Russia Launches More Than 3,000 Airborne Attack Assets Against Ukraine In One Week, Zelensky Says. According to Ukrinform, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported it on Telegram. “Russia launched more than 2,

Russian forces launched a mass overnight attack on Feb. 3, targeting major cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv as well as cities closer to the front line.

Russia carried out its most extensive overnight aerial assault on Ukraine this year, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday (local time), striking major cities just hours after Kyiv, Moscow and Washington concluded the first known trilateral negotiations since the war began in 2022.

Ukraine's F-16 fleet was grounded for part of the weekend because of poor weather conditions, officials said.

According to Ihor Taburets, head of the Cherkasy Regional Military Administration, multiple drones struck different locations across the region,

The development follows US-brokered trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi during the week, which produced no breakthrough. Russia continues to press Ukraine to give up the Donbas region, a condition Kyiv says it will never accept.

Ukrainian armed forces launched a series of attacks in January 2026 targeting the Kapustin Yar training ground in Astrakhan province (Russia), where the Russian Ministry of Defense deployed the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile system.

The Russian army is actively expanding launch sites for Shahed strike drones. One of these sites is located at the Shatalovo airfield in Russia’s Smolensk region, Militarnyi reports. According to the outlet,