{"id":13121,"date":"2026-02-23T03:04:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13121"},"modified":"2026-02-23T03:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:04:49","slug":"russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1460-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13121","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,460 | 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 1,460 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\">4 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 23 Feb 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">23 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 Monday, February 23:<\/p>\n<h3>Fighting<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed Russia for an attack in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, near the border with Poland, which killed a 23-year-old policewoman and wounded at least 24 others.<\/li>\n<li>Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi described the incident as a \u201cterrorist\u201d act.<\/li>\n<li>Russian forces attacked Kyiv and the region surrounding the capital overnight on Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding 17 others, including four children. The attacks damaged more than a dozen homes in five districts, regional Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said on Telegram.<\/li>\n<li>The attacks again targeted Ukraine\u2019s energy sector and caused power outages in several regions, including Kyiv, Ukraine\u2019s power grid operator Ukrenergo said.<\/li>\n<li>Zelenskyy wrote on X that the strikes also targeted the Dnipro, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Poltava and Sumy regions. He noted that aside from the energy sector, residential buildings and the railway were also damaged.<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine\u2019s air force said Russia deployed 345 weapons, including 50 missiles and 297 drones, in the overnight attack. It said it shot down 33 missiles and 274 drones.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:22px\">Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha called on the international community to impose tougher sanctions against the Kremlin following the latest Russian attack, saying, \u201cThis terror cannot be normalised; it must be stopped. Russia cannot wag the world, just as the tail cannot wag the dog.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Russian-installed officials in the occupied Ukrainian region of Zaporizhia said emergency crews were restoring power to areas hit by cuts following a Ukrainian attack on <span style=\"font-size:22px\">energy infrastructure. Yevgeny Balitsky, the Russia-installed <\/span>governor, <span style=\"font-size:22px\">said 12,000 other households remain without power.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>A Ukrainian drone attack on Russian-occupied Luhansk in Ukraine\u2019s northeast caused a fire at a fuel reservoir, according to Leonid Pasechnik, the Moscow-installed leader there.<\/li>\n<li>In Russia\u2019s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, a \u201cmassive\u201d Ukrainian missile attack inflicted serious damage on energy infrastructure and disrupted power, heat and water supplies, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram.<\/li>\n<li>Ukrainian drone attacks forced brief suspensions at airports in the Russian capital, Moscow.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size:22px\">Mayor Sergei Sobyanin<\/span><span style=\"font-size:22px\"> said that 24 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed or intercepted en route to Moscow.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size:22px\">Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defence said its air defence units had intercepted or destroyed 130 Ukrainian drones over a four-hour period, including over Moscow and the surrounding region, as well as other central Russian regions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Politics and diplomacy<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>Russian President Vladimir Putin said developing the country\u2019s nuclear forces was now an \u201cabsolute priority\u201d following the expiry of its last remaining nuclear treaty with the United States. He made the comments during a speech to mark the \u201cDefender of the Fatherland Day\u201d, a holiday honouring Russia\u2019s army.<\/li>\n<li>Pope Leo has made an impassioned appeal for peace in Ukraine, saying an end to the four-year-old war \u201ccannot be postponed\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban said Budapest will block the European Union\u2019s next package of sanctions against Russia, in a move aimed at pushing Ukraine to resume the flow of Russian oil through a pipeline supplying Hungarian refineries.<\/li>\n<li>In a separate social media post, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto declared: \u201cUntil Ukraine resumes oil transit to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline, we will not allow decisions important to Kyiv to move forward.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine\u2019s Foreign Ministry condemned what it described as \u201cultimatums and blackmail\u201d by the governments of Hungary and Slovakia, after they threatened to stop electricity supplies to Ukraine unless Kyiv restarted flows of Russian oil. In a statement, the ministry said: \u201cUltimatums should be sent to the Kremlin, and certainly not to Kyiv.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4331255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4331255\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4331255 size-arc-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AFP__20260222__98JM2T3__v1__MidRes__UkraineRussiaConflictWar-1771804432.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"In this handout photograph taken and released by the press service of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces on February 22, 2026, Ukrainian recruits complete basic military training at an undisclosed location in Zaporizhzhia region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Andriy Andriyenko \/ 65th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces \/ AFP) \/ RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT &quot;AFP PHOTO \/ ANDRIY ANDRIYENKO \/ 65TH MECANIZED BRIGADE OF UKRAINE ARMED FORCES&quot; - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - AFP CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY OR LOCATION, DATE, AND CONTENT OF THESE IMAGES.\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4331255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ukrainian recruits complete basic military training at an undisclosed location in the Zaporizhia region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine [Ukrainian Armed Forces Handout Photo\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the key developments from day 1,460 of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine. Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info Published On 23 Feb 202623 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Here is where things stand on Monday, February 23: Fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed Russia for an attack in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13121","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\/13121","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=13121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}