News War in Ukraine
During the night of February 5, the enemy attacked with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 183 strike UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas, and other types—about 110 of them were Shaheds.
Over the past day, Russian forces lost 770 soldiers killed and wounded.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and U.S. company RTX discussed speeding up the delivery of Patriot system missiles and transitioning to deep industrial cooperation to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense.
In January, Ukrainian-made systems demonstrated high results in destroying Shaheds.
A heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A “Solntsepyok” was destroyed on the Vovchansk sector of the South-Slobozhanske axis by drone operators of the “Bulava” battalion of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Black Zaporizhians.
On the night of February 4 (starting 19:00 on February 3), the enemy attacked with 105 strike UAVs of the Shahed, “Gerbera”, “Italmas”, and other types.
Over the past day, Russian occupiers lost 780 soldiers killed and wounded.
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov held talks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, UK Defense Secretary John Healey, and Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, during which the parties discussed key support priorities ahead of the next “Ramstein”-format meeting.
The new security assistance package Estonia is preparing for Ukraine will include drones and counter-drone systems.
In January 2026, the largest number of Russian air-dropped guided bombs (KABs) on the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and frontline settlements was recorded — over 5,700.
Under the chairmanship of Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Andriy Hnatov, a meeting was held to discuss further strengthening of Ukraine’s air defense.
As part of measures to reduce the offensive capabilities of the Russian aggressor, on the night of February 3, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck several enemy military facilities.
On the night of February 3, the enemy carried out a combined strike on Ukraine using air- and ground-launched missiles of various types, as well as strike UAVs.
On the night of February 3, Russians launched a targeted strike on energy facilities. The enemy attacked Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv regions and the capital, as well as Dnipro, Odesa, and Vinnytsia regions.
Over the past day, Russian occupiers lost 760 soldiers killed and wounded.
During the night of February 3, Kyiv suffered another massive enemy attack. Falling UAV debris caused destruction and damage in several districts of the capital.
During the night of February 2, 2026, Ukrainian Defense Forces units carried out a series of effective strikes on enemy targets in temporarily occupied territories.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on the introduction of sanctions against companies that service the Russian tanker fleet and transport sanctioned oil.
As part of reducing the offensive potential of the Russian aggressor, Defense Forces units detected and successfully struck an Osa air-defense missile system near the settlement of Semenivka in the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia region. A direct hit was recorded.
During the night of January 30 (from 18:00 January 29), the enemy attacked with an Iskander-M ballistic missile from Russia’s Voronezh region, and with 111 strike UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas, and other types from the directions of Bryansk, Orel, Kursk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia), and Donetsk (temporarily occupied territory). About 70 of them were Shaheds.
Over the past day, the enemy lost 1,310 soldiers and an air-defense system.
Through coordinated actions aimed at weakening the enemy’s air defense, a 1L119 Nebo-SVU radar station (worth around $100 million) was destroyed near occupied Lymarivka, Luhansk region.