Military actions in Donetsk region, 104 combat clashes, enemy shelling, explosion in Rivne TCC. How the 1074th day of the full-scale war will be remembered.
The death toll in Poltava has increased to 11 people, the State Emergency Service reported at 23:18.
16 people were injured, including 4 children. 22 people were rescued. Psychologists from the State Emergency Service and the National Police helped 194 people, including 11 children. Rescuers continue emergency rescue operations.
More than 460 rescuers, security forces and utility workers are working at the scene. About 100 units of equipment are at work.
Due to the shelling in the Poltava region, a three-day mourning period has been declared for those killed as a result of the enemy attack – from February 2 to 4.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that as of 22:00 on February 1, 104 battles have taken place.
The enemy attacked our fortifications 17 times in the Kupyansk direction in the areas of the settlements of Topoli, Dvurechnaya, Petrovpavlovka, Stepnaya Novosyolka, Glushkovka, Zagryzovoye and Lozovaya.
On PokrovskyDuring the day, the enemy carried out 39 assault and offensive actions in this direction. The greatest activity of the Russian occupiers is in the areas of Zelenoe Pole, Elizavetovka, Luch, Zverevoy, Udachny, Uspenovka, Novoaleksandrovka, Serebryany and Dachny. More information about the operational situation as of the evening of February 1 is in the news .
Russians carried out an airstrike on a boarding school in Sudzha in the Kursk region. There were dozens of civilians in the institution who were preparing to evacuate.
“Today, February 1, at 16:54, Russian aviation struck a boarding school in the city of Sudzha in the Kursk region with a guided aerial bomb (GAB). The strike was carried out deliberately,” the General Staff noted.
“The strike on the boarding school in Sudzha is another war crime by the Russian authorities, directed against the civilian population. The Russian army terrorizes Ukrainian cities daily with missile and drone strikes, destroying residential buildings, schools, hospitals. Now it has begun to deliberately kill its own civilians,” the General Staff emphasized.
According to the General Staff, as of 22:00, work was continuing to clear the rubble and provide assistance to the affected civilians. Servicemen from the military commandant's office in the territory of the Russian Federation continue to work at the site.
During the work to clear the rubble, 84 civilians were rescued and provided medical assistance, their health condition was satisfactory, 4 were in serious condition, and 4 more people died.
In Pyriatyn, Poltava region, an unknown person shot a serviceman of the Poltava RTCS and SP with a hunting rifle.
“On February 1, 2025, at a gas station in Pyriatyn, while accompanying military personnel from the 199th training center, an outrageous incident occurred – an armed attack on a serviceman of the Poltava District Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center (RTCS and SP),” the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a statement.
After the attack, the attacker took possession of the serviceman's machine gun and fled with one of the mobilized conscripts.
According to the Poltava police, law enforcement officers detained a resident of Poltava born in 1984 who shot at the serviceman. His accomplice is a resident of Poltava born in 1988. The issue of informing the suspects of the charges and choosing measures for them is being decided.
More information in the news.
Today, February 1, at 16:15 An explosion was heard in the Rivne territorial center for recruitment and social support. One person is known to have died, six others were injured.
The United States wants Ukraine to hold elections, possibly by the end of the year, especially if Kyiv can agree on a ceasefire with Russia in the coming months, Trump's special representative for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg told Reuters.
Kellogg noted that Ukraine's presidential and parliamentary elections, suspended because of the war with Russia, “need to be completed.”
“Most democratic countries hold elections during wars. I think that's important. I think that's good for democracy. That's the beauty of a strong democracy, you potentially have more than one person,” Kellogg said.
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