Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the next trilateral talks will be held Feb. 4–5 in Abu Dhabi after a short delay from the planned Sunday session.
- U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff called meetings with Russian interlocutor Kirill Dmitriev constructive, with the U.S. team including Jared Kushner and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
- Regional officials reported at least 12 fatalities after a Russian drone struck a company bus carrying mine workers in the Dnipropetrovsk region, with additional strikes reported in Dnipro and at a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia.
- Rolling blackouts followed a Jan. 31 malfunction on high‑voltage interconnectors linking Ukraine and Moldova and within Ukraine, with most power restored but hundreds of Kyiv buildings still without heat during severe cold.
- Zelenskyy said there were no targeted strikes on energy infrastructure in the past 24 hours under a short energy pause, though Kyiv and Moscow differ on its duration and frontline energy sites continue to face fire.