The situation 1425 –February 14, 2026

1. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated Ukraine’s willingness to compromise ahead of trilateral US-Ukrainian-Russian talks in Geneva, Switzerland on February 17 to 18.
2. Russian officials continue to insist that the issues and terms impeding a peace agreement go beyond Russia’s territorial demands.
3. Russian forces continue to suffer disproportionately high casualties in return for marginal territorial gains.
4. Ukraine’s and SpaceX’s efforts to shut off Russian forces’ access to Starlink terminals in Ukraine are reportedly disrupting Russian Rubikon Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies’ short- and mid-range drone strikes in the immediate term, as ISW recently forecasted.
5. Ukrainian forces recently advanced in the Oleksandrivka direction. Russian forces recently advanced in northern Kharkiv Oblast, in the Borova and Slovyansk directions, and in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area.

The full update of the Russian offensive 1425 is available on UNDERSTANDING WAR.