Russia shells Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast, 3 injured

Russian forces launched a mass overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv on Feb. 3, striking multiple residential buildings across the city and injuring at least two people, officials said.

"Six-hundred seventy-nine Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football — Russia killed them," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said after FIFA President Gianni Infantino backed lifting the ban on Russian athletes.

"Ukraine has not forgotten any of the thousands of Shaheds that attack our cities and villages, our people," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb. 2.

Witkoff is then reportedly expected to meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and other officials in Istanbul on Feb. 6 to discuss details of a potential nuclear deal amid heightened U.S.-Iran tensions.

"This will help END THE WAR in Ukraine," Trump said on Truth Social after holding a phone call with Modi, adding that the Indian leader agreed "to buy much more (oil) from the United States and, potentially, Venezuela."

After spotting "objects resembling balloons" on radar, Polish military and security forces quickly intercepted them and detained individuals suspected of involvement, the Polish military said.

"They are trying to kill us with hunger and cold," one Kyiv resident told the Kyiv Independent.

Russia struck a coal mine operated by Ukraine's biggest private energy firm, DTEK, in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast for the second time over the past day, the company said on Feb. 2.

"Without Russian oil and gas, our energy security cannot be guaranteed, nor can low energy costs be maintained for Hungarian families," Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

The Ukrainian government approved a resolution on Feb. 2 mandating the registration of Starlink terminals to prevent their use by Russian forces, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced.

Reuters reported in December that Hyundai was unable to use the buyback option due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Ukraine, the U.S., and Russia are set to meet in Abu Dhabi on Feb. 4-5 for a new round of talks as part of ongoing efforts to negotiate a peace deal, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb. 1.

"There were moments when there was a serious shortage of these missiles. I won't reveal any secrets. For example, there is a NASAMS system, but instead of six missiles in the launcher, there are only two," Yurii Ihnat, head of the Air Force's communications department, said.