War update: 179 clashes on front lines over past day, heaviest fighting on Pokrovsk, Huliaipole axes
On February 1, Ukrainian forces engaged in 179 combat clashes with Russian invaders along the line of contact.
On February 1, Ukrainian forces engaged in 179 combat clashes with Russian invaders along the line of contact.
Three people were wounded in the Kherson region as a result of Russian aggression on February 1.
The Dnipropetrovsk region observes a day of mourning on Monday, February 2, for miners killed in Russia's February 1 drone attack.
On February 1, Russian forces carried out 844 strikes on 35 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. Ten people were injured in enemy attacks on Zaporizhzhia city, Zaporizhzhia district, and Polohy district.
Russia suffered approximately 1,241,530 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and February 2, 2026, with 850 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
Fighters of the 5th Border Guard Detachment have destroyed two of Russia's latest reconnaissance UAVs, dubbed "Knyaz Veshchy Oleg," in the Sumy region.
Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN, Andrii Melnyk, has spoken about his first protest action at the United Nations, which he staged in disagreement with the Russian ambassador's speech during the ceremony commemorating the victims of the Holocaust in the General Assembly Hall.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained three supporters of Russia in different regions of Ukraine who publicly backed the armed aggression and justified Russian war crimes.
The Russian army carried out a massive strike on the Cherkasy region, with at least four people injured and fires reported in the regional center.
Ukraine will intensify its activities in the foreign policy arena in February. Contacts and meetings will begin tomorrow.
In the coming days, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry will publish instructions for Ukrainian users on how to register their Starlink terminals for verification.
On Saturday U.S. President Donald Trump said that India will purchase Venezuelan oil rather than oil from Iran.
The Supreme Court's decision declaring the transfer of a land plot for the National Military Memorial Cemetery in the Markhalivskyi Forest illegal violates the rights of fallen Ukrainian defenders.
Agents of the ATESH partisan movement struck an enemy communications system and weakened the electronic warfare capabilities of Russian occupiers in the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region.
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On Monday, February 2, cold and dry weather will persist across Ukraine, with nighttime temperatures expected to range from -18°C to -30°C and daytime temperatures from -13°C to -18°C.
Thousands of people gathered in Prague's main squares on Sunday to demonstrate their support for Czech President Petr Pavel amid a dispute with Foreign Minister Petr Macinka over the head of state's refusal to appoint Filip Turek as Minister of the Environment.
In the Odesa region, 7,500 customers remain without electricity, and restoration work will continue until power is fully restored.
There were 150 combat engagements on the front, the largest number on the Pokrovsk sector, where the Russians lost nearly 70 occupiers.
The situation in the energy system has been stabilized, and from midnight Kyiv is returning to temporary electricity outage schedules.
In Kyiv, following an accident in the country's energy system, 244 buildings remain without heat supply.
The number of people injured as a result of a Russian drone strike on a DTEK miners' bus in the city of Ternivka, Pavlohrad district of Dnipropetrovsk region, has increased to 16. Nine of the injured are in serious condition.
Published emails related to the case of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein indicate his contacts with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
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.