Russia’s war on Ukraine. 04.02.26
Operational situation
On the Northern Slobozhansky Direction, Russian forces attempted to advance east of Oleksandriya and attacked near Kindrativka and Yunakivka, in the direction of Khrapivshchyna.
On the Southern Slobozhansky Direction, enemy units that crossed the Vovcha River in the area of the grain elevator in Vovchansk are cut off from logistics. Russian forces attacked near Prylipka, Vovchansk, Starytsia, Symynivka, Vovchanski Khutory, Hrafske, and Zelene, in the direction of Neskuchne, near Khatnie and Dvorichanske, struck Defense Forces positions near Chuhunivka with TOS-1A heavy flamethrower systems, and conducted combined missile and UAV strikes against HIMARS MLRS positions of Ukrainian Defense Forces in Yurchenkove and northwest of Mala Ivanivka.
On the Kupyansk Direction, Russian forces attempted to advance south of Pishchane and northeast of Oleksandrivka, attacked near and inside Kupyansk, in the direction of Kutkivka and Fyholivka, near Petropavlivka, in the Direction of Kurylivka, Novoosynove, and Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi, near Zahryzove and Serednie, and conducted an airstrike with a FAB-3000 against Defense Forces positions west of Kivsharivka. A sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Freedom of Russia Legion conducted a sabotage operation and destroyed an enemy ammunition depot in Kupyansk district.
On the Sloviansk Direction, Russian forces advanced on the southern outskirts of Stavky, attempted to advance northeast of Sosnove and south of Nykyforivka, and attacked near Novoselivka, Drobysheve, Svyatohirsk, Yarova, and Zarychne, in the direction of Stavky, Ozerne, Zakitne, Dronivka, Sviato-Pokrovske, Riznykivka, Platonivka, and Nykyforivka, toward Kalenyky, Dibrova, and Rai-Oleksandrivka.
On the Kostyantynivka Direction, Russian forces attempted to advance northwest of Oleksandro-Kalynove and north of Yablunivka, attacked near and inside Kostyantynivka, near Novomarkove, Chervone, Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, Ivanopillya, Illinivka, Berestok, Stepanivka, Yablunivka, Rusyn Yar, Mykolaypillya, Sofiivka, and Novopavlivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Stepanivka, Novomarkove, Yablunivka, Pryvillya, Virolyubivka, Minkivka, Mayske, Holubivka, and Dovha Balka.
On the Pokrovsk Direction, assault groups of the 102nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th Combined Arms Army infiltrate the northern part of Toretske. Russian forces advanced in the western part of Zatyshok and northwest of Svitle, attacked near Shakhove, Novyi Donbas, and Ivanivka, near and inside Pokrovsk, near Rodynske, in the Direction of Bilytske, near Myrnohrad, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Novopidhorodnie, and Hryshyne, toward Novooleksandrivka and Shevchenkove.
On the Oleksandrivka Direction, Russian forces attacked near Novopavlivka, Dachne, Filiya, Andriivka-Klevtsove, and Ivanivka.
On the Huliaypole Direction, Russian forces advanced west of Dorozhnyanka, attempted to advance northwest of the settlement, and attacked near Huliaypole, Zelene, and Svyatopetrivka, in the Direction of Nove Pole, near Dobropillya, Yehorivka, Zlahoda, Ostapivske, and Zaliznychne.
On the Orikhiv Direction, Russian forces attacked near Myrna, Prymorske, and Lukyanivske, in the Direction of Magdalynivka.
Supporting operation:
Ukrainian Defense Forces struck an electrical substation in Belgorod and struck an area of concentration of one of the regiments of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army near Terebreno, Belgorod Oblast. In the same area, a TOS-1A heavy flamethrower system of the 27th NBC Protection Brigade of the Moscow Military District was destroyed.
General conclusion:
Russian military command is inspecting units near Kursk and redeploying selected elements to reinforce assault units. Reinforcements from the Bilovodsk training ground in Luhansk Oblast are sent to the 22nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 72nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 44th Army Corps. The command of the 6th Combined Arms Army appointed a new commander to this regiment, which operated near Starytsia. The 1st/1443rd Motorized Rifle Regiment operated near Varachyne and Yablunivka and had problems with water supply, which caused mass illnesses.
Russian forces intensify efforts to identify weak points and break through Ukrainian defenses near Vovchansk but sustain heavy losses.
