Current events: 2026-02-17

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign, Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Three Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant engineers are killed and another is injured in a Russian drone attack on a vehicle in Mykolaivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (RBC-Ukraine)
  • At least six people are injured and buildings and vehicles are damaged in large-scale Russian strikes on Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. (RBC-Ukraine)
• The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations says a vessel and a skiff exchanged small-arms fire southwest of Aden, Yemen. (The Jerusalem Post)

Disasters and accidents

• At least four people are killed and 29 others are injured in a more than 30-vehicle pileup in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. (WLS-TV) (Times Now)
• At least three servicemen are reportedly killed and several others are injured in an explosion at a military commandant's building in Sertolovo, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. (News.Az) (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• 2026 United States–Iran crisis
  • Iran partially closes the Strait of Hormuz for several hours due to military exercises and warns the United States to avoid a military escalation. (Euronews) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• An 18-year-old is arrested after running towards the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C., United States, with a loaded shotgun, multiple rounds of ammunition and a tactical vest. (WJLA-TV)

Politics and elections

• Impeachment of José Jerí
  • President of Peru José Jerí is removed from office by the Peruvian congress. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026
  • An annular solar eclipse lasting up to 2 minutes and 20 seconds is visible from Antarctica, for the first time since 2014, the Southern Ocean, and the South Indian Ocean, and partially observed in Africa, Argentina, and Chile. (EclipseWise) (AP) (hub.pl)

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