Russian aircraft flew openly near the Ukraine-Russia border from Kursk region territory and dropped KAB glide bombs non-stop on Ukraine's Sumy region during the two-hour reporting window ending at 4:15 PM UTC on February 3, 2026, according to Exilenova+. The report details Russian forces conducting continuous KAB drops from positions close to the border, targeting the Sumy region directly from Kursk oblast. This aerial activity occurred amid broader Russian strikes reported earlier in the day, including a Shahed drone impact on a Kharkiv residential building around 2:00 PM UTC, as cited by Радар⚡️Россия and Archer83Able in prior updates. Exilenova+ described the flights as overt operations by Russian aircraft releasing munitions without interruption on Sumy positions. This follows President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's 1:08 PM UTC statement condemning a record Russian missile barrage of 28 cruise and 43 ballistic missiles on energy infrastructure, per his X account.
