February 12, 2025
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kyiv strikes
- Russian forces launch an overnight ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, killing one person and injuring four others. (Reuters)
- United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- After holding a telephone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin, U.S. president Donald Trump says negotiations to end the war will start immediately. (CNN) (Euronews)
- Kyiv strikes
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
- The Rapid Support Forces storm the Zamzam Refugee Camp in North Darfur, Sudan, the country’s largest displacement camp. The situation inside the camp, which holds around 500,000 people, is described as “catastrophic”, with an unknown number of casualties. (BBC News)
- Darfur campaign
- Students–People’s uprising
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk reports that over 1,400 people have been killed in crackdowns on protests against the former government of Sheikh Hasina by the military and police, with over 78% of the casualties by gunshot. (DW)
Disasters and accidents
- A fishing trawler capsizes off South Korea’s Jeju Island with five crew members reported missing. Five others are rescued by the Korea Coast Guard. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Greek presidential election
- Konstantinos Tasoulas is elected President of Greece by the Hellenic Parliament in the fourth and final round of the presidential election. (Ekathimerini)
