February 7, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Battle of Toretsk
    • Russia says its forces have taken full control of Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, after months of urban warfare. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• A Beechcraft King Air F90 crashes on an avenue in Barra Funda, São Paulo, Brazil, killing the two people on board and wounding two on the ground. (AP)

Law and crime

• February 2025 Brussels shootings
  • A fourth shooting in Brussels takes place in Belgium within a few days. The shooting is related to two of the other shootings. As a result the six separate police zones in Brussels will start working under one command from today. (VRT), (NOS)
• Seventy-nine countries jointly speak out in a statement against the sanctions imposed by Donald Trump on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. (NOS)