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History: February 2025
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Retrospective · events of 3 February 2025
Poltava block hit by missile, at least fourteen reported dead
Opinion
A look back at three Russian strikes on civilian targets in Sumy, Odesa and Poltava between 30 January and 1 February 2025.
Retrospective · events of 5 February 2025
Who shot down Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243?
World
A look back at the report of 4 February 2025 that pointed to a Russian Pantsir missile system in the loss of the Embraer E190.
Retrospective · events of 5 February 2025
What 4 February 2025 revealed about the war
Opinion
A retrospective on a day of civilian casualties in Izium, talk of direct negotiations and a claim about a downed airliner.
Retrospective · events of 7 February 2025
Recean calls on breakaway Transnistria to prevent fresh gas shortage
World
A look back at the appeal made by Moldova's prime minister on 6 February 2025, weeks after Transnistria lost its Russian gas supplies.
Retrospective · events of 7 February 2025
Toretsk claim and new jets: 7 February 2025
Security
A look back at a day when Russia declared Toretsk taken while Ukraine's air force took delivery of Western fighters.
Retrospective · events of 7 February 2025
Toretsk claim and new jets for Ukraine
Security
A look back at 7 February 2025, when Russia announced full control of Toretsk and fresh Western fighter deliveries had just reached Ukraine.
Retrospective · events of 12 February 2025
Sanctions and border cases: 12 February 2025
World
A look back at two developments reported on 11 February 2025 that reached into Russia's online infrastructure and the Belarus–EU border.
Retrospective · events of 12 February 2025
What did Trump's call with Putin set in motion?
Politics
A look back at the telephone conversation of 12 February 2025 and the announcement of talks on ending the war in Ukraine.
Retrospective · events of 12 February 2025
Strasbourg court to examine alleged migrant pushbacks into Belarus
World
A look back at two international moves reported just before 12 February 2025, one on cybercrime sanctions and one on migrant pushbacks at the Belarus border.
Retrospective · events of 12 February 2025
What did the 12 February 2025 call set in motion?
Security
A telephone call between the US and Russian presidents and an overnight missile strike on Kyiv marked the same day in the war.
Retrospective · events of 13 February 2025
Sanctions on oligarchs as Trump announces Russia talks
Politics
A look back at 13 February 2025, when Kyiv announced sanctions on prominent figures a day after Washington said it would open talks with Moscow.
Retrospective · events of 14 February 2025
What did the Chernobyl drone strike reveal?
Opinion
A retrospective on 14 February 2025, when a drone hit the shelter over the Chernobyl site as diplomacy over the war gathered pace.
Retrospective · events of 15 February 2025
What the February 2025 sanctions announcements showed
World
A look back at sanctions and border-case developments reported between 11 and 13 February 2025, as seen from 15 February 2025.
Retrospective · events of 16 February 2025
What happened in the days before 16 February 2025?
World
A look back at sanctions and a court decision announced in the days before 16 February 2025, from Kyiv to the Belarus border.
Retrospective · events of 18 February 2025
Riyadh talks sidelined Kyiv and Europe
Opinion
A retrospective on 18 February 2025, when US and Russian delegations met in Saudi Arabia without Ukrainian or European participation.
Retrospective · events of 19 February 2025
Trump's 'dictator' remark and Moscow's Riyadh welcome
Politics
A look back at 19 February 2025, when US-Ukraine relations soured further while Russia's president praised talks with Washington.
Retrospective · events of 19 February 2025
What happened on 19 February 2025 in Ukraine war
Security
A look back at a day of Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and sharp exchanges over US-led talks with Moscow.
Retrospective · events of 20 February 2025
Zelenskyy faces "dictator" jibe and election call from Washington
Politics
A retrospective on 20 February 2025, after days in which Washington pressed for a Ukrainian vote and Moscow welcomed its talks with the US.
Retrospective · events of 20 February 2025
Riyadh talks and strikes: Ukraine before 20 February 2025
Security
A look back at the days around 20 February 2025, when US–Russia talks excluded Kyiv and Russian strikes continued.
Retrospective · events of 20 February 2025
Trump's election demand and Kyiv's martial law bar
Politics
A look back at the days around 20 February 2025, when US pressure for a Ukrainian vote met a legal ban on elections under martial law.
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