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[Regnum] Heavy fog, with maximum visibility of 200–700 meters, and frost are expected in Moscow and the Moscow region overnight and in the morning of February 5. This was reported by the press services of the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for Moscow and the Moscow region.
Rescuers warned of possible traffic congestion and an increase in accidents due to reduced visibility. The Moscow Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations recommends that drivers significantly reduce speed, increase their distance, and avoid sudden maneuvers.
Pedestrians are advised to be especially careful when crossing streets. People with cardiovascular conditions or asthma are advised to refrain from going outside.
Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov noted that the current cold weather in the capital is not abnormal ; everyone is simply accustomed to unusually warm winters. He also noted that cold weather always puts strain on housing and utilities systems, something the government is paying particular attention to.
Experts clarified that Moscow's energy system will withstand both heavy precipitation and frost
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[Korrespondent] 22.58 The number of Ukrainian soldiers killed on the battlefield since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion has reached 55,000. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the French newspaper Le Monde reports.
22.46 Light in those houses in Kyiv that will not be connected to the heat supply in the near future should be on for at least 18 hours a day. This was stated by Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal on Telegram.
22.10 The outage schedules may worsen against the backdrop of the enemy's latest strike and the fact that the generation deficit in the power system remains significant. Moreover, the Russians are preparing for new strikes. This was reported by Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal on his Telegram channel.
21.35 Ukraine and Russia are to hold a new prisoner exchange in the near future - the first after a four-month pause. This is evidenced by the evening address of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
20.11 In February, two local residents were killed as a result of Russian shelling of Antonivka, in the Kherson region. This was reported by the head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
As a result of enemy strikes, men aged 38 and 50 suffered injuries incompatible with life.
On March 20, President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Oleh Luhovsky as the acting head of the Foreign Intelligence Service. This is evidenced by the relevant decree No. 100/2026, published on the website of the President of Ukraine.
19:45 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the American company RTX Raytheon discussed accelerating the supply of missiles for Patriot air defense systems. The Ukrainian defense ministry wrote about this on its official website.
18.36 Delegations of Ukraine, the United States and Russia have completed the first day of talks in Abu Dhabi. This was reported by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov in Telegram. According to his assessment, the talks were "meaningful and productive", with an orientation "on specific steps and practical solutions", the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council noted.
18.05 A lieutenant colonel of the State Border Service of Ukraine and his Russian cousin smuggled at least 76 conscripts across the border. The Prosecutor General's Office reported this . The criminals earned more than $1.5 million.
17.59 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is hiding Russia's military spending, which probably accounts for half of Russia's state budget and 10% of GDP, according to data from Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND), BILD reports.
17.32 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy received an invitation to the Munich Security Conference , which will take place on February 13-15. This was stated by Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhiy Tykhyi at a briefing.
17.29 The court sentenced a 32-year-old driver of a military hospital in the Kirovohrad region, who passed on personal data of wounded soldiers to the Russians, to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
As the investigation established, the agent was collecting personal data of Ukrainian soldiers who were being treated in the hospital after being wounded on the front line for the Russian GRU.
The traitor also "leaked" information about the number of personnel hospitalized and the locations of "discharges" to points of permanent or temporary deployment.
The enemy hoped to use such data to assess the combat capability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine units and plan combat operations at the front.
In addition, the agent tracked the coordinates of Ukrainian air defense. To do this, the traitor traveled around the region in a service car and marked military facilities on Google Maps.
17.10 Since the beginning of the day and as of 16:00, 40 combat clashes have occurred on the front, which is one of the lowest figures in recent weeks. A lull is observed in five directions , the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary.
16.31 The Pentagon planned to create a stockpile of hundreds of thousands of strike drones by 2027 and invited 25 companies to participate in their production. Among them were two Ukrainian ones - General Cherry Corp and Ukranian Defence Drones Tech Corp. This is evidenced by a corresponding publication on the website of the American military department.
16.14 Russian troops hit the market in Druzhkivka in the Donechchyna region with cluster bombs. As a result of enemy shelling, seven people were killed and 15 were injured.
The dead included two women, aged 57 and 81, and five men aged 43 to 60.
Nine men and six women, aged 50-72, were injured. They were diagnosed with explosive mine injuries and fractures. Police warned that the number of victims could increase.
