Summary for February 3: Kremlin's statement and power outages.

Syrsky Reacts to Attacks on Military TCC

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky, called for a comprehensive and thorough investigation of crimes against military personnel that occurred recently in the Poltava, Rivne, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

Syrsky noted that in a short period, military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were harmed and killed in the Poltava, Rivne, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

Ukraine Introduces Emergency Power Outages

On Monday, February 3, emergency power outage schedules were implemented in Kirovohrad, Sumy, Poltava, and Dnipropetrovsk. According to the directive from Ukrenergo, the outages began due to network overload.

The Kremlin Makes a Statement on Elections in Ukraine

Russian authorities insist on conducting elections in Ukraine by the end of this year. This was stated by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

He deemed it premature to discuss the composition of participants in potential negotiations for resolving the war in Ukraine.

Media Reports Possible Meeting Location for Trump and Putin

Russia is considering Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as potential venues for a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. This was reported by Reuters, citing two anonymous Russian sources.

Russians Are Executing Ukrainian Soldiers More Frequently – UN

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has documented 79 cases of executions of captured Ukrainian soldiers by Russians in 24 incidents since the end of August last year. Their number has sharply increased.

UAF Confirms Use of Laser Weapons

Ukrainian military possesses laser technologies that can now target specific objectives. This was stated by the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Vadym Sukharevskyi.

He also mentioned that "the intensity of enemy reconnaissance drone flights has decreased significantly." This occurred because Ukrainian FPV drones have started hunting Russian reconnaissance drones.

Zelensky Comments on Negotiations

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine could achieve success in negotiations this year if Ukrainian defenders remain steadfast and continue to eliminate Russian occupiers.