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Friday, 17 April 2026, 00:44
Today's strike by the Russian army on a bus in Dnipropetrovsk Region is a demonstrative crime that once again shows that Russia is responsible for the escalation.
Continued support for Ukraine and unrelenting pressure on Russia are the only path to peace.
After a conference call on the situation in the regions, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that more than 500 apartment buildings in Kyiv still have no heating, which means that not enough work is being done in the city.
Against the backdrop of the difficult situation in the energy sector, the government, together with the Naftogaz Group, is providing targeted assistance to citizens with limited mobility, people in difficult life circumstances, and single pensioners.
Six people wounded as a result of a Russian drone strike on a DTEK miners' bus in the town of Ternivka, Pavlohrad district, Dnipropetrovsk region, are in serious condition. The total number of victims has risen to 15.
A decision on the future operation of the maternity hospital in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Zaporizhzhia, which was hit by a drone today, will be made on February 2.
The enemy targeted a service bus belonging to one of the enterprises in the Pavlohrad district with a drone. Fifteen miners were killed and seven more were wounded.
At 02:00 on February 1, specialists completed repairs on a high-voltage line connecting Ukraine with Moldova. This adds 500 megawatts of capacity to help stabilize energy supply in Ukraine's southern regions.
Early on Sunday, February 1, Russian forces carried out an airstrike on Sloviansk in the Donetsk region, dropping three FAB-250 aerial bombs. As a result of the attack, a 43-year-old woman was killed and another woman was injured.
Sweden is preparing one of its largest security assistance packages for Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces have engaged in 44 combat clashes with Russian invaders since the beginning of the day, with the heaviest pressure from the invaders reported in the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole sectors.
Eighteen facilities were damaged as a result of a Russian UAV attack in Zaporizhzhia, most of them residential buildings.
On Sunday, February 1, Russian forces carried out another drone strike on Zaporizhzhia.
The Russian authorities continue to rely on prisoners as an expendable resource in the war against Ukraine.
As many as 693 buildings in Kyiv remain without heating following an emergency in Ukraine's energy system on January 31.
Russian forces struck Zaporizhzhia with a drone once more. Three people were injured, including a four-year-old child.
The Russian government has lifted restrictions on gasoline exports for oil product manufacturers.
The HUR special unit, the Freedom of Russia Legion, has disclosed details of an operation to destroy an ammunition depot belonging to Russian invaders in Kharkiv Region.
On the night of February 1, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck a number of enemy military targets in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and on the territory of the Russian Federation.
The dates of the next trilateral meetings between Ukraine, the United States, and Russia in Abu Dhabi (UAE) have been set for February 4 and 5.
In Odesa Region, more than 33,000 households in 176 villages and towns remain without electricity as a result of adverse weather conditions.
An explosion was heard in Zaporizhzhia during an air raid alert. Enemy forces struck the city with a drone, hitting a maternity hospital.
Over the past day, Russian troops carried out nine shelling attacks in the Donetsk region, damaging residential buildings and a gas pipeline.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday that the measures taken by his company to stop Russia's unauthorized use of Starlink appear to have produced results.
On Saturday, January 31, Russian forces attacked Kherson and 14 other towns and villages in the Kherson region with drones, airstrikes, and artillery.
At the request of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, SpaceX has begun taking countermeasures against Shahed-type attack UAVs that are using Starlink technology.
In January 2026, the Russian Federation used more than 6,000 attack drones, about 5,500 guided aerial bombs, and 158 missiles of various types against Ukraine.
On January 31, Russian forces shelled the Kharkiv region using a guided aerial bomb and several types of drones. Civilian infrastructure was damaged, and two women were injured.
Russian forces have struck an enterprise on the outskirts of Chernihiv, causing damage.