16.13 The Russian army is deliberately attacking Ukraine's energy sector because it considers it "associated with the military complex." This cynical statement was made by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. He made it clear that strikes on energy facilities will continue until the authorities in Kyiv make "appropriate decisions."
15.24 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky announced the increase in capabilities to counter Russian strike drones, after hearing reports on the effectiveness of various types of interceptors.
"It is important that in January, high results were demonstrated by Ukrainian-made means. We are recording positive dynamics in the staffing of newly created interceptor drone divisions," the general noted.
According to him, the training of additional crews is currently underway. Hundreds of UAV crews have already been transferred under the operational control of the Air Force group - they are performing tasks in the I-III echelons of interception. In parallel, anti-drone protection of key administrative centers in front-line regions is being strengthened.
"Small air defense is one of the most dynamic and technological areas of modern warfare. Accordingly, decisions here must be quick, clear, and non-standard," Sysrky added.
14.55 More than 1,100 high-rise buildings in Kyiv remain without heat . The situation has not changed in the past 24 hours. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram following the results of a conference call.
14.23 The Russian army struck the city of Druzhkivka in Donetsk region. Seven people are currently reported dead and eight wounded. The occupiers struck with cluster shells and also dropped two aerial bombs.
13.56 In January, Russia increased fuel supplies to the domestic market and resumed gasoline exports. The Russians are restarting oil refineries after a decrease in attacks from Ukraine.
During the month, Ukraine struck only three Russian refineries, compared to 11 in December. All of the plants hit were small, independent enterprises, and together they account for less than 7% of Russia's normal production in January.
At the end of January, the Russian government lifted the ban on most gasoline exports, allowing producers to resume supplies a month earlier than planned.
While Russia previously stopped exporting gasoline to ensure sufficient supply to the domestic market, it now faces the risk of excess supplies and may be forced to reduce refining volumes if it does not allow producers to sell products abroad.
13.52 The DPRK army contingent continues to participate in Russia's war against Ukraine. This was reported by the GUR of the Ministry of Defense. North Korean troops are located in the Kursk region, from which they are carrying out attacks on border Ukrainian communities.
12.46 An FSB agent was detained in the Khmelnytskyi region, who was adjusting missile and drone strikes in the region, collecting data on the deployment of Ukrainian military, mobile fire groups, and air defense assets. The SBU press service reports this.
To carry out combined strikes, the defendant created a group in the Telegram channel, which he administered under the guise of collecting data on mobilization activities.
In fact, the agent selected messages with information about the places of the largest concentration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. If similar messages were found, he separately contacted the author and additionally specified the addresses of the bases and routes of movement of the Defense Forces.
The agent was most interested in data on the deployment and directions of mobile air defense fire groups.
12.19 The Ukrainian negotiating team arrived in Abu Dhabi and began another round of negotiations with representatives of the US and the Russian Federation . This was announced by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov.
According to him, the negotiations have started in a trilateral format - Ukraine, the United States, and Russia. Further work is planned in separate groups, after which a repeated joint synchronization of positions is planned.
12.06 In Zaporizhia, the number of victims of yesterday's Russian strikes has increased - 12 wounded, including four children . This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhia OVA Ivan Fedorov in Telegram.
11.47 Russia spent more than $300 million on a massive strike on Ukraine on the night of February 3. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense's GUR. The Jewish Autonomous Oblast of the Russian Federation, with a population of about 144,000, could live on the money spent for a whole year.
11.20 In Oleksandrivka, Stanislavsky community, Kherson region, a nurse born in 1974 was fatally wounded as a result of an attack by a Russian FPV drone.
10.54 On Wednesday night, Russian aggressors attacked energy infrastructure in six regions of Ukraine. This was reported by the Ministry of Energy and Ukrenergo.
Due to enemy strikes, consumers in Chernihiv, Sumy, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions are without power. Emergency restoration work is already underway wherever security conditions allow.
10.22 Counterintelligence officers detained an agent of the Russian military intelligence (GRU) in Dnipro, who was conducting enemy air attacks on the city's defense-industrial complex. The SBU reported this.
A 63-year-old security guard at a local driving school worked for the Russians. He recruited his 17-year-old schoolboy son to cooperate with the occupiers .
10:00 Russian forces attacked Odessa with strike drones at night. The shelling caused a large-scale fire at a company, and also damaged a house and a school.
