Druzhkovka in the Kramatorsk district of Donetsk region, 30 km from the front line. Photo: Serhii Korovainyi / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA.
- Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin representative, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that a new round of trilateral negotiations between Ukraine, Russia, and the USA will take place in Abu Dhabi on February 4-5.
- Kiev was subjected to a massive airstrike by Russian troops, resulting in damage to residential buildings. Similar explosions were recorded in Kharkiv and Dnipro. Drones were also observed in the Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Donetsk, Sumy, and Kyiv regions.
- A 67-year-old man was killed as a result of a drone strike in the Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk region.
- In the Belgorod region of Russia, a Ukrainian drone attacked an official's service vehicle that was delivering bread to a village and transporting two local residents to a pharmacy. As a result, he sustained mine-explosive injuries and shrapnel wounds. Another victim was injured due to a strike on an administrative building in Shebekino. A third victim, who was driving a KamAZ truck, did not require hospitalization, although the truck's cabin was burned.
- In Stary Oskol, Belgorod region, two people died as a result of a drone attack on a private house, which led to a fire and partial collapse of the building.
- A market in the Slobidsky district of Kharkiv was shelled, resulting in two injuries and damage to several trading pavilions.
- According to Ivan Fedorov, head of the regional military administration, one person was killed and another injured in the Zaporizhzhia region as a result of a drone strike that destroyed a private house in the village of Veselyi Hai. The victim was a 38-year-old woman.
- U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to halt purchases of Russian oil during their conversation.
- Kiev is resuming planned power outages after emergency measures, as energy workers have managed to normalize the situation.
- Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal reported that the World Bank intends to allocate up to $40 million for energy equipment for Ukraine.
- The Ukrainian government has decided to introduce a "white list" for Starlink satellite communication terminals, which will include only verified devices, while others will be disconnected.
- FIFA President Gianni Infantino suggested considering lifting the ban on Russian teams participating in international tournaments, claiming that it only exacerbates the situation. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called him a "moral degenerate" in response to these statements.
- Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced a lawsuit filed in the European Court demanding the repeal of the REPowerEU regulation that prohibits the import of Russian energy resources.
- In Germany, five people were arrested in connection with circumventing sanctions against Russia, with arrests taking place in several federal states. All those arrested are German citizens, three of whom also hold Russian passports, and one has a Ukrainian passport.
