[Korrespondent] 21.48 The Ukrainian Defense Forces have inflicted some of the most significant losses on the Russian army in the past month, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported on its website on Monday, February 2.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy lost more than 31,700 military personnel, which is commensurate with the number of almost three divisions.
20.17 Russian military drones hit a garbage truck in the Verkhnyosyrovatsk community of Sumy region. Three people were injured. The regional prosecutor's office reported this.
"According to the investigation, on February 2, 2026, at about 1:00 p.m., the enemy attacked an unmanned vehicle intended for collecting solid household waste in the Verkhnyosyrovatsk community of Sumy district," the report said.
Three men, aged 48, 55 and 56, were injured in the attack.
19.37 The government has published instructions for Ukrainian military personnel and civilians on how to verify their Starlink satellite system terminals. This was reported on the Ministry of Defense website.
19.02 President Volodymyr Zelensky is holding a meeting with a team of negotiators at the trilateral meetings between Ukraine, the United States, and the Russian Federation before the next round in Abu Dhabi. He posted about this on Telegram.
The Ukrainian side is ready for real steps and believes that it is realistic to achieve a decent and lasting peace, the head of state said.
18.32 Half of the Ukrainians surveyed oppose the so-called "transfer" of Donbas to Russia in exchange for security guarantees - 52%. However, 40% are ready for such a compromise. This is evidenced by the results of a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology.
18.24 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will visit Kyiv on Tuesday. He plans to speak in the Verkhovna Rada. This was reported by MPs Yaroslav Zheleznyak and Oleksiy Honcharenko on Telegram. It is on Tuesday, February 3, that the 15th session of the Ukrainian parliament will open.
17.55 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a telephone conversation with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. They discussed three key issues , the Ukrainian leader's press service reported.
17.23 The court sentenced a Russian military intelligence agent who was preparing a terrorist attack in the center of Zaporizhia to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
The SBU detained a Russian military intelligence agent in Zaporizhia in February 2024. The attacker tried to blow up a post office in the center of a front-line city with a homemade bomb.
As it turned out, the Russian order was carried out by a recruited 33-year-old employee of a local food processing enterprise. He came to the attention of the Russians through an acquaintance who lives in the temporarily occupied part of the region and works for the Russian GRU.
17.07 Since the beginning of the day, 63 combat clashes between the Ukrainian army and the Russian occupiers have taken place on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational briefing. The enemy reports the greatest efforts in the Pokrovsky and Hulyay-Pil directions. Currently, 13 battles are ongoing there.
16.30 The second round of talks of the trilateral Ukraine-US-Russia working group on security issues will be held in Abu Dhabi on February 4-5. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this in a comment to Russian propagandists.
He reported that peace negotiations regarding Ukraine are "a very complex multi-vector process," but there has been "approach" on some issues.
16.11 Russian troops attacked the Osnovyanskyi district of Kharkiv with a drone during the day. This was reported by the city's mayor, Igor Terekhov.
Terekhov later concluded that the market was under attack.
"According to the updated information of our Situation Center, the market in the Slobidsky district has been turned on. There was information about two victims during the day. Several shopping pavilions have also been lowered," he added.
16.11 The Russians dropped an aerial bomb directly on a residential building in Aleksiyevo-Druzhkivka, where a family of five people was staying: a couple and three children. As a result of the drop, a father and an adult son died. The mother, 16-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son were injured. This was reported by the head of the Donetsk OVA Vadim Filashkin in Telegram.
15.55 On Monday night, Ukrainian military units carried out effective strikes on Russian army facilities in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT). Details provided by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On July 15, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree putting into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to synchronize sanctions with the European Union. Restrictions were applied against 10 individuals and six legal entities , the press service of the head of state reported.
14.51 According to the results of a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, 65% of Ukrainians said they are ready to endure the war for as long as necessary. 17% of those surveyed believe that they will ultimately be able to endure it for only six months or a few months.
Compared to previous Ukrainian months, the reserves remain stable: in December and September 2025, those ready to endure war "as long as necessary" were 62%.
Among those who are not ready to endure war for a long time, the most common reasons are: threat to the lives of loved ones and death of people - 29%, shelling and destruction - 17%, economic problems - 17%, interruptions in electricity and heating supply - 15%, psychological fatigue - 10%.
Only 5% of the adult population is not ready to tolerate war due to energy supply problems.
14.36 In Ukraine, 128 searches were conducted in 20 regions as part of the sixth stage of the large-scale special operation Guardian to expose tax evaders. The National Police reported this.
Based on the evidence collected, investigators charged 110 military personnel and civilians.
14.10 Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, who chairs the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioglu arrived in Kyiv on a visit. Cassis announced this on the social network X.
