Overview
- Trilateral negotiations opened in Abu Dhabi with delegations from Ukraine, Russia and the U.S., with Rustem Umerov confirming a two‑day format that includes topic-specific breakouts.
- Ukraine reported one of the heaviest winter assaults with 71 missiles and 450 drones on Feb. 3, causing extensive damage to generation and grid assets, including severe hits to Kyiv’s Darnytsia heating plant.
- A further 105 drones were launched overnight into Feb. 4, of which 88 were downed, while strikes damaged residences in Odesa and killed two people in Dnipropetrovsk region, officials said.
- Local authorities said cluster munitions struck a market in Druzhkivka, killing at least seven, and UN monitors confirmed a separate drone attack near Ternivka that killed 12 coal miners and wounded 16.
- Kyiv fielded more than 200 repair crews with over 1,100 apartment buildings still without heat, Ukraine received over 38 tonnes of energy equipment and UNICEF is deploying additional generators, as the Kremlin defended energy strikes as linked to Ukraine’s military effort.