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05 February 2026
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has released exclusive footage showing the return home of Ukrainian defenders freed from Russian captivity as part of the exchange on Thursday, February 5.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has released exclusive footage showing the return home of Ukrainian defenders freed from Russian captivity as part of the exchange on Thursday, February 5.
Warsaw will not back any decisions taken in the context of the Abu Dhabi talks that would go against Ukraine's interests.
Ukraine’s Military Needs Commanders Who Are Both Decisive and Humane
Since the beginning of the day, 56 combat engagements have taken place between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops. Fighting is currently ongoing on six sectors of the front. The enemy is most active in the Pokrovsk sector, with increased activity on the Kostiantynivka and Huliaipole sectors.
The Russian army carried out a drone strike on the village of Bakhtyn in the Borova community in Kharkiv region, injuring two women.
Volodymyr Zelensky said that the negotiating delegations of Ukraine, the United States, and Russia in Abu Dhabi agreed that their next meeting would be held in the near future.
U.S. President Donald Trump has stated very clearly that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had no right to attack Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that another prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia took place today. As a result, 157 Ukrainian servicemen have returned home.
Russian President Vladimir Putin should be denied the ability to form a new nuclear security architecture following the end of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia.
In Kharkiv, due to Russian strikes on critical infrastructure in the morning of February 5, there is no stable electricity supply, with intermittent or complete outages; electric transport has been halted.
In Kyiv, more than 1,100 buildings remain without heating.
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.
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.
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.
Soldiers of the 5th Separate Assault Kyiv Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have published a video showing the village of Ivanivske in Donetsk region, which has suffered extensive destruction as a result of Russian attacks.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 156 of the 183 drones used by Russia to attack Ukraine from the evening of February 4.
The total cost of the weapons Russia used for the massive aerial strike on Ukraine on February 3 amounts to $324.8 million.
In Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk district, Donetsk region, a single FPV drone destroyed a Russian self-propelled artillery piece worth about $100,000.