Russia launches a massive air attack: missiles and UAVs are flying. There are hits in Kharkiv and Kyiv

On the night of February 3, Russia launched another massive attack against Ukraine, with consequences in Kyiv and Kharkiv. In the morning, cruise missiles were launched, according to the Air Force.

The aggressor state has launched a massive attack since the evening of January 2, launching numerous groups of drones in the directions of Poltava, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Poltava, Chernihiv, Donetsk, and Kharkiv regions.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov late in the evening of February 2 reported that a Molniya drone had been hit in the city center. There were no casualties.

After midnight, he wrote about a ballistic missile strike on the city – there were hits in the Sloboda district. Later, there was another missile strike on the same area.

As of 03:39, the shelling of Kharkiv had been going on for over three hours. Strikes targeted energy infrastructure, said Terekhov.

He reported on a "forced decision": to prevent the network from freezing, it is necessary to drain the heat carrier in the heating system of 820 houses powered by one of the largest thermal power plants.

"I understand how difficult it is in twenty-degree temperatures. But the unprecedented enemy attack on critical infrastructure leaves no other option. Our experts see no other way out," he wrote and informed about the round-the-clock operation of all 101 invincibility points in the city.

There may also be interruptions in the operation of Kharkiv's electric transport. Additional bus routes are being launched in the city.

The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Timur Tkachenko, , reported to that as of 03:40, the consequences of the enemy attack were recorded in Darnytskyi, Desnianskyi, Dniprovskyi, Pecherskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts of the capital.

In Darnytsia, a fire in a non-residential building damaged a 25-storey building and a five-storey building in another location.

Damage to a non-residential building in Desnianske.

In Dniprovske, remnants of hostile objects were found in two locations in the open. Damage to the territory of a kindergarten was also recorded. At another location, a five-story building was damaged.

A gas station was damaged in Pechersk district. Damage was done to parked cars and the gas station building.

A 22-storey building is damaged in Shevchenkivskyi district.

As of 04:12, two injured in Kyiv.

At 05:27, the Air Force reported to that cruise missiles were probably launched from Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea.

Later, missiles were spotted in Sumy, Poltava, and Mykolaiv regions, heading west.

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