The consequences of the strike on Odessa. Photo by Oleksandr Gimanov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA.
- A new round of negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the USA is scheduled for Sunday, February 1.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted that the issue of territorial claims in Donbass remains open, adding that it is "very complex."
- Germany has sent nine IRIS-T air defense systems to Ukraine and is preparing for new deliveries.
- In Kyiv, 610,000 consumers remain without electricity. President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the city administration for being unprepared for the difficult situation with heat and electricity supply and called for more active measures.
- Additionally, Germany will transfer 33 mobile thermal power plants to Ukraine, which are expected in the coming days.
- As a result of a recent Russian attack in Volnyansk, Zaporizhia region, three people were killed, and one was injured.
- In the Belgorod region of Russia, one person was killed on Wednesday as a result of a drone strike.
- Russian troops attacked the Kyiv region with drones, resulting in the deaths of two people - a man and a woman.
- In the Odesa region, three people were injured in a drone attack, one of whom was hospitalized.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated that Ukraine's rapid accession to the European Union is impossible. "Accession (of Ukraine to the EU) on January 1, 2027, is excluded. It is simply impossible," he said, while Volodymyr Zelensky expressed hope for Ukraine's accession to the EU in 2027.
