Russia has escalated its aerial attacks across Ukraine, while Ukrainian forces have struck multiple Russian drone command centers, Kyiv reported Saturday.
Ukrainian authorities in Donetsk said two people were killed and several others injured in Russian shelling of territory under their control. In Kherson, Russian strikes similarly killed two civilians.
The Ukrainian military reported that Russian drone attacks damaged 13 Ukrainian sites, destroying 20 unmanned aerial vehicles in the process.
Two killed and ten injured as Russia launched MLRS attack on Kherson yesterday –
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Russia has notably begun attacking transportation rather than energy in some regions, and Kherson was no different, according to reports from the Head of the OVA Prokudin.
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Ukrainian Forces Respond
According to the Ukrainian army, its forces shot down 64 Russian drones across various regions and engaged in 204 combat incidents over the past 24 hours, amid intensified Russian air assaults along multiple fronts.
Ukrainian troops targeted four drone command centers, including a facility in Russia’s Bryansk region and two sites housing Russian forces, while repelling heavy attacks on the northern Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Donetsk fronts.
Russian Military Losses
The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian military casualties since the start of the war on February 24, 2022, have reached 1,239,000, including 880 killed or wounded in the last 24 hours alone. The statement was published on the General Staff’s Facebook page and cited by the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform.
No Formal Ceasefire, Diplomatic Context
Earlier, Russia reportedly agreed to a temporary halt in airstrikes on Kyiv at the request of US President Donald Trump, effective until February 1, amid a wave of severe winter weather. Ukraine indicated it was prepared to reciprocate as part of ongoing diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, however, stressed Saturday that no official ceasefire exists and noted that Russian forces have shifted focus to attacking Ukrainian supply lines.
The Kremlin confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin received a personal request from Trump to pause strikes on Kyiv to create “favorable conditions” for peace negotiations.