Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,461
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On February 24, 2026, day 1,461 of the Russia-Ukraine war saw continued fighting. In Moscow, an explosion at a railway station killed one police officer and wounded two others. Russian drone strikes in Ukraine targeted Zaporizhzhia and Odesa, wounding civilians and damaging port infrastructure. Explosions also injured police officers in Mykolaiv and damaged a police station in Dnipro. Ukrainian drones struck a Russian oil pumping station in Tatarstan. Commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, Oleksandr Syrskii, announced that Ukrainian forces had regained control of 400 sq km of territory along the southern front line. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz commented on Ukraine's effective resistance and the strain on the Russian economy due to sanctions and warfare.
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