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Russia accuses a Ukrainian sabotage group of attacking villages in Bryansk Oblast and taking hostages. Ukraine denies involvement and calls the incident a staged provocation.
At least eleven Palestinians were killed and 102 injured during an Israeli military operation in Nablus, West Bank, with witnesses reporting indiscriminate gunfire and widespread damage.
Russian President Vladimir Putin suspends Russia's participation in the New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States, citing the U.S.'s goal of defeating Russia in the ongoing war in Ukraine.
U.S. President Joe Biden makes an unannounced visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, where he meets with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the United Kingdom on 8 February 2023, meeting King Charles III and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and addressing Parliament at Westminster Hall, while Russia launched missile strikes across Ukraine, damaging power infrastructure and disrupting services in multiple regions.
Federal Aviation Administration closes airspace off US east coast and suspends arrivals at Myrtle Beach, Charleston and Wilmington airports after President Biden authorises the balloon's destruction.
France will deliver 12 more Caesar self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, with potential training for Ukrainian pilots on French fighter jets, as part of a broader military support package announced on 31 January 2023.
Unidentified aircraft struck a convoy of Iranian trucks at the al-Qaim border crossing between Iraq and Syria. Six of 25 trucks were hit, with no immediate reports of injuries.