U.S., Ukraine, and Russia delegations agree on exchange of 314 POWs – Witkoff
Delegations from the United States, Ukraine, and Russia agreed on Thursday, February 5, in Abu Dhabi to exchange 314 prisoners.
Delegations from the United States, Ukraine, and Russia agreed on Thursday, February 5, in Abu Dhabi to exchange 314 prisoners.
The situation in the Huliaipole and Oleksandrivka sectors of the font remains difficult. Russian forces have increased the number of airstrikes, but Ukraine’s Defense Forces are holding their positions.
Estonia’s Foreign Minister, Margus Tsahkna, has arrived in Ukraine on a visit.
Starlink terminals that have been added to the “white list” are operational, while Russian terminals have already been blocked.
Information spread by Russian media alleging that severely wounded Ukrainian soldiers are not being evacuated in the Huliaipole sector is not true.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out a series of successful strikes on the Kapustin Yar range in January 2026.
Ukrainian forces have struck a logistics hub, concentrations of enemy personnel, drone control points, and electronic warfare (EW) assets of Russian troops.
Russian media reports claiming that the village of Staroukrainka on the Huliaipole axis was captured are not true. The village remains under the control of Ukrainian forces.
Along the border with Russia in the Chernihiv, Sumy, and Kharkiv regions, Russian forces are primarily conducting shelling, while infantry activity is localized. On certain sections, assault attempts were repelled, and the enemy suffered losses.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk jointly laid a wreath at the Wall of Remembrance honoring those who died for Ukraine.
Rescuers extinguished a fire at a hotel in central Kyiv, evacuating 57 people from the building.
On the night of February 4-5, Russian strikes damaged Ukrzaliznytsia facilities in the Sumy region.
The second day of trilateral meetings involving representatives of Ukraine, the United States, and Russia has begun in the United Arab Emirates.
Windows in multi-story residential buildings were blown out and cars were damaged following an overnight Russian attack on Sumy.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has begun his visit to Kyiv.
On February 4, Russian forces killed eight residents of the Donetsk region and wounded another 21.
On the front line on February 4, Ukraine's Defense Forces recorded 133 combat engagements with Russian invaders, with the heaviest attacks occurring in the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole sectors.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 156 of the 183 drones used by Russia to attack Ukraine from the evening of February 4.
Russia suffered approximately 1,243,840 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and February 5, 2026, with 770 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
In Kyiv, two people were injured during a Russian drone attack on the night of February 5.
The Canadian Armed Forces demonstrated how their military personnel are improving tactical medicine skills among Ukrainian defenders.
Russian authorities plan to expand state oversight of the digital environment, including artificial intelligence technologies.
Volodymyr Zelensky expects that peace in the war against Russia can be achieved in less than a year, and that this will be done through diplomatic means.
In the Obolonskyi district of the capital, enemy drone strikes caused cars in a parking lot to catch fire.
Fighters of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine used drones in the south to hit two Russian ground-based robotic complexes along with their ammunition.
Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the confirmed losses of Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion amount to 55,000 fallen soldiers.
Europe and Finland must acknowledge that the United States is changing and that the ideology of the U.S. administration underpinning its foreign policy "conflicts with our own values."
The Support Center of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has handed over the first batch of 30 generators to Kyiv’s municipal enterprise Kyivteploenergo as part of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
The government continues to implement support measures for Ukrainians amid the energy crisis caused by Russian strikes—217 attacks have already been recorded since the beginning of the year.