These are the key developments from day 1,443 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Published On 6 Feb 20266 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is where things stand on Friday, February 6:Fighting
Nighttime shelling by Ukrainian forces inflicted “serious damage” on the Russian city of Belgorod, the region’s Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
“The enemy has shelled the civilian city of Belgorod. Everyone knows we have no military targets. There has been serious damage. I have been out to look around,” Gladkov said on the Telegram messaging app.
Two people were hurt in a Russian overnight drone attack in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, the city’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Klitschko said the attack caused damage in residential buildings in one district, and in another, debris from a destroyed drone fell on the roof of an office building, causing a fire. Debris also fell close to a shopping centre and caused damage to a kindergarten.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched two ballistic missiles and 183 drones at Ukraine overnight on Thursday, with air defence units shooting down 156 of the unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Russian Ministry of Defence said its air defences downed 95 Ukrainian drones overnight across several regions inside Russia as well as over the Azov Sea and the Russian-annexed Ukrainian territory of Crimea.
Russia carried out a “massive” drone attack on railway infrastructure in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba said. Railway energy infrastructure was also targeted in the attack, Kuleba said.
“The enemy is trying to stop train traffic,” Kuleba said, describing the attack as “another act of terrorism” against Ukrainian logistics.
Ukraine’s military said it carried out a series of “successful” strikes in January on a launch site for Russian intermediate-range ballistic missiles. The strikes hit a complex of hangar-type buildings used for the prelaunch preparation of intermediate-range and intercontinental ballistic missiles, Ukraine’s General Staff said on Telegram without specif …