In a two-story residential building, the ceilings in 4 apartments were damaged, windows in neighboring residential buildings were broken, and two cars were damaged. Four people were rescued from the building.
After the Russian strikes, a large-scale fire broke out at the enterprise, which firefighters quickly extinguished. In addition, rescuers extinguished a fire in an abandoned building. According to preliminary information, one person was injured.
09.20 Over the past 24 hours , 153 combat clashes have been recorded on the front . The most difficult situation remains in the Pokrovsky direction. Missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit one area of concentration of enemy personnel, nine enemy anti-aircraft defense systems, one air defense system and four control points.
08.52 On the night of February 4, the Russian army attacked Ukraine with 105 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas types and drones of other types, about 70 of them - "Shaheeds".
Air defenses shot down/suppressed 88 enemy Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and other types of drones in the north, south and east of the country. 17 strike UAVs were hit at 14 locations, as well as debris falling at five locations.
08.13 From February 24, 2022 to February 4, 2026, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,243,070 people (+780 per day).
06.21 Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Olga Stefanishyna stated that the embassy had provided the US State Department with detailed information on the shelling that occurred after Russia announced an "energy truce." Particular attention was paid to the data collected after the night shelling on Tuesday, February 3.
04.47 The upcoming trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, could be a turning point in the conflict. According to The Telegraph, Trump's peace plan could become a trap for Ukraine. The main topic will be the fate of six thousand square kilometers of Donetsk region - the territory that includes the strategically important cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, and which remains under Ukrainian control despite four years of intense attacks by Russian troops. However, Putin seeks not only to maintain control over the occupied 20% of Ukraine's territory, but also to achieve the transfer of the rest of Donetsk region.
03.45 As a result of the Russian drone attack on Odessa, which occurred on the night of Wednesday, February 4, civilian and industrial infrastructure buildings in two districts of the city were damaged. A two-story residential building was damaged as a result of the shelling. In addition, a school and a kindergarten were damaged. An administrative building of an industrial facility was hit, where a fire broke out.
01.24 Russia carried out two missile strikes on the outskirts and Saltivskyi district of Kharkiv on the night of Wednesday, February 4. As a result of the hits, private residential buildings in the Saltivskyi district were damaged.
00.32 The Darnytsia CHP in Kyiv has temporarily stopped operating due to serious damage sustained as a result of large-scale Russian shelling of Ukraine's energy infrastructure on the night of Tuesday, February 3. Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal noted that a plan to restore the CHP has already been determined, but the full return of the plant to operation will take a long time.
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[Korrespondent] Even in the most "hot" Pokrov direction, the activity of the occupation army has significantly decreased.
Since the beginning of the day and as of 4:00 p.m., 40 combat clashes have occurred on the front, which is one of the lowest figures in recent weeks. A lull is observed in five directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary on Wednesday, February 4.
Thus, in the South Slobozhansk direction, the Russians attacked twice towards the settlements of Grafske and Vovchanski Khutory.
In the Lyman direction, our soldiers repelled four attacks by invaders towards the settlements of Novoselivka, Stavky, and Lyman.
On the Slavyansk direction, the Russians are trying to advance in the Platonovka area and towards Rai-Oleksandrivka. Three clashes are ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy stormed once in the Vasyukivka area.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, the invaders carried out six attacks near the settlements of Kostyantynivka, Kleban-Byk, and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the invaders carried out 16 assaults near Rodynske, Molodetsky, and Filia. This is one of the lowest figures in recent months. The defense forces have already repelled 11 attacks.
In the Hulyaipil direction, our defenders repelled seven attacks near Solodke, Hulyaipil and towards Novy Zaporizhzhia and Zaliznychne. One clash is still ongoing.
In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy carried out one offensive operation near Stepnohirsk.
The enemy has not yet carried out offensive operations in the North Slobozhansky, Kursk, Kupyansky, Oleksandrivsky and Prydniprovsky directions.
Recall that in the 24 hours of February 3, 153 clashes took place on the front. At the same time, Russia lost almost 800 soldiers killed and wounded. Since the beginning of the great war, Russian losses are approaching 1.3 million people.
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[NewsFront] 21:47 "West" units continue offensive in the direction of Nikolaevka in the East Slavic direction. 21:38 Tankers of the Southern group of forces fired from a closed firing position destroyed a dugout with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Konstantinovsky direction.
