On Monday, February 2, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with the Ukrainian delegation ahead of a new round of trilateral meetings in the UAE. Among other things, he approved the framework for the talks and specific tasks for the team.

Russian troops are currently advancing in the Donetsk region.

On the border between Kharkiv and Sumy regions, Russian units are trying to test the resilience of Ukrainian defenses, seeking to form a controlled zone along the state border.

Donald Trump's special representative Steve Witkoff will take part in negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in the UAE.

Soon, only verified and registered Starlink terminals will operate in Ukraine. All others will be disconnected.

In Kyiv, about 200 buildings remain without heating, most of them on the right bank of the city.

The majority (52%) of Ukrainians categorically reject the proposal to transfer control of the entire Donbas region to the Russian Federation in exchange for security guarantees, while 9% would readily agree to this condition and another 31% would be willing to accept it as a difficult compromise.

Russian troops continue their attempts to storm Sumy region, but they are not carrying out large-scale attacks to capture Ukrainian territory. The enemy is suffering significant losses.

On the night of 2 February, Cherkasy was subjected to a massive attack by Russian UAVs, leaving four people injured and causing fires.

Russian troops struck with a drone near a company bus belonging to one of the enterprises in the Pavlohrad district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Twelve people are known to have been killed and many injured.