The Wagner Group withdrew from their positions in Ukraine by the order of Yevgeny Prigozhin and entered the cities of Rostov-on-Don and Pavlovsk in Russia, taking control of the cities.

ISWNews Analysis Group: Russia said in a statement that in an operation on 16 February in Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don and Crimean Peninsula, 19 persons with charges of being in or collaborating with Salafi Jihadi Takfir wal-Hijra group are arrested.