A Russian Shahed/Geran-type long-range strike drone impacted a multi-storey residential building in Kharkiv at around 2:00 PM UTC on February 3, 2026, engulfing the structure in flames, according to Радар⚡️Россия citing a video from Archer83Able posted within the 29-minute reporting window from 1:45:26 PM to 2:15:18 PM UTC. Ukrainian Defense Forces restored positions in Kupiansk while Russian forces advanced near Udachne, Hryshyne, and Pryvilne, as reported by ✙DeepState✙🇺🇦 in a map update during the same period. Separately, a Slovo i Dilo study named Valerii Zaluzhnyi as the most trusted military leader at 72% trust, followed by Kyrylo Budanov at 70%, Andriy Biletskyi at 45%, and Oleksandr Syrskyi at 46%, per Андрій Смолій. The Kharkiv strike follows President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's earlier condemnation at 1:08 PM UTC of a record Russian missile barrage with 28 cruise and 43 ballistic missiles targeting energy infrastructure, disregarding U.S. peace efforts, as stated on his X account. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte called it one of the war's largest attacks, according to Андрій Смолій. Previous reports noted significant damage to a Kyiv CHP plant supplying heat to Dniprovskyi and Darnytskyi districts around 12:00 PM UTC, per Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, and battle sounds 20 km south of Zaporizhzhia at 11:30 AM UTC, as reported by markito0171.