20:43 A 122mm D-30 gun crew from the Tula paratroopers destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces observation post in the Sumy region, video.
20:20 Position of an enemy self-propelled gun, two vehicles and a repeater antenna was destroyed by a Rubicon using calculations, video.
19:42 Military signalers of the Dnepr group providedun interrupted control of troops in the Kherson region.
Military personnel discovered damage to the communications network after a Ukrainian drone hit the antenna that provided unit command.
The mobile group quickly deployed a backup communication channel using a satellite station, restoring troop control.
19:12 Crews of the 11th Army Corps of the North Guards Forces are carrying out drone strikes on enemy dugouts and warehouses in forest plantations and abandoned buildings,video.
18:10 Former employee of a shopping center turned out to be on the front lines and was captured by fighters of the Seer military group
Junior Sergeant Nikolai Viktorovich Shkiranda, a serviceman with the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade, born February 17, 1986, from the Rivne Oblast. He was mobilized in February 2022 and assigned to the TCC security company. According to him, before joining the 47th Brigade, he was involved in city security and served at checkpoints. He was then sent to the front lines with the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, wounded, and returned to service in the TCC and the Special Operations Unit.
17:00 in the Kaliningrad region installed additional episodes of criminal activity by an organized group engaged in the theft of funds from members of the SVO
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kaliningrad Region has charged three more residents of the region with committing a crime under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud) as part of a criminal investigation into the theft of funds from SVO members.
16:23 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of 04.02.2026:
Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. Three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, and a territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Gremyachka, Mohrytsa, Myropillia, Novaya Sich, and Korchakivka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Okhrimovka and Zybino in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost up to 280 troops, an armored combat vehicle, 17 vehicles, a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system launcher, three artillery pieces, including two Western-made ones, and an electronic warfare station. Three ammunition depots and four supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two National Guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Gorokhovatka, Kovsharovka, Staroverovka, Nechvolodovka, and Grushevka in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 servicemen, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, 12 vehicles, five field artillery pieces, including one Western-made, a counter-battery radar station, and an electronic warfare station. Three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces, as a result of active operations, liberated the village of Stepanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The formations of the mechanized, motorized infantry, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Privolye, Kramatorsk, Roskoshnoye, Artema and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 165 troops, two armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles, two field artillery pieces, a counter-battery radar station, and an electronic warfare station. Seven supply and fuel depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an infantry brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Belitske, Dobropillya, Novooleksandrivka, Kutuzovka, and Krasnoyarskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopavlovka and Pershotravensk in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 350 military personnel, five armored combat vehicles, 11 cars and two artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Staroukrainka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Formations of a mechanized unit, two airborne assault brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Pokrovskoe and Prishyb in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and Rybalske, Zelenoye, Barvinovka and Verkhnyaya Tersa in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The enemy lost more than 340 troops, a tank, 13 armored combat vehicles, 12 cars, and an electronic warfare station. A supply depot was destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades and coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Novoandriivka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Sadovoe in the Kherson region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 65 service members, eight vehicles, and a Western-made field artillery piece. A supply depot was destroyed.
15:46 As a result of attacks by enemy drones in the Belgorod region, wounded six civilians.
A drone detonated on the property of a private home in the village of Glotovo in the Graivoron District. A man in serious condition with an open head injury and multiple shrapnel wounds was taken to the Graivoron Central District Hospital.
In the village of Zamostye, four men were injured when an FPV drone struck a car. One of them suffered a mine blast injury and shrapnel wounds to the head, chest, arms, and legs. His condition is considered serious. The other three men suffered barotrauma and shrapnel wounds to various parts of their bodies. Ambulance crews transported all the injured to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. Three of them remain hospitalized, and the fourth was referred to the regional clinical hospital for consultation. The car was damaged.
A drone attacked a car on the Krasnaya Yaruga-Stepnoye highway in the Krasnoyarsk District. An ambulance crew took a man with a shrapnel wound to the soft tissues of his neck to the Krasnoyarsk Central District Hospital.
15:23 From 8:00 to 14:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 21 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were:
Nine – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Nine – over the territory of the Volgograd region,
Two – over the territory of the Rostov region,
One – over the territory of the Kursk region.
14:43 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, an oil depot continues to burn after morning arrivals, video.
13:51 Crews of T-90M Proryv tanks of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West group of forces destroyed camouflaged strongholds, dugouts and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Krasnolimansk direction,video.
