Russia launched another massive overnight missile and drone assault on Ukraine, striking energy and civilian infrastructure in multiple oblasts, injuring at least nine civilians, according to Suspilne and Ukrainian authorities. As temperatures fell below –20 C, the attack left parts of Kyiv, Kharkiv, and other cities without heat or power while US President Donald Trump delivered a statement insisting Kyiv-Moscow peace talks were progressing.
Trump touts alleged peace progress, Russia launches dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones
As Russian missiles and drones struck Ukrainian cities, Trump told reporters at the White House he believed negotiations were progressing.
"I think we're doing very well with Ukraine and Russia for the first time," Trump said. "We're losing twenty five thousand people a month are being killed in that war. Ridiculous war. 25,000. 31.000 last month."
These figures correspond to Russian military losses. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy previously reported in January that Russia lost 30,000 soldiers in December.
This morning, Zelenskyy commented on the last night's attack:
“Russia used a significant number of ballistic missiles in combination with other [types of] missiles—more than 70—and 450 strike drones,” he reported, adding that Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Vinnytsia were all hit.
The Ukrainian President said that currently nine civilians have been injured.
“Using the coldest days of winter for terror against people matters more to Russia than using diplomacy,” he added.
The next round of US-pushed peace talks is scheduled for 4-5 February in Abu Dhabi.
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Russian strikes injure three in Kyiv, damage kindergarten
Russian forces attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones starting at 12:24 a.m. EET. Later, the Kyiv Military Administration reported that the attack injured at least three people in the Ukrainian capital.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko and the city administration detailed damage across multiple districts. Russian strikes caused a fire in Darnytskyi district and damaged 22-story and five-story apartment blocks. In Dniprovsky district, the attack damaged a kindergarten and a five-story building. Strikes hit a gas station and vehicles in Pechersk district.
Firefighters extinguished a blaze on the 16th and 17th floors of a 22-story tower in Shevchenkivskyi district. Darnytskyi and Dniprovsky districts largely lost heating. Klitschko reported 1,170 apartment buildings without heat as restoration work continued.
Later, the police updated that in Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi district, a man and a woman were hospitalized with lacerations from a damaged building, bringing the total number of injured in the capital to five.
In Kyiv Oblast, Russian strikes injured a man in Obukhiv district from glass fragments, head of Kyiv Oblast Military Administration Mykola Kalashnyk reported. The attack also damaged two detached homes and a car.
Moscow's previous massive attack on Kyiv occurred on 24 January, killing and injuring civilians and leaving about 6,000 apartment buildings without heating.
DTEK power plants hit for ninth time in four months
Russian strikes caused significant damage to DTEK thermal power stations overnight, the company's press service reported. This marked the ninth massive attack on DTEK plants in four months.
"The attack significantly damaged thermal power plant equipment. This is another attempt by the enemy to plunge Ukraine into darkness," DTEK said.
Russian forces have attacked DTEK thermal power stations more than 220 times since the full-scale invasion began in 2022, injuring 59 energy workers and killing four.
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Kharkiv drains heating from 820 buildings to prevent catastrophe
Russian forces attacked Kharkiv with ballistic missiles and drones after midnight, Suspilne reported. The first explosion sounded at 12:32 a.m., with approximately 20 blasts following over ninety minutes.
Mayor Ihor Terekhov said Russian strikes deliberately targeted energy infrastructure.
"The goal is obvious: to inflict maximum damage on [infrastructure] and leave the city without heat in severe frost," Terekhov wrote at 3:40 a.m.
Officials made a drastic decision to prevent the heating network from freezing solid. They drained coolant from heating systems serving 820 buildings supplied by one of the city's largest thermal plants.
"I understand how difficult this is in -20°C frost. But the enemy's unprecedented attack on critical infrastructure leaves no other option," Terekhov said.
The city activated all 101 "Invincibility Points"—emergency shelters—around the clock and launched additional bus routes to compensate for disrupted electric transport.
Two men aged 27 and 58 sought medical help in Kharkiv after the attack. A guided aerial bomb also struck the city's outskirts, head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov reported.
Russian drones struck Derhachi in Kharkiv's suburbs, injuring two people, Syniehubov reported. A 79-year-old woman suffered acute stress reaction and a 22-year-old man required hospitalization.
Russian strikes hit Dnipropetrovsk Oblast without casualties
Russian forces attacked Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with drones and missiles overnight, head of the Oblast Military Administration Oleksandr Hanzha reported.
Suspilne correspondents heard at least eight explosions in Dnipro. The strikes caused a fire and damaged an infrastructure facility, two detached homes, a three-story residential building, and a dormitory in Dnipro. No casualties were reported.
Sumy apartment buildings hit
Russian drones struck apartment buildings in Sumy's Zarichny district overnight, acting mayor Artem Kobzar reported. The first strike hit the seventh floor of one building, blowing out up to ten windows and damaging the heating network. A second strike hit the fourth floor of another building, damaging a balcony and windows and causing a fire. Preliminary reports indicated no casualties.
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Zaporizhzhia, Vinnytsia, Odesa oblasts also targeted
Air defense engaged targets in Zaporizhzhia Oblast around 1:30 a.m., according to head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration Ivan Fedorov. He reported repeated explosions at 2:10 a.m.
Russian strikes hit critical infrastructure in Vinnytsia Oblast, cutting power to 50 settlements, Suspilne reported. Firefighting continued as energy workers restored electricity. No casualties were reported.
Russian missiles and drones struck energy and civilian infrastructure in southern Odesa Oblast, leaving more than 50,000 residents without electricity, Suspilne says. Critical infrastructure operated on generators. The attack caused no deaths or injuries.
Air Force's update
The Air Force later reported that Russia launched 71 missiles of various types and 450 drones against Ukraine overnight. Air defenses destroyed or suppressed 38 missiles and 412 drones. At least 27 missiles and 31 drones struck 27 locations, and debris fell at 17 additional sites. As of 9:30 a.m., the military said the attack continued. The weapons used included:
- 4 Zircon/Onyx missiles launched from temporarily occupied Crimea;
- 32 Iskander-M/S‑300 ballistic missiles from Russian territory and occupied Crimea;
- 7 Kh‑22/Kh‑32 cruise missiles;
- 28 Kh‑101/Iskander‑K cruise missiles;
- 450 strike drones of Shahed and other types, around 300 of them Shaheds.
Update: eight regions targeted
During the night, eight oblasts of Ukraine came under attack, with strikes hitting apartment buildings and thermal power plants — combined heat and power stations and thermal electric stations — in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro, Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal reported.