He reaffirmed the role of the OSCE as a platform for dialogue and its readiness to support efforts aimed at achieving a just and lasting peace in Ukraine.
13:45 President Volodymyr Zelensky held a conference call on the situation in Ukraine. Following the meeting, the head of state reported on Telegram that there had been no targeted Russian attacks on the energy sector over the past 24 hours.
13.24 Five people suspected of supplying goods to Russian industry, in particular the defense sector, were detained in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
Approximately 16,000 shipments to Russia were organized through a company in Lübeck, circumventing the embargo. The total value of the transactions is estimated at at least 30 million euros.
Among those detained are a German and Russian citizen, the company's managing director, two German citizens, a man with German and Ukrainian citizenship, and a German and Russian citizen.
12:55 Near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, drones rescued Ukrainian servicemen from Russian captivity. This was reported by the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Four servicemen were captured by a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group during an assault on an observation post. Later, a group of Russians accompanying Ukrainian soldiers was discovered by an aerial reconnaissance patrolling the area. Strike drones from the 25th Separate Airborne Sicheslav Brigade of the 7th Special Forces Regiment, the 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade named after Oleksa Dovbush, and other related units were sent to help.
The approach of a swarm of FPV drones disoriented the Russian invaders and distracted their attention. The Ukrainian military took advantage of this and managed to escape from enemy captivity.
Instead, the Russian military tried to hide in the bushes and trenches, but within a few minutes, more than 10 Ukrainian strike drones fired on the group. As a result, the Russian personnel were destroyed.
12.37 Russian troops shelled settlements in the Donetsk region ten times over the past 24 hours, killing two civilians and wounding four others, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Vadym Filashkin, reported.
12.25 The Russian authorities refrain from commenting on the duration of the energy truce between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The corresponding statement was made by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. It was made against the backdrop of Russian strikes on energy facilities in four regions of Ukraine.
12.00 Counterintelligence officers detained a Russian FSB agent in Sumy who was involved in adjusting enemy attacks. The SBU reported this.
It is about a local store clerk. The 36-year-old woman came into the sights of the racists through her husband, who lives in Kursk and cooperates with the FSB. After remote recruitment, the woman received a task from him to identify and transfer to the occupiers the geolocations of the Defense Forces in the Sumy region.
11.38 As of Monday morning, consumers in Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Cherkasy regions were without power as a result of Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, Ukrenergo reported.
Emergency power outages have been forced in some regions, which will be lifted immediately after the situation in the power system stabilizes.
11.05 The Cabinet of Ministers adopted a resolution on the introduction of a "white list" for Starlink satellite Internet terminals. This was reported by the Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov in Telegram. According to him, soon only verified and registered Starlink terminals will work in Ukraine, and all others will be disconnected.
10:51 Russian forces hit a passenger car on the outskirts of Zaporizhia with a drone. The attack injured the 72-year-old driver and a 70-year-old passenger.
In addition, a Russian drone attacked a diesel locomotive at a station in Zaporizhia. The locomotive crew was in cover at the time of the attack, and no people were injured.
10.30 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has published an interactive 3D model, component database and data of 31 enterprises involved in the production of universal planning and correction modules (UMPK), which Russia is massively using for strikes on Ukraine.
09.10 At night, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 171 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas type and drones of other types, about 100 of them - "Shaheeds".
Air defenses shot down/suppressed 157 enemy Shahed, Gerbera and other types of drones in the north, south and east of the country. A ballistic missile and 12 strike UAVs were recorded in eight locations.
08.43 The Dnipropetrovsk region is experiencing a day of mourning for the miners who died as a result of an attack by Russian troops on a bus carrying company employees the day before.
08.17 Over the past 24 hours, 179 combat clashes have been recorded on the front. The overwhelming number of Russian attacks is concentrated in three directions. In particular, in the Pokrovsky direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 41 assault and offensive actions of the Russian invaders.
07.38 Russian troops carried out a massive drone strike on the Cherkasy region, at least four injured, in the regional center of the fire.
07.20 From February 24, 2022 to February 2, 2026, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,241,530 people (+850 per day).
05.59 The Ukrainian government does not expect that the current negotiations with the Russians and the US peace efforts will bring peace, and is building echeloned defense lines, preparing for several more years of war. This is stated in a large article in the French publication Le Monde.
00.29 Thanks to exports from China, Russia has tripled production of ballistic missiles for the Iskander-M complexes in recent years. Beijing also supplies components for rocket fuel, UAV housings, lithium batteries and fiber-optic cables needed for fiber-optic-controlled drones. Such data was provided by the CSIS think tank, which analyzed cooperation between Russia and China.