12:58 Pokrovskoe direction, battles for Belitskoye
In the direction of Pokrovsk, the enemy has become very active in the area of the villages of Svetloe and Vodyanoe, which are located west of Belitskoye.
The transfer of personnel, both in armored vehicles and light vehicles, is recorded daily. While the enemy's attempts at frontal counterattacks have ceased, active work has now begun along the movement routes and in the immediate rear.
Such activity has not been previously observed, which complicates our troops' logistics. There is also a systematic increase in the number of enemy UAV deployments.
12:00 As a result of terrorist attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past 24 hours died four civilians were killed and thirteen people were injured
In Nova Kakhovka, a strike on a multifunctional center building killed three people. Among them were two women, born in 1951 and 1954, and one man. Twelve people were injured. The shelling also damaged a store and two cars, injuring a woman born in 1971. In Hola Prystan, a woman was killed by artillery shelling.
The enemy also shelled Aleshky, Velyka Lepetikha, Gornostayevka, Golaya Pristan, Zavodovka, Kairy, Kardashinka, Knyaze-Grigorovka, Malaya Lepetikha, Podstepne, Sagi, Solontsy and Novaya Kakhovka.
The following villages were hit by drone strikes: Aleshki, Golaya Pristan, Kazachi Lageri, Kardashinka, Malaya Kardashinka, Novaya Zburyevka, Novaya Mayachka, Novokiyevka, Peschanovka, Podstepne, Proletarka, Radensk, Tarasovka, Chernyanka, Kokhany, Velyka Kardashinka, Nechayevo, Kakhovka and Novaya Kakhovka.
11:52 Kupyanskoye direction Zaoskolsky section
Troops of the West Group of Forces continue to eliminate the enemy group on the left bank of the Oskol River.
Over the past few days, our units have pressed Peschanoye and, building on their success, continued their offensive, driving the enemy from the plantations south of the Dubovka River, reaching the dam east of Novoosinovo, crossing to the left bank, driving the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their stronghold, and securing the eastern edge of the village, beginning the battle for it.
North of Novoosinovo, Russian Armed Forces advanced south from the northern part of Kurilovka (on the right bank of the Lozovatka River), taking two strongpoints and reaching the rear of two more north of Kovsharovka. This breakthrough threatens to encircle enemy units stubbornly defending southern Kurilovka and provide an exit from the rear to the southern part of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya and the crossing near Osinovo.
Battles for Podoly and Petropavlovka.
In Petropavlovka, the enemy is encircled and still holds the central part and strongholds to the northeast and southwest. In Podolsk, our units have consolidated their positions along Novoselovka Street and in the northern part.
11:30 A crew of the TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system of the Center group of forces destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction,video.
10:54 The LPR Government officially confirmed the death of two civilians from a drone attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kremensky district.
According to the government, the civilians—a young man and a 20-year-old woman—were traveling in a minibus when a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacked the vehicle. Both sustained fatal injuries.
10:15 Ukrainian Armed Forces inflicted attacks on civilians using HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, fixed-wing UAVs, and Neptune long-range guided missiles.
One woman was seriously injured. Twenty private homes and 27 apartments in one apartment building were damaged.
9:31 Russian Army inflicted combined strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities
Geran strike missiles struck targets in Odesa, hitting critical infrastructure.
In the Khar'kov region, power facilities near Lozova were hit, and Molniya UAVs struck targets in Khar'kov itself.
Bomb strikes were carried out in the Zaporizhzhia region.
A series of strikes caused severe power surges in the Poltava region.
9:00 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.
In total, 21 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 a.m. on February 3 and 7:00 a.m. on February 4. The enemy used artillery on evacuated areas 12 times. Drones attacked our territory five times by dropping explosive devices.
As a result of attacks in the village of Khomutovka, Khomutovsky district, a fence of a house was damaged.
8:30 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 24 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
11 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Eight – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Four – over the territory of the Rostov region,
One – over the territory of the Astrakhan region.
8:00 152mm Msta-S crews of the Vostok group of forces destroyed strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region, video.
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[REGNUM] Just like last week, one of the main “information providers” from the SVO zone remains the front line section near the city of Konstantinovka in the DPR.
Fighters from the Russian Armed Forces' "South" group are fighting within densely populated areas—in particular, clashes are known to have occurred in the northeastern districts of the city.
