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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,095
Here are the key developments on the 1,095th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Here is the situation on Sunday, February 23 – a day before the war’s third anniversary:
Fighting
- Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its air defence units intercepted and destroyed 20 Ukrainian drones overnight over six regions of the country on the eve of the third anniversary of its invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukrainian officials said Russia launched several waves of missile and drone attacks overnight, targeting Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine, killing one civilian in Kryvyi Rih and damaging buildings and cars in Kyiv and elsewhere.
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One woman was killed and three others injured in Russia’s guided bomb attacks on the industrial city of Kostiantynivka in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said. Seven apartment buildings and 14 other buildings were damaged in the attack, the state emergency service added.
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Three people were injured when a private house caught fire after a drone attack on the Odesa region, said Oleh Kiper, governor of the region on Ukraine’s Black Sea.
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A 53-year-old woman was also injured and several residential houses damaged in an attack on the southeastern region of Zaporizhia, said regional Governor Ivan Fedorov on the Telegram messaging app.
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Multiple drone attacks on Kyiv damaged several residential houses and cars, but there were no immediate reports of injuries, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram.
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Ukraine’s air force said Kyiv and central and eastern parts of the country were under air raid alerts for about six hours overnight.
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Meeting the needs of troops fighting in Ukraine and boosting the armed forces are Russia’s key strategic priorities, President Vladimir Putin said early on Sunday, as Moscow marks its annual Defender of the Fatherland Day.
Politics and diplomacy
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French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will travel to Washington, DC next week amid alarm in Europe over United States President Donald Trump’s hardening stance towards Ukraine and overtures to Moscow on the three-year conflict.
- United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced that London would unveil a significant package of sanctions against Russia on Monday, which marks three years since the start of its war with Ukraine.
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Trump said the US is close to a deal with Ukraine on sharing revenue from Ukrainian minerals as part of efforts to end the Ukraine war. He said the US wants to recover the billions of dollars in military aid it has given to Ukraine.
- The US presence in Poland and Central Europe should be boosted, Polish President Andrzej Duda told Trump during their meeting in Washington, DC. Trump reaffirmed a close alliance with Poland, praising Warsaw’s commitment to increase defence spending, the White House said on X following their meeting.
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Polish Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said it has been paying for Ukraine’s Starlink subscription and would continue to do so despite sources saying the US could consider cutting Ukraine’s access to the satellite internet system.
- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a phone call that no peace framework for the war could be decided without Kyiv.
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The US wants the United Nations Security Council to vote on a brief draft resolution marking the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Monday before the 193-member General Assembly votes on the same text, diplomats said. The US proposal pits it against Kyiv and the European Union, which have been working on a separate draft.
Iranians mourning the country’s supreme leader condemned U.S. strikes that Washington called retaliation for Iran’s attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. At a tightly controlled state funeral in Mashhad — one of Iran’s most conservative cities, where opponents of the government were unlikely to be found in the crowd — mourners voiced defiance and called for revenge.
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Beloved musicians among victims in deadly Bahamas plane crash; aviation authority grounds flights
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A devastating double-aviation crisis in the Bahamas, including a deadly North Andros plane crash and a separate aircraft fire on Friday, prompted the government to suspend flight operations for a local airline and launch a federal safety probe.
Shortly after 1 p.m. local time Friday, a Cessna 402 aircraft with Bahamian registration departed Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau bound for San Andros Airport.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) said the plane “encountered difficulties” and crashed into bushes prior to landing.
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Authorities said 10 people were killed in a Bahamas plane crash on Friday. (Our News Bahamas via AP)
First responders, including the Royal Bahamas Police Force, Airport Authority and emergency medical personnel, rushed to the dense brush where the aircraft went down.
The Bahamas Musicians and Entertainers Union confirmed in a statement Saturday that 10 people died in the crash, including prominent members of the “The Pond Band” and a local DJ, whose artistry the union said “touched so many lives and helped to enrich the cultural fabric of The Bahamas.”
Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said a sole survivor was pulled from the wreckage.
“Ann and I are praying for the families who are now facing unbearable grief,” Davis wrote in a statement on X. “We are also praying for the survivor, whose recovery and care will remain in our thoughts.”
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The identities of those killed in the crash have not yet been released.
While the AAIA’s preliminary reports initially indicated seven people were on board, officials are still establishing the facts of the flight manifest.
Just hours before the fatal crash in North Andros, a Flamingo Air flight en route to Mayaguana was forced to turn back to Nassau after the pilot reported a concern, according to the Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Aviation (MoET).
After the aircraft landed and passengers safely deplaned, the plane caught fire on the runway.
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FILE – The Civil Aviation Authority Bahamas temporarily suspended Flamingo Air’s Air Operator Certificate following two aircraft incidents Friday. (iStock)
Following the two back-to-back safety incidents, the Civil Aviation Authority Bahamas (CAAB) temporarily suspended Flamingo Air’s Air Operator Certificate, according to MoET officials.
“The suspension is a precautionary safety measure and should not be treated as an adverse compliance action against Flamingo Air,” the agency wrote in a statement.
FILE – The plane crashed in North Andros on Friday after taking off from Lynden Pindling International Airport. (Melissa Alcena/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Investigators from the AAIA and inspectors from the CAAB remain at the scene in North Andros as they work to determine what caused the Cessna 402 tragedy.
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Flamingo Air did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Moldova’s pro-European President Maia Sandu nominated businessman Vasile Tofan on Saturday as the country’s next prime minister to replace Alexandru Munteanu, who resigned earlier this month over differences with the ruling majority.
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In a video posted to social media, Sandu said Tofan’s primary responsibility, after his candidacy is approved by the country’s parliament, would be to move the country further towards its path of “integration” into the European Union.
He should also “strengthen the resilience of state institutions and society”, and “revive the economy”, added Sandu.
The Moldovan businessman now has two weeks to secure parliamentary backing, a prospect he hopes to achieve after submitting his government programme and his ministerial cabinet nominations.
Tofan had been mentioned as a possible prime minister last year even before the appointment of Munteanu.
Igor Grosu, who heads Sandu’s Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) which won the last parliamentary elections in September, announced on Friday that he had selected him as his candidate to replace the outgoing premier.
He said Tofan shared “the same objectives” as him and PAS, specifying that “EU accession in the years to come, institutional reform and economic growth”, were among the biggest points of agreement.
The nominee for prime minister, who graduated Harvard Business School and turns 44 on Sunday, has a degree in public management from the Netherlands and is a managing partner at Horizon Capital, a private equity firm with assets primarily in Ukraine and Moldova.
He has also chaired the board of directors of Moldova’s Purcari winery, considered the crown jewel of the country’s winemaking sector.
Munteanu, another businessman who like Sandu previously worked at the World Bank, had been chosen to boost the economy and bring it closer to the EU, but turbulence with PAS saw him vacate his post less than a year into holding office.
He resigned on 3 July after less than eight months, stating that he could no longer carry out his mandate “according to (his) principles and (his) convictions”.
The EU last month officially launched a first round of accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. Both countries became official EU candidate countries on 23 June 2022.
Additional sources • AFP
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