The aftermath of the missile strike on Zaporizhzhia. Photo by Jose Colon / Anadolu / Getty Images.
- Donald Trump reported that he reached out to Vladimir Putin, asking him not to shell Kyiv for a week due to the severe cold, to which Putin agreed. Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude to Trump for this.
- Starting February 2, educational institutions in Kyiv will resume classes, with each school determining its own format of education (in-person, remote, or hybrid). Winter holidays have been extended until February 1 due to the difficult energy situation.
- Italy has transferred a large batch of boiler equipment to Ukraine, which will be distributed across various regions.
- The European Union will provide Ukraine and Moldova, which is hosting Ukrainian refugees, with emergency assistance of 153 million euros due to the worsening humanitarian situation.
- A body exchange took place between Russia and Ukraine: Moscow handed over 1,000 bodies, while Kyiv returned 38 bodies of Russian servicemen.
- The European Union plans to disburse the first tranche of a 90 billion euro loan to Ukraine in early April.
- As a result of a Ukrainian drone strike in Grayvoron, located in the Belgorod region, a driver working at a hospital was killed.
- The European Union has imposed sanctions on Ekaterina Andreeva and Pavel Zarubin, and added sports commentator Dmitry Guberniev, TV presenter Maria Sittel, rapper Roma Zhigan (Roman Chumakov), and ballet artist Sergey Polunin to the blacklist.
- According to Financial Times data, Russia's revenues from energy exports may fall by 20% in 2025 compared to 2024 due to a general decline in oil prices and US sanctions against "Rosneft" and "Lukoil."
- As of January 29, the European Union's decision to include Russia on the list of high-risk countries for money laundering and terrorist financing has come into effect, according to information from the European Commission.
- The Polish army reported several balloons that intruded into its airspace from Belarus. Border guards confirmed that these objects were balloons carrying contraband.