Massive air and UAV strikes against enemy positions and supply lines have pushed Ukrainian units deeper into urban areas and improved our logistical capabilities.
Konstantinovka is geographically divided by the Krivaya Torets River and the railway line into two parts - north-eastern and south-western.
There are reports of Yuzhnaya fighters advancing in the city's central area—along Oleksy Tykhoho Street, which runs parallel to the railway line and the Kryvyi Torets River. According to sources, the train station area, located at the beginning of the street, has already been cleared.
The goal of further advancement in this area is to reach the industrial zone of the Konstantinovsky Metallurgical Plant, around which the Ukrainian Armed Forces are building a defense.
Ukrainian sources admit that the front line is approaching the industrial area of the metallurgical plant.
Russian aircraft are clearing out pockets of enemy resistance. Ukrainian forces are using basements and other underground structures for cover. Dozens of Ukrainian drone groups are operating in the city, which is currently hindering the advance of Russian troops.
FIGHTING AROUND KONSTANTINOVKA
Simultaneously with the fighting within the city limits, the Russian Armed Forces are expanding their zone of control in the suburbs – between the southern outskirts of Konstantinovka and the northern shore of the Kleban-Byk Reservoir.
According to reports from the field, the enemy regularly attempts to counterattack here. But Russian troops are methodically closing the "pocket" that has formed between the villages of Ivanopol and Berestok. The Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to take Berestok after fighting, but the success was short-lived—having suffered heavy losses, the enemy was forced to retreat.
To the southwest, active fighting continues in the village of Ilyinovka. Sources on both sides agree that the village has entered the gray zone after most of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units defending it retreated to Kostiantynivka.
Over the past week, heavy fighting has continued in the residential area near the village of Novodmitrovka, a northeastern suburb of Konstantinovka. The front line runs through the surrounding forest and garden plots.
There is evidence that in the Novodmitrovka area, Yuzhnaya fighters were able to establish control over Height 210.0, better known simply as the Mountain.
Considering that most of the city is located in the lowlands of the Krivoy Torets River, control over the high ground is of strategic importance, a front-line source for the Regnum news agency emphasized.
"In such conditions, it's critically important how long Ukrainian Armed Forces units can hold their positions, which directly depends on supplies and the arrival of reinforcements. No matter how well-fortified individual positions are, without logistics, they will sooner or later fall," the source predicts.
“So the key task at this stage of the assault is to disrupt supplies, isolate pockets of resistance, and only then assault them,” our source noted.
He also noted that in the Konstantinovka area, temperatures drop to -15 at night, which seriously complicates the situation for the enemy, who has long been forced to defend without rotation.
Russian aviation and artillery are thwarting any attempts to rotate and supply Ukrainian units in the area.
Northwest of Konstantinovka, Russian troops are actively operating near the villages of Predtechino, Nikolaevka and Chervonoe.
Ukrainian sources report that Russian aircraft regularly strike the N-20 highway, which connects Kostiantynivka and Druzhkovka.
Both cities are part of a chain of cities located from south to north: Konstantinovka - Druzhkovka - Kramatorsk - Slavyansk.
Strikes are also being carried out deep in the enemy's rear, in particular along the M-03 highway, which connects Slavyansk with the territory of the Kharkiv region.
It is too early to talk about the collapse of the Ukrainian defense in Kostiantynivka, but it is obvious that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are losing ground here.
"CRACK" NUTS
In addition to the Konstantinovsky direction in the DPR, reports are also coming from the front line in the northwest of the Zaporizhzhia region.
The key task for the Russian army here remains blocking the Ukrainian group in the area of the city of Orekhovo, where the offensive continues from several directions.
The capture of Orekhov could open the possibility of an offensive on Zaporizhzhia.
Units of the Dnepr military group, advancing from the east and northeast of the previously liberated Gulyaipole, drove the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the villages of Elenokonstantinovka and Staroukrainka in the Gulyaipole district.
Fighting is underway near the village of Zaliznichnoe (Zheleznodorozhnoe). It is located on the railway running from Berdyansk to the Dnipropetrovsk region.
But what's more important in this case is that Zaliznichnoe is located on Highway T0814, which runs from Hulyaipole to the tactically important village of Omelnyk. This village is the logistics hub for the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in Orekhovo.
