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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Russia resumes strikes on freezing Ukrainian capital
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People take shelter at a metro station during a Russian air attack, in Kyiv, on early February 3, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Serhii Okunev / AFP)
Russia has resumed strikes on Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say, as a week-long truce announced by US President Donald Trump gives way to renewed attacks in freezing conditions.
Trump said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to stop striking Kyiv and “various towns” during cold weather.
The Kremlin said the truce would last until Sunday but did not link it to the subzero temperatures. Ukraine says Moscow kept up its strikes anyway.
Russia hit Kyiv “in the bitter cold with another massive strike” overnight, Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the city’s military administration, says on Telegram. He urges the capital’s residents to stay in shelters, and says in a later post that two people were wounded.
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