{"id":12418,"date":"2026-02-17T01:38:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=12418"},"modified":"2026-02-17T01:38:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:38:35","slug":"russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1454-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=12418","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,454 | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>These are the key developments from day 1,454 of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">5 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 17 Feb 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">17 Feb 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Here is where things stand on Tuesday, February 17:<\/p>\n<h3>Fighting<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>Ukraine recaptured 201 sq km (78 sq miles) of its territory from Russia between Wednesday and Sunday last week, taking advantage of a Starlink communications shutdown experienced by Russian forces, according to an analysis of battlefield data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) conducted by the AFP news agency.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"tr-story-p1\">Ukrainian intelligence believes that more Russian attacks on the country\u2019s energy sector are in store and that such tactics will make it more difficult to reach an agreement on ending the nearly four-year war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned in his nightly video address on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine\u2019s Air Force said Russia launched 62 long-range strike drones and six missiles of various types at Ukraine overnight.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"tr-story-p1\">Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defence said that it took down 345 Ukrainian drones over the previous 24 hours. It also said it had captured two settlements \u2013 Pokrovka and Minkivka \u2013 in eastern Ukraine, Russian state media reported.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"tr-story-p1\">Officials in Russia\u2019s Krasnodar region reported that a fire had broken out and was extinguished at the Black Sea port of Taman, which handles oil products, grain, coal and commodities. The port was damaged by a Ukrainian drone attack on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Military aid<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"tr-story-p1\">Ukraine has received 4.4 million rounds of large-calibre ammunition under a plan involving Czech arms producers and funding from foreign donors, the Czech Republic\u2019s president, Petr Pavel, told a local news website.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ceasefire talks<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>Rustem Umerov, the head of Ukraine\u2019s negotiating team, arrived in Geneva for the next round of trilateral talks with the US and Russia. In a Telegram post, Umerov said he is looking forward \u201cto constructive work and substantive meetings on security and humanitarian issues\u201d on Tuesday.<\/li>\n<li>Russian news agencies reported the departure of Moscow\u2019s delegation to the talks in Geneva, which is headed by Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to President Vladimir Putin.<\/li>\n<li>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the main focus of the Russian negotiating team is \u201cto discuss a broader range of issues\u201d, including questions about territory, \u201cand everything else related to the demands we have put forward\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Peskov said Russian military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikhail Galuzin would also take part in the Geneva talks, while Putin\u2019s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, would engage in a separate working group on economic issues.<\/li>\n<li>Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban said that he assured US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that his country still backs US peace efforts in Ukraine and that Budapest was still open to hosting a peace summit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Politics and diplomacy<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>Hungary and Slovakia have asked Croatia to help them secure Russian oil following a disruption to flows through Ukraine, which the two countries have blamed on Kyiv. Hungary and Slovakia have exemptions to European Union sanctions on Russian oil that is still piped through Ukraine.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"tr-story-p1\">In response to the allegations of disrupting Russian oil flows, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha posted a photo on X of firefighters battling what he said was a fire at the Druzhba pipeline. In the post, he accused Hungary of not publicly commenting on the incident for two weeks because its ally, Russia, was to blame for the attack on the oil pipe.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Kremlin said on Monday that it agreed with the statement of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who a day earlier accused Ukraine of delaying the reopening of the Druzhba pipeline to try to pressure Hungary to drop its opposition to Ukraine\u2019s potential future EU membership.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"tr-story-p1\">Ukraine\u2019s anticorruption police accused the country\u2019s ex-energy minister, German Galushchenko, of helping launder kickbacks and stashing millions offshore, a day after he was detained trying to leave the country. Ukraine\u2019s anticorruption agency, NABU, said it was working with 15 foreign jurisdictions to expand its corruption probe.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4318330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4318330\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4318330 size-arc-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AFP__20260216__97RR9G3__v1__MidRes__UkraineRussiaJusticeCorruption-1771286670.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Former Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko (C) leaves after a court hearing over his detention, in Kyiv, on February 16, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.&quot;The former Energy Minister (2021\u20132025) has been exposed for money laundering and participation in a criminal organisation,&quot; the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) said in a statement. The statement did not name Galushchenko, but he served as the country's energy minister between 2021 and 2025. The announcement comes one day after Galushchenko was detained by law enforcement attempting to leave Ukraine.\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4318330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ukrainian former Energy Minister German Galushchenko, centre, leaves after a court hearing over his detention, amid allegations of money laundering and participation in a criminal organisation. He was detained by law enforcement while attempting to leave Ukraine, authorities said [Serhii Okunev\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>Russian oil producers could be forced to sharply cut output in the coming months as pressure from the US and European powers restricts Moscow\u2019s exports and storage tanks fill up. Such a development could dent the Kremlin\u2019s war chest, which funds its war on Ukraine, according to Reuters.<\/li>\n<li>France has agreed to grant safe haven to the anti-Kremlin Russian activist couple Alexei and Nadezhda Ishimov, who were both detained by US law enforcement. Nadezhda, however, was prevented from leaving the US because she was using a temporary travel permit instead of a passport. The couple left Russia in 2022 as the Kremlin ramped up a crackdown on opponents following its invasion of Ukraine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the key developments from day 1,454 of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine. Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a05 mins info Published On 17 Feb 202617 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Here is where things stand on Tuesday, February 17: Fighting Ukraine recaptured 201 sq km (78 sq miles) of its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}