{"id":66429,"date":"2026-02-16T06:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/first-thing-ukrainian-civilian-casualties-rose-by-26-in-2025-researchers-say\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T06:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:55:10","slug":"first-thing-ukrainian-civilian-casualties-rose-by-26-in-2025-researchers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/first-thing-ukrainian-civilian-casualties-rose-by-26-in-2025-researchers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"First Thing: Ukrainian civilian casualties rose by 26% in 2025, researchers say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Figures said to reflect increased Russian military targeting of cities and infrastructure. Plus, the week the Cuban crisis got real<\/p>\n<p>Good morning.<\/p>\n<p>Civilian casualties in Ukraine caused by Russian strikes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/16\/ukrainian-civilian-casualties-surged-by-26-in-2025-say-researchers\">surged by 26% in 2025<\/a>, reflecting increased Russian targeting of cities and infrastructure in the country, according to a global conflict monitoring group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did the AOAV say about the figures?<\/strong> Iain Overton, executive director of AOAV, said the figures showed \u201cUkraine fits a wider collapse of restraint that is now visible across multiple wars\u201d, and respect for the distinction of proportionality in war \u201chas broken\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does her father still face deportation?<\/strong> Days before Ofelia died, a judge ruled that Torres Maldonado\u2019s deportation would be blocked, due to the hardship it would bring his family, opening the door to a potential pathway to permanent residence and eventual citizenship.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/16\/first-thing-ukrainian-civilian-casualties-rose-by-26-in-2025\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Figures said to reflect increased Russian military targeting of cities and infrastructure. Plus, the week the Cuban crisis got real Good morning. Civilian casualties in Ukraine caused by Russian strikes surged by 26% in 2025, reflecting increased Russian targeting of cities and infrastructure in the country, according to a global conflict monitoring group. What did &#8230; <a title=\"First Thing: Ukrainian civilian casualties rose by 26% in 2025, researchers say\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/first-thing-ukrainian-civilian-casualties-rose-by-26-in-2025-researchers-say\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about First Thing: Ukrainian civilian casualties rose by 26% in 2025, researchers say\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}