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History: February 2023
30 articles
Retrospective · events of 3 February 2023
What the early February 2023 reports showed
Security
A look back at the security picture around 3 February 2023, drawn from reports of strikes, contested claims and Western arms pledges in the preceding days.
Retrospective · events of 5 February 2023
Who would run Ukraine's defence ministry next?
Security
A look back at an announcement by a People's Deputy on 5 February 2023 about a change at the top of the defence ministry.
Retrospective · events of 9 February 2023
Why Zelenskyy's London stop led on to Paris
Politics
A look back at the Ukrainian president's second trip abroad since the full-scale invasion and the European itinerary that followed.
Retrospective · events of 9 February 2023
Closure leaves two checkpoints open between Poland and Belarus
World
A look back at the closure announced on 9 February 2023 and the diplomatic travel that framed the day.
Retrospective · events of 9 February 2023
Poland shuts a Belarus crossing as tensions rise
World
A look back at a border closure announced on 9 February 2023, and at a diplomatic trip reported the day before.
Retrospective · events of 10 February 2023
Moldova's premier resigns as Zelenskyy tours Europe
Politics
A look back at 10 February 2023, when Moldova's government lost its prime minister while Ukraine's president was on a European tour.
Retrospective · events of 14 February 2023
Kyiv's diplomacy moves west as Warsaw tightens eastern border
World
A look back at two developments reported in the days before 14 February 2023: Volodymyr Zelensky's European tour and Poland's border move.
Retrospective · events of 14 February 2023
Kings, premiers and MPs: Zelenskyy's week of Western meetings
Politics
A look back at the days around 14 February 2023, when Ukraine's president toured Western capitals and a neighbouring government fell.
Retrospective · events of 15 February 2023
Bridges, missiles and Moldova's strain, mid-February 2023
Security
A look back at the security picture around 15 February 2023, from the Bakhmut front to Odesa region and Moldova's airspace.
Retrospective · events of 16 February 2023
Why Bakhmut and Moldova mattered together
Opinion
A look back at how front-line fighting and spillover pressure on Moldova converged in mid-February 2023.
Retrospective · events of 16 February 2023
Bakhmut, Zatoka and Moldova: pressure on several fronts
Security
Reports from the days before 16 February 2023 showed fighting around Bakhmut, a new naval weapon near Odesa and strain in neighbouring Moldova.
Retrospective · events of 17 February 2023
What did South Africa's naval drill involve?
Security
A look back at a joint exercise hosted off South Africa, and the fighting around Bakhmut in the days before it.
Retrospective · events of 20 February 2023
Secrecy surrounded Biden's arrival in Kyiv to meet Zelenskyy
Politics
A retrospective on the secretive visit by the US president to Ukraine's capital, where he met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Retrospective · events of 20 February 2023
Security risks shaped the US president's secret Kyiv trip
Politics
A look back at the secrecy and symbolism of the US president's trip to the Ukrainian capital.
Retrospective · events of 20 February 2023
Biden's unannounced Kyiv visit of 20 February 2023
Politics
A look back at the surprise trip by the U.S. president to the Ukrainian capital, made without advance public notice.
Retrospective · events of 20 February 2023
US president appears in person in Kyiv as invasion continues
Politics
A look back at the secretive trip by the US president to meet Ukraine's president, made as the Russian invasion continued.
Retrospective · events of 20 February 2023
What did Biden's unannounced Kyiv visit signal?
Opinion
A look back at the US president's surprise trip to the Ukrainian capital, where he met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Retrospective · events of 20 February 2023
South Africa hosts naval drill with Russia and China
Security
A look back at two security developments reported in the days before 20 February 2023, one in eastern Ukraine and one off South Africa.
Retrospective · events of 21 February 2023
Why Putin suspended Russia's part in New START
Security
A look back at the arms control decision announced on 21 February 2023, and at a joint naval exercise held days earlier.
Retrospective · events of 21 February 2023
Putin links nuclear arms control to the war in Ukraine
Opinion
A look back at the 21 February 2023 decision to suspend Russia's participation in the last nuclear arms control pact with the United States.
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