Northwest of Hulyaipole, Russian forces are pushing the front line toward the village of Tsvetkovoye. The goal is also to advance from the east-northeast toward Omelnik and further toward Orekhov.
Further north, on the border between the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, our forces have taken control of the village of Prydorozhne, while the Ukrainian Armed Forces are pushing back the neighboring village of Ternovatoye. Taking this area should also allow for an offensive on Orekhov from the northeast.
West of Orekhovo, Russian troops are conducting an offensive in the area of the previously captured Stepnogorsk.
Here, fighters from the Dnepr group are making their way to the Ukrainian line of defense built along the Konka River.
Fighting is also reported in the direction of the village of Kamyshevakha (northwest of Orekhovo). If the Ukrainian Armed Forces are driven out of Kamyshevakha, this will threaten to cut off transport links between Orekhovo and Zaporizhzhia.
According to reports from the field, the Ukrainian defense in this sector between Stepnogorsk and Orekhov is not in the best shape. The dynamics of the fighting indicate that the Ukrainian Armed Forces lack the strength to hold the extended front line. There are reports of a shortage of personnel and stable units to form a continuous defense, as well as problems with command and control and coordination between units.
ADVANCE AT OSKOL
Active fighting also continues in the northeast of the Kharkiv region – on the left bank of the Oskol River south of Kupyansk.
The main combat area of the Russian Armed Forces' "West" group remains the area around the village of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya. To the southeast, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been driven out of the village of Peschanoye.
After this, units of the Russian Armed Forces advanced further south and reached the Dubovka River, a tributary of the Oskol River east of the village of Novoosinovo.
The expulsion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Novoosinovo area is impacting the situation on the left bank of the Oskol River. There is a threat of encirclement for Ukrainian units in the area between the Dubovka and Syno-Bratovaya rivers.
North of Novoosinovo, the advance of the "West" was noted from the area of the village of Kurilovka in the direction of the large (population before the start of the SVO was about 18 thousand people) settlement of Kovsharovka.
Fighting also continues east of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, near the villages of Podoli and Petropavlovka. In the large settlement of Petropavlovka, the enemy holds the central part and isolated strongholds on the outskirts. In Podoli, Russian troops have occupied some buildings in the northern part of the village.
Approximately 20 kilometers north of Kupyansk, Zapad fighters entered the village of Kutkovka and took up positions on its southeastern outskirts. There are also reports of an advance toward the neighboring village of Lozovaya 1-ya.
Overall, despite the difficult weather conditions, Russian army units continue to firmly hold the initiative.
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[Regnum] The implementation of the United States' "Golden Dome" project could complicate international disarmament dialogue. Gennady Gatilov, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva, stated this in an interview with Izvestia on February 5.
"One of the consequences of the Golden Dome project's implementation could be a nuclear and conventional arms race, a further increase in conflict potential, an increased risk of miscalculations and misunderstandings, a deepening of contradictions, and the hampering of international dialogue on any aspect of disarmament issues," the diplomat explained.
Gatilov noted that the Golden Dome project includes the deployment of interceptors in space and stipulates that US missile defense actions are primarily aimed against strategic missiles of adversaries with equal or comparable armament. Thus, the US is seriously jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of peaceful space activities.
Washington's actions, according to the diplomat, contradict the principles laid out in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which stipulates that the exploration and use of outer space is carried out exclusively for peaceful purposes.
Gatilov noted that Russia is forced to take measures to restore strategic balance, one of which is moving deterrent systems like Burevestnik into the final stages of development. The diplomat added that China will also be forced to defend its national interests.
On January 20, US President Donald Trump declared Greenland critical to the US deployment of the Golden Dome missile defense system. The Golden Dome project is an American initiative to develop a multi-layered missile defense system designed to protect the continental US.
Following the expiration of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), Russia is prepared to take decisive countermeasures to mitigate threats to national security, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"From a practical standpoint, our country views this development as a given, requiring consideration when determining Russia's future policy in this area," the diplomatic agency said in a statement.
The department noted that Russia adheres to the view that the obligations and symmetrical statements within the framework of the New START Treaty will be terminated.
Earlier, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that US President Donald Trump would later comment on the situation with the New START treaty, which expires on February 5.
On September 22, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the complete abandonment of the New START Treaty a mistake. He proposed adhering to the treaty's terms for another year after February 5, 2026, when the agreement expires.
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