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On the night of Tuesday, February 3, the Russian army launched a massive combined missile and drone strike against several regions of Ukraine. Air raid sirens were issued in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and other regions, and explosions were heard. This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force on Telegram, as well as by the authorities of Kyiv and Kharkiv. During the strikes, the temperature in Kyiv was around minus 20 degrees Celsius, and in Kharkiv, minus 22 degrees Celsius.
Around 1:30 AM local time, Kyiv Regional Military Administration Head Timur Tkachenko reported damage to several multi-story residential buildings and an educational institution in the Dniprovskyi district of the capital as a result of the attack. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that a non-residential building in the Darnytskyi district was hit and a fire broke out in a kindergarten building in the Dniprovskyi district.
Timur Tkachenko later clarified the aftermath of the strikes. He said a man was injured in the Darnytskyi district and received medical treatment at the scene. A 25-story and a five-story residential building were also damaged in the same district. In the Dniprovskyi district, a five-story residential building was damaged, and fragments of enemy objects were found in two open areas. Additionally, a gas station and parked cars were damaged in the Pecherskyi district, and, according to preliminary reports, a 22-story residential building was damaged in the Shevchenkivskyi district.
Attacks were also recorded in Kharkiv and the Kharkiv region. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported several ballistic missile strikes on Kharkiv and two hits in the Slobodsky district. Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, reported several attacks by attack drones and guided bombs in the region. He reported that two people, aged 27 and 58, were injured in the shelling in Kharkiv and are receiving medical treatment. Two more people were injured in the town of Derhachi.
Igor Terekhov emphasized that the attacks are being targeted at energy infrastructure. He stated that city authorities will have to make difficult decisions, including draining the heat supply system of 820 buildings supplied by one of the largest combined heat and power plants. He noted that the attack on critical infrastructure leaves no other option, and experts see no other solution. The mayor also reported that 101 heating stations are open 24/7 in Kharkiv, where residents can stay warm and charge their devices. Authorities are prepared to deploy additional stations if necessary.
Russia has also reportedly resumed strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, thus breaking the so-called energy ceasefire declared four days earlier. On the night of February 2, Russian troops attacked energy facilities in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, and Cherkasy regions. This was announced by Artem Nekrasov, First Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine.
According to the Ministry of Energy, restoration work at damaged power facilities is ongoing, but capacity shortages persist in Kyiv and the Kyiv region. Furthermore, due to severe weather conditions, more than 160 settlements in the Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kirovohrad regions remain without power.
Artem Nekrasov also reported a targeted attack on energy workers in the Dnipropetrovsk region. He said Russian drones struck a company bus belonging to an energy company near the Ternovskaya mine in the Pavlograd district. Sixteen mine workers were killed and another 14 were injured. On the afternoon of February 2, a second strike hit the same company, damaging administrative buildings, according to energy company DTEK.
