Overview
- Officials said a drone strike near Ternivka in the Pavlohrad district hit a DTEK shuttle bus carrying miners after their shift, with reported deaths ranging from at least 12 to 15 and multiple people wounded.
- Regional authorities reported a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia was struck by attack drones, injuring at least six people and igniting a fire that was later extinguished.
- Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 90 attack drones overnight, with 14 hitting nine locations, while separate strikes killed two civilians in Dnipro and caused additional damage in several regions.
- DTEK and Ukrainian officials denounced the bus attack as a targeted strike on energy-sector workers, while Russia’s Defense Ministry said it hit transport infrastructure and reported shooting down Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed trilateral talks with Russia and the United States for Feb. 4–5 in Abu Dhabi after a postponement, as Kyiv also works with SpaceX to curb unauthorized Starlink use reportedly found on Russian drones.