicon drone launch facility, and other enemy installations.
Special Operations Forces units successfully carried out fire strikes using FP-2 drones. This was reported on the official Telegram channel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Special Operations Forces.
Operation details
Special Operations Forces (SOF) troops struck enemy rear and operational infrastructure targets in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine with drones. In the village of Pasechnoye, in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukrainian troops struck a storage site for an Iskander tactical missile system. Powerful explosions were recorded at the impact site.
Additionally, a remote pilot control station of the Rubicon unit was destroyed in the village of Vysokoye in the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia region. Several drones reached their target.
Between February 9 and 14, Special Operations Forces units successfully struck more than 10 enemy military targets in occupied Ukraine. These included personnel concentration areas, ammunition and fuel depots, military vehicle parking areas, and other targets.
As a reminder, a series of powerful explosions rocked Russia’s Krasnodar Krai on the night of February 17. Suicide drones attacked the Ilsky oil refinery. The strikes caused a massive fire on the refinery’s premises.
As OBOZ.UA reported, on February 12, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported the destruction of a Project 02510 BK-16 landing craft. This is likely the same craft that was moored near the village of Novoozernoe in temporarily occupied Crimea. The report also noted that after use, modified terminals can be locked to prevent reuse.
Nice work destroying the cockroaches, AFU!