Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events

Here is the situation on Tuesday, February 25:

Fighting

Russian attacks in the Ukrainian capital injured a 19-year-old woman, according to Kyiv’s Regional Governor Mykola Kalashnyk, and set a residential building on fire. He claimed the woman had a head injury and was being treated.
At least one person was killed and 13 more were injured by Russian shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) reported, citing the governor of the Donetsk region, Vadym Filashkin.
According to DPA, at least two civilians were hurt by Russian bombs in the Kharkiv-area’s neighbor.
Kyiv’s military said air force units shot down six missiles and 133 of 213 drones launched at Ukraine overnight. 79 more drones reportedly failed to land on their intended targets.

Servicemen of the 24th Mechanized Brigade, named after King Danylo, of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire a BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket system towards Russian troops, on a front line near the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine February 23, 2025]Handout/Oleg Petrasiuk via Reuters]

Veniamin Kondratyev, the Russian governor for the Krasnodar region, claimed Ukraine launched a drone attack that damaged infrastructure, including Tuapse’s Black Sea port. No injuries were reported.
Russia’s state-owned RIA Novosti reported that a 17-year-old was arrested on suspicion of gathering intelligence to help Ukraine target Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery with drones. According to reports, the teenager reportedly admitted to the questioning.
A Russian man was convicted of filming an air defense system in Podolsk and providing Ukraine with images and location data for 16 years, according to the Russian Investigative Committee.

Politics and diplomacy

Donald Trump, the president of the United States, confirmed earlier rumors in the media that he had negotiated with Ukraine for access to the continent’s rare earth minerals and other natural resources.
A new study by the World Bank, United Nations, European Commission and the Ukrainian government found that about $524bn would be needed to rebuild Ukraine’s economy after Russia’s three-year war on the country. This was a 7% increase over the estimated $ 486 billion budget of the previous year.
Despite Trump claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin had consented to it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reiterated Moscow’s disapproval of European peacekeepers stationed in Ukraine.

The UK ambassador to the UN, Barbara Woodward, casts a vote during a UNSC meeting on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine — On February 24, 2025, at the UN headquarters in New York, United States, UK envoy Barbara Woodward casts a vote.

Russians have a lot of rare metal deposits, according to Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Kremlin. Trump stated in his campaign that there would be “major economic development transactions with Russia.”
Norway will provide funding for Ukraine’s purchase of natural gas, according to Naftogaz, an organization in Ukraine. The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development is reportedly funding the $400 million aid package.