Russian strikes damaged multi-storey residential buildings and an educational institution in Kyiv, with local authorities reporting fires and ambulance responses in two districts during the two-hour window ending at 8:45 AM UTC on February 3, 2026, according to Archer83Able and K_Loukerenko on X. Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Dnipro were hit by ballistic missiles, as stated by Archer83Able. Several multi-story residential buildings in Kyiv sustained damage from Russian drones, prompting ambulances to two districts, per K_Loukerenko on X. Local authorities confirmed the impacts, amid reports of at least four major energy facilities struck last night in the most massive missile and drone attack this year, according to GloOouD on X. A substation connecting Kyiv and a western NPP was likely hit again, as reported by Київ ІНФО | Новини Україна 🇺🇦. Nine Russian bombers, including 4 Tu-95MS, 3 Tu-22M3, and 2 Tu-160, were in the air approaching launch positions, according to Ukrainian monitors cited by K_Loukerenko on X. Another Tu-22M3 appeared in Bryansk region for a possible repeat launch, per єРадар and Київ ІНФО. The latest attack map identified Kyiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv as key targets at 01:21 UTC, as shared by K_Loukerenko. These developments follow a missile contrail observed over Vinnytsia region and strikes on energy facilities like Trypillia TPP during earlier windows this morning, per Реальна Вінниця 🇺🇦 and INSIDER UA. Previous monitoring detected cruise missiles targeting Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, and Kyiv areas, as reported by Андрій Смолій and 'Стратегічна авіація рф'.
