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Thursday, 12 February 2026, 00:30
Throughout the day, Russian forces have been almost continuously attacking the city of Zaporizhzhia with drones. There were strikes on residential areas, causing destruction and damage in three districts of the city.
Since the beginning of the day, 63 combat engagements have occurred between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops, with the highest enemy activity reported in the Pokrovsk sector.
Soldiers of the 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped an attempt by Russian forces to advance in the Kupiansk sector.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha discussed with the OSCE Chair, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, and OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioglu the role of their organization in promoting peace.
On Monday, February 2, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, held a phone conversation with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Defense Forces carried out a series of successful strikes on command posts and an ammunition depot belonging to the Russians in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
In the border areas of Kharkiv and Sumy regions, Russian troops are testing the defenses of Ukrainian units. The main goal is to establish a control zone along the border.
On the afternoon of February 2, Russian troops attacked the Osnovianskyi district with a drone.
In the Donetsk region, a family with three children who had independently returned home from evacuation was hit by an airstrike: the father and an adult son were killed, while the mother and two underage children were injured.
Europe should demand concessions from Russia, including limits on military power, the army, and nuclear weapons, as well as accountability "for the crimes that they have committed."
President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree imposing sanctions against companies that service Russia's tanker fleet and transport sanctioned oil, as well as against Kremlin propagandists.
Russian troops attacked two districts of Zaporizhzhia. The residential sector and an electrical substation were damaged.
The Russian occupation army has intensified its assault operations in the south, especially in the Huliaipole sector.
The situation for the Defense Forces in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna sector, particularly in the city of Kupiansk, is stable and positive, while in Vovchansk, it is frankly difficult.
Ukraine lacks missiles for air defense systems, and there are cases when they are empty before another Russian attack.
Approximately 200 buildings in Kyiv remain without heating, most of them on the right bank.
As of the morning of February 2, new Russian attacks have left users in four regions without power; bad weather has caused power outages in 162 settlements in three regions.
In the Kramatorsk community in the Donetsk region, Russians shelled a bus station and damaged at least ten residential buildings during the night.
Fifteen enemy UAVs were destroyed last night in the Cherkasy region, causing damage due to falling debris.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called for Russia to be held accountable for a targeted drone strike on a bus in the Dnipropetrovsk region, which killed 15 miners.
Near Pokrovsk, drones saved Ukrainian soldiers from Russian captivity.
Emergency power cuts are being implemented in Kyiv and the surrounding region.
On the morning of February 2, a Russian UAV struck a diesel locomotive standing at a railway station in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Over the past day, Russian troops fired 56 times at two districts of the Chernihiv region using various types of weapons, with 83 explosions reported.
Yesterday, February 1, Russians attacked Kharkiv and five settlements in the Kharkiv region, leaving two women injured.
On Monday, February 2, hourly power outage schedules are in effect for household consumers across all regions of Ukraine, while industrial consumers face capacity restrictions.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 157 of 171 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine since the evening of February 1.
Russian troops killed two residents of the Donetsk region in the past 24 hours, on February 1.
On February 1, Ukrainian forces engaged in 179 combat clashes with Russian invaders along the line of contact.