Russian forces attempt to exploit foggy and snowy weather to advance in small groups toward Pokrovsk, primarily on foot and occasionally using motorcycles and vehicles. Enemy personnel are poorly equipped, and most are elderly.
Russian forces did not conduct assaults between 27 January and 3 February. They attack in small groups of two to three servicemen, are most active toward Novooleksandrivka and Hryshyne, attempt to create conditions for an offensive toward Dobropillya, continue efforts to seize Rodynske, and advance along the Rodynske–Rivne road to block Ukrainian forces along the Rivne–Svitle line.
Change in the line of contact (LoC), directions of attacks and counterattacks:
There were 153 combat engagements on various fronts.
On the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk Directions, two attacks were repelled.
On the Southern Slobozhansky Direction the enemy assaulted Ukrainian Defense Forces positions four times in the areas of Prylipka and Marine.
On the Kupyansk Direction, five enemy attacks occurred. Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled enemy assault actions near Kurylivka, Petropavlivka, and Novoosynove.
On the Sloviansk Direction, 19 enemy attempts to advance were repelled in the areas of Zarichne, Stavky, Lyman, Zakitne, Sviato-Pokrovske, Platonivka, Rai-Oleksandrivka, and Dronivka, and toward Drobysheve.
On the Kostyantynivka Direction, the enemy conducted nine attacks in the areas of Predtechyne, Shcherbynivka, Kleban-Byk, Ivanopillya, Sofiivka, Novopavlivka, and Pleshchiivka.
On the Pokrovsk Direction, 35 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor were halted in the areas of Shakhove, Novyi Donbas, Pokrovsk, Svitle, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Novopavlivka, Myrnohrad, and Sofiivka, and toward Ivanivka, Hannivka, and Rodynske.
On the Oleksandrivka Direction, the enemy attacked three times in the areas of Andriivka-Klevtsove and Ivanivka.
On the Huliaypole Direction, the enemy attempted to advance 25 times in the areas of Huliaypole, Nove Pole, Zelene, Svyatopetrivka, Dobropillya, Staroukrainka, Zaliznychne, and Pryluky, and toward Myrne.
On the Orikhiv Direction, two attacks toward Prymorske and Plavni were repelled.
Changes in the enemy disposition:
The 83rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 69th Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Combined Arms Army operates on the Kharkiv Direction.
The 2nd Artillery Brigade of the 3rd Combined Arms Army strikes Ukrainian forces near Kalenyky, the 7th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the army operates near Siversk and Zakitne, and the 85th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade operates near Nykyforivka.
The 238th Artillery Brigade of the 8th Combined Arms Army strikes Ukrainian forces near Rayske, the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the Army operates in Torske, and the 31st BARS detachment operates on the Kostyantynivka Direction.
The 56th Separate SOF Battalion of the 51st Combined Arms Army strikes Ukrainian transport vehicles near Bilytske, Shevchenkove, and Chernihivka.
The 5th Separate Tank Brigade of the 36th Combined Arms Army operates in the direction of Oleksandrivka.
The 1455th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Combined Arms Army strikes Ukrainian forces in Magdalynivka, while the army’s 4th Military Base of the Army operates near Orikhiv.
Possible operation situation developments:
The enemy “Sever (North)” Operational Grouping will continue to operate simultaneously along the Northern Slobozhansky Direction, the Southern Slobozhansky Direction, and the Velykyi Burluk Direction and will attempt to seize as large an area as possible in Sumy Oblast and Kharkiv Oblast with the aim of subsequent political bargaining for their exchange for territories in Donetsk Oblast that the enemy will be unable to seize.
On the Southern Slobozhansky Direction, in the Vovchansk area, the enemy “Belgorod–Kharkov” Tactical Group will continue attempts to break through along the eastern bank of the Siverskyi Donets in the southern direction and advance as far as possible in the Vovchansk–Bilyi Kolodyaz direction. Attempting to advance in the general Vovchansk–Staryi Saltiv direction, the Tactical Group command will try to secure the right flank of its main forces, which will advance toward Bilyi Kolodyaz.
