Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,461

These are the key developments from day 1,461 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is where things stand on Tuesday, February 24:

Seven police officers have been injured, two of them seriously, in an explosion in Ukraine’s southern city of Mykolaiv, the head of the national police, Ivan Vyhivskyi, said. In a Facebook post, Vyhivskyi wrote that the attack, which was the second involving police in three days, was “not a coincidence” and carried out to “deliberately” kill officers.

An explosion also hit a city police station in the southeastern city of Dnipro, smashing windows and damaging furnishings inside. No injuries were reported, and police did not comment on what might have caused the explosion.

Ukrainian drones have struck a Russian pumping station serving the Druzhba oil pipeline, set up to supply Moscow’s crude to Eastern Europe, a Ukrainian security official said. The strike caused a fire at the Kaleykino station near the city of Almetyevsk in Russia’s Tatarstan region, the official added.

In a speech in Berlin, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s attacks was more effective than it was often made out to be, citing unexpected territorial gains in February. He also added that the Russian economy “is creaking under the weight of sanctions and of warfare”.