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History: February 2026
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Retrospective · events of 1 February 2026
Two blows to Ukraine's wartime routines on 1 February 2026
Opinion
A deadly drone strike on mineworkers in Dnipro and a Starlink restriction marked a hard day for Ukraine, a retrospective look shows.
Retrospective · events of 2 February 2026
Drones cross the border both ways as Starlink curbs follow
Security
A look back at a day of drone attacks on both sides of the border, and a Starlink restriction announced a day earlier.
Retrospective · events of 3 February 2026
What happened on 3 February 2026 in Ukraine?
Security
A look back at a day of Russian drone and missile strikes that followed a brief pause on hits to Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
Retrospective · events of 5 February 2026
What Russian strikes did in Ukraine, 3–5 February 2026
Security
A look back at the days around 5 February 2026, when strikes hit energy infrastructure, Zaporizhzhia and a market in Druzhkivka.
Retrospective · events of 5 February 2026
Zircon missiles and drones hit Ukraine as energy moratorium ends
Security
A look back at Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and civilians in the days up to 5 February 2026.
Retrospective · events of 7 February 2026
Emergency blackouts and a Moscow shooting
Security
A look back at 7 February 2026, when Ukraine scheduled nationwide power cuts and news emerged of a shooting in the Russian capital.
Retrospective · events of 10 February 2026
Two dead in Sloviansk as attacks on civilians continue
Security
A retrospective on a strike on Sloviansk and the fighting and attacks reported in the days just before it.
Retrospective · events of 10 February 2026
Strikes and a ground push: Ukraine, 10 February 2026
Security
A retrospective on a day of civilian deaths in Sloviansk, a Russian advance near Kupiansk, and an arrest linked to the shooting of a Russian general.
Retrospective · events of 12 February 2026
War's toll reaches Winter Games as Ukrainian racer is disqualified
Security
A look back at a day when the war's toll followed Ukraine into the Winter Olympics and drone attacks continued on both sides of the border.
Retrospective · events of 12 February 2026
Heraskevych's helmet and the limits of Olympic neutrality
Opinion
A look back at the IOC's disqualification of a Ukrainian skeleton racer over a helmet showing athletes killed in the war.
Retrospective · events of 12 February 2026
Why a helmet became a flashpoint at the Olympics
Opinion
On 12 February 2026, the disqualification of a Ukrainian skeleton racer placed the toll of the war inside a sporting arena.
Retrospective · events of 16 February 2026
Operation Midas reaches former minister in ₴4bn energy bribery inquiry
Politics
A look back at the detention of a former energy minister in the Operation Midas investigation.
Retrospective · events of 16 February 2026
Strikes on energy targets in mid-February 2026
Security
A look back at the reported attacks on energy infrastructure and civilians in the days before 16 February 2026.
Retrospective · events of 17 February 2026
Three Sloviansk power plant engineers killed by Russian drone
Security
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.
Retrospective · events of 17 February 2026
Ukraine's energy sector under fire and under investigation
Opinion
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.
Retrospective · events of 18 February 2026
What the 17 February strikes showed about infrastructure risk
Security
Reports from the days around 18 February 2026 pointed to continued Russian attacks on energy workers and on Sumy Oblast.
Retrospective · events of 19 February 2026
Ex-minister held at border over alleged ₴4bn energy kickbacks
Politics
A look back at the Operation Midas case, in which a former energy minister was detained at the border in mid-February 2026.
Retrospective · events of 20 February 2026
Strikes on both sides' infrastructure, 20 February 2026
Security
A look back at how drone and missile attacks hit energy sites, towns and a Crimean port in the days around 20 February 2026.
Retrospective · events of 20 February 2026
What did the Sevastopol drone strikes show?
Opinion
A retrospective on the Ukrainian drone strikes on Sevastopol, Crimea, reported on 20 February 2026.
Retrospective · events of 20 February 2026
Crimea's long contest: Sevastopol hit by drones again
Opinion
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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