Russia launches record missile barrage against Ukraine one day before peace talks set to resume in Abu Dhabi

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russia carried retired a large-scale overnight onslaught connected Ukraine’s vigor infrastructure utilizing a grounds fig of ballistic missiles, 1 time earlier bid talks with Moscow and Washington are acceptable to resume successful Abu Dhabi.

Zelenskyy said the onslaught progressive much than 70 missiles — among them 32 ballistic and 28 cruise — arsenic good arsenic much than 450 onslaught drones that targeted 8 regions including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Odesa and Zaporizhzhia.

Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said 5 radical were injured and 3 much were rescued successful Kharkiv aft a drone onslaught caused a occurrence successful a residential high-rise building.

"The Russian service exploited the U.S. connection to concisely halt strikes not to enactment diplomacy, but to stockpile missiles and hold until the coldest days of the year, erstwhile temperatures crossed ample parts of Ukraine driblet beneath -20°C (-4°F)," Zelenskyy wrote connected X.

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The precocious floors of a multi-story gathering pain aft debris from a Russian drone fell successful Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 3, 2026. (Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

The large-scale strikes came aft President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to intermission attacks connected Ukraine’s vigor infrastructure for 1 week, arsenic freezing temperatures caused wide powerfulness and heating outages.

Trump announced the weeklong intermission Thursday, but Russia resumed its attacks respective days earlier the play was acceptable to expire, striking a maternity ward successful Zaporizhzhia and a autobus of Ukrainian miners, leaving 12 radical dead.

The White House did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.

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Kyiv residents structure astatine the Dorohozhychi subway presumption during a Russian drone-and-missile onslaught successful Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 3, 2026. (Ihor Kuznietsov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Residents took to subway and metro stations connected Monday to fell underground arsenic aerial raid alerts sounded passim the night.

"With temperatures dropping to -25°C (-13°F), Russia knowingly yet again aims to permission hundreds of thousands of people, including children and the elderly, without heating oregon electricity," said Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine’s premier minister. 

"This is an effort to frost civilians into surrender. Thanks to Ukraine’s aerial defence forces, the bulk of missiles and drones were intercepted," she added.

Rescuers extinguish a occurrence successful a multi-story gathering deed by debris from a Russian drone successful Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 3, 2026. (Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Zelenskyy said the enactment of his negotiating squad volition beryllium "adjusted accordingly" arsenic his state prepares for different circular of meetings successful the United Arab Emirates with U.S. and Russian officials connected Wednesday and Thursday.

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U.S. peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff met with his Russian counterpart Kirill Dmitriev successful Florida connected Saturday and said the discussions were constructive, amid ongoing hostilities successful Ukraine.

"We are encouraged by this gathering that Russia is moving toward securing bid successful Ukraine and is grateful for @POTUS’s captious enactment successful seeking a durable and lasting peace," Witkoff wrote connected X.