Here are the latest updates as of Tuesday, February 3:
Fighting
Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, was struck by a Russian missile attack early on Tuesday, the head of the city’s military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said on the Telegram messaging app.
Several apartment buildings and an educational institution were damaged, Tkachenko said. Reuters reporters in Kyiv reported loud sounds emanating from within the city.
A father and his son were killed, and two children and their mother were injured in a Russian attack on the front line in the Donetsk region, according to regional authorities.
A coal mine in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region has been struck for the second time in 24 hours, according to Ukrainian private energy producer DTEK. There were no immediate reports of casualties or infrastructure damage.
Diplomacy & Politics
Russia has largely adhered to a ceasefire agreement on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his Monday evening video address, as Kyiv prepares for the next round of trilateral talks with the US and Russia, expected to begin on Wednesday.
The recent “de-escalation” with Russia, apparently referring to the brief pause in strikes on energy facilities, helps build trust in negotiations, Zelenskyy added in a separate post on social media.
Achieving a dignified and lasting peace is realistic ahead of the next round of peace talks with Russian and US officials in the UAE, Zelenskyy said in another address. He added that an agreement on US post-war security guarantees for Ukraine is now “completed.”
US President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, will travel to Abu Dhabi on Wednesday and Thursday for talks with Russia and Ukraine, a White House official said.
Russia considers the deployment of any foreign military forces or infrastructure on Ukrainian territory as foreign interference and will view such forces as legitimate targets, Moscow’s Foreign Ministry cited Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying.
The proposal by major European powers to deploy NATO member country troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees and a peace deal is unacceptable to Russia, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said.
German authorities have detained at least five people suspected of operating a network that exported goods to Russian defense companies, in violation of EU sanctions imposed following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, German federal prosecutors announced.
Sports
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said he supports Russia’s return to the organization and called for an end to Russia’s four-year suspension from international events, including the Qatar World Cup and the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
Sports federations that claim sport and politics are separate should not include armed conflict in their definition, as “war is a crime, not politics,” Ukraine’s Sports Minister Matviy Bidnyi told AFP ahead of the Winter Olympics.
Energy
Indian refiners need a transition period to complete oil deals with Russia before they can halt imports from the country, following Trump’s announcement of a trade deal with India that includes a provision to stop purchasing Russian oil, Reuters reported.
Ukraine’s electricity imports surged by 40% in January 2026 compared to December 2025, reaching a record 894 GWh, as Russia’s ongoing attacks on the country’s energy system left millions without power and heating, according to analysts cited by Reuters.
The EU’s decision last week to ban Russian natural gas imports is “completely legal,” EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen told reporters in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, adding that the move will prevent Russia from weaponizing energy in its war against Ukraine.