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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 153400" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kivu_conflict" target="_blank">Kivu conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M23_campaign_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">M23 campaign</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Bukavu_offensive" target="_blank">2025 Bukavu offensive</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Local officials and residents report that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda" target="_blank">Rwanda</a>-backed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_23_Movement" target="_blank">M23 forces</a> have taken over the center of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukavu" target="_blank">Bukavu</a>, the capital of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kivu" target="_blank">South Kivu</a> in eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" target="_blank">DR Congo</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/16/dr-congos-m23-rebels-enter-centre-of-strategic-city-bukavu-report" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" target="_blank">Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo</a> acknowledges the fall of Bukavu to M23 rebels, and urges its roughly two million residents to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelter-in-place" target="_blank">shelter in place</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rqr8q5v52o" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykolaiv_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Mykolaiv strikes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_strikes_against_Ukrainian_infrastructure_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> launches <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strike" target="_blank">drone strikes</a> across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>, injuring at least one person and damaging a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_power_station" target="_blank">thermal power station</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykolaiv" target="_blank">Mykolaiv</a>, leaving 46,000 people without heat. Ukraine says that it shot down 95 of 143 drones while disrupting 46 others by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_countermeasure" target="_blank">electronic countermeasures</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-overnight-attacks-injure-one-damage-infrastructure-houses-ukraine-2025-02-16/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93United_States_relations" target="_blank">Russia–United States relations</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_negotiations_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_State" target="_blank">U.S. Secretary of State</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Rubio" target="_blank">Marco Rubio</a> leads a U.S. delegation, along with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Advisor" target="_blank">National Security Advisor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Waltz" target="_blank">Michael Waltz</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassadors_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">Special Envoy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff" target="_blank">Steve Witkoff</a>, to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyadh" target="_blank">Riyadh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" target="_blank">Saudi Arabia</a>, for initial talks with Russia. A Russian source reports that the meeting will occur on 18 February, and that the Russian delegation is expected to include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_%28Russia%29" target="_blank">Foreign Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov" target="_blank">Sergey Lavrov</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Administration_of_Russia" target="_blank">Presidential Aide</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Ushakov" target="_blank">Yuri Ushakov</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_the_Foreign_Intelligence_Service" target="_blank">SVR Director</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Naryshkin" target="_blank">Sergey Naryshkin</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-trump-talks-negotiations-saudi-51b77cdf699f13ad16cb00bbf371b840" target="_blank">(AP)</a> <a href="https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/7513890?from=top_main_1" target="_blank">(Kommersant) </a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_February_16" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 153400, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kivu_conflict']Kivu conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M23_campaign_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']M23 campaign[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Bukavu_offensive']2025 Bukavu offensive[/URL] [LIST] [*]Local officials and residents report that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda']Rwanda[/URL]-backed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_23_Movement']M23 forces[/URL] have taken over the center of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukavu']Bukavu[/URL], the capital of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kivu']South Kivu[/URL] in eastern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo']DR Congo[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/16/dr-congos-m23-rebels-enter-centre-of-strategic-city-bukavu-report'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo']Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo[/URL] acknowledges the fall of Bukavu to M23 rebels, and urges its roughly two million residents to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelter-in-place']shelter in place[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rqr8q5v52o'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykolaiv_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Mykolaiv strikes[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_strikes_against_Ukrainian_infrastructure_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL] launches [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strike']drone strikes[/URL] across [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL], injuring at least one person and damaging a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_power_station']thermal power station[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykolaiv']Mykolaiv[/URL], leaving 46,000 people without heat. Ukraine says that it shot down 95 of 143 drones while disrupting 46 others by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_countermeasure']electronic countermeasures[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-overnight-attacks-injure-one-damage-infrastructure-houses-ukraine-2025-02-16/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93United_States_relations']Russia–United States relations[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_negotiations_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_State']U.S. Secretary of State[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Rubio']Marco Rubio[/URL] leads a U.S. delegation, along with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Advisor']National Security Advisor[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Waltz']Michael Waltz[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassadors_of_the_United_States']Special Envoy[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff']Steve Witkoff[/URL], to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyadh']Riyadh[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia']Saudi Arabia[/URL], for initial talks with Russia. A Russian source reports that the meeting will occur on 18 February, and that the Russian delegation is expected to include [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_%28Russia%29']Foreign Minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov']Sergey Lavrov[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Administration_of_Russia']Presidential Aide[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Ushakov']Yuri Ushakov[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_the_Foreign_Intelligence_Service']SVR Director[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Naryshkin']Sergey Naryshkin[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-trump-talks-negotiations-saudi-51b77cdf699f13ad16cb00bbf371b840'](AP)[/URL] [URL='https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/7513890?from=top_main_1']([I]Kommersant[/I]) [/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_February_16"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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