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Archive: February 2026

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Moscow's nuclear accusation and a strike on Smolensk

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Reports from 24 and 25 February 2026 combined a Russian warning aimed at NATO states with a deadly Ukrainian drone strike inside Russia.

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Oil, power and strikes: Kyiv's pressured 23 February

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A Slovak threat over electricity and the Druzhba pipeline landed amid Russian strikes and bombings inside Ukraine.

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What 23 February 2026 revealed about Ukraine's pressures

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A look back at a day of missile strikes, a bombing in Mykolaiv and an energy dispute with Slovakia over the Druzhba pipeline.

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What the war's reach looked like on 22 February 2026

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Long-range strikes inside Russia, a slow Russian advance in Donetsk and a reported Iran arms deal marked the days around 22 February 2026.

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Flamingo missiles and Karpivka: 21 February 2026

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A look back at a day of Ukrainian long-range strikes inside Russia and a Russian advance towards Lyman.

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Strikes on both sides' infrastructure, 20 February 2026

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A look back at how drone and missile attacks hit energy sites, towns and a Crimean port in the days around 20 February 2026.

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What did the Sevastopol drone strikes show?

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A retrospective on the Ukrainian drone strikes on Sevastopol, Crimea, reported on 20 February 2026.

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What the Sevastopol drone strikes showed on 20 February 2026

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A look back at a day of Ukrainian drone strikes on Sevastopol, in a peninsula that has been part of the war since its first day.

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What the Galushchenko arrest meant for Kyiv

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A look back at the Operation Midas case, in which a former energy minister was detained at the border in mid-February 2026.

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What the 17 February strikes showed about infrastructure risk

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Reports from the days around 18 February 2026 pointed to continued Russian attacks on energy workers and on Sumy Oblast.

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What the Galushchenko arrest meant for Operation Midas

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A retrospective on the detention of a former energy minister, three days before 18 February 2026, in a long-running anti-corruption inquiry.

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Power, plunder and the war on 17 February 2026

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A look back at a day when strikes hit Ukrainian energy workers and the arrest of a former energy minister cast a light on the sector's own troubles.

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Strikes on energy and civilians, 17 February 2026

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A look back at a day of Russian drone and missile attacks in Donetsk and Sumy oblasts, after Ukrainian strikes on Russian power stations two days earlier.

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What did 17 February 2026 show about Ukraine's energy war?

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A retrospective on a day of strikes on Ukrainian communities and an energy corruption case that was still unfolding.

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Energy war and energy graft on 17 February 2026

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A retrospective on a day when Russian strikes killed power engineers in Donetsk Oblast while a corruption case over the energy sector dominated the days before it.

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Strikes on energy workers and Sumy Oblast

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A look back at 17 February 2026, when Russian attacks killed power engineers in Donetsk Oblast and injured civilians in Sumy Oblast.

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Ukraine's energy sector under fire and under investigation

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On 17 February 2026, strikes on energy workers and civilians in Ukraine came days after the arrest of a former energy minister in a corruption case.

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What the Galushchenko arrest meant for Operation Midas

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A look back at the detention of a former energy minister at the border, and what it showed about Ukraine's anti-corruption drive.

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What the Galushchenko arrest meant for Kyiv

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A look back at the detention of a former energy minister in the Operation Midas investigation.

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Strikes on energy targets in mid-February 2026

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A look back at the reported attacks on energy infrastructure and civilians in the days before 16 February 2026.

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