In the Kupyansk area, Russian forces will intensify operations along the Pishchane–Kurylivka line and further toward Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi, as well as along the Kolisnykivka–Hlushkivka line and further toward Kivsharivka and Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi. The headquarters of the 1st Tank Army and the 6th Combined Arms Army will attempt to achieve the required tactical troop density through regrouping within their respective armies. To implement this concept, the enemy will have to commit part of its strategic reserves in this Direction (several brigades or 1–2 divisions from among the recently formed units), or it will be forced to halt offensive operations in the Velykyi Burluk, Lyman, and Vovchansk Directions. The enemy’s “Sever (North)” Operational Grouping will concentrate its efforts on seizing the eastern part of Kupyansk, attacking from the north, will attempt to push the Ukrainian Defense Forces’ 16th Army Corps south of the Kucherivka–Petropavlivka line, advancing toward Petropavlivka along the road from Vilshana and attacking the northeastern part of the city from the direction of Lyman Pershyi. To restore the situation in the Kupyansk area, the enemy will intensify actions within the offensive zone of the 47th Tank Division of the 1st Tank Army, which conducts a frontal advance on Kupyansk from the east. Attempts by the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 1st Tank Army to eliminate the bridgehead of the 16th Army Corps of the Defense Forces on the Oskil east of Kupyansk will continue. The 6th Combined Arms Army of the enemy “Sever (North)” Operational Grouping will advance simultaneously on three directions: toward Staryi Saltiv, Velykyi Burluk, and in the Kupyansk area. The army’s troops will attempt to advance from the Dvorichanske bridgehead in the Krasne Pershe–Novovasylivka and Dvorichna–Ridkodub directions, attack in the Milove–Ambarne direction with the aim of capturing the latter and will try to outflank from the north and south the defensive strongpoint of the 16th Army Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Kolodyazne area.
On the Sloviansk Direction, by mid-to-late spring the command of the enemy “Zapad (West)” Operational Grouping will focus on creating a staging area for the envelopment and assault of Lyman. In the zone of the 20th Combined Arms Army, the enemy will attempt to seize the Yarova – Novoselivka – Drobysheve – Pryshyb area, reach the Oleksandrivka – Sosnove line to block the defense area of the 3rd Army Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces in Lyman from the northwest, and break through to the northern outskirts of Lyman via Drobysheve and Stavky. In the zone of the 25th Combined Arms Army, the enemy will continue active assault actions from the direction of Zarichne and Yampil directly toward Lyman, attempting to consolidate on the southern and southeastern outskirts of the city, destroy the defense of the 3rd Army Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces along the northern bank of the Siverskyi Donets River in order to reach the Brusivka and Staryi Karavan area, thereby supporting the forces of the 3rd Combined Arms Army of “Yug (South)” Operational Grouping which are advancing along the southern bank of the Siverskyi Donets in the Zakitne – Kryva Luka and Sviato-Pokrovske – Riznykivka Directions. Along almost the entire perimeter of the Lyman bridgehead of the 3rd Army Corps, continued enemy attacks should be expected.
On the Kostyantynivka Direction, the enemy “Yug (South)” and “Tsentr (Center)” Operational Groupings operating with two Tactical Groups, “Bakhmut” and “Dzerzhynsk,” will attempt to defeat the forces of the 9th and 10th Army Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces, seize the Kostyantynivka–Druzhkivka agglomeration, and reach the near approaches to Kramatorsk from the south and southeast. Tactical Group “Dzerzhynsk,” advancing in the Yablunivka–Stepanivka, Oleksandro-Kalynove–Berestok, and Pleshchiivka–Berestok Directions, will attempt to break through to the Stepanivka–Berestok line and subsequently to the Dovha Balka–Illinivka line, and will attempt to seize the entire western part of Kostyantynivka along the western bank of the Kryvyi Torets River. Tactical Group “Bakhmut,” advancing in the Oleksandro-Shultyne–Kostyantynivka and Predtechyne–Kostyantynivka Directions, will attempt to break through to the eastern part of the city and will attempt to reach the Izhevka–Virolyubivka line along the eastern bank of the Kryvyi Torets River. Simultaneously with the breakthrough of Tactical Group “Bakhmut” units into the eastern part of Kostyantynivka, the 70th Motorized Rifle Division of the 18th Combined Arms Army will sharply increase combat activity in the Chasiv Yar area and in the Kalynivka–Virolyubivka Direction, after which it will advance in the Directions toward Kurtivka and Druzhkivka.
On the Oleksandrivka and Huliaypole Directions, the enemy’s “Vostok (East)” Operational Grouping will advance on the widest possible front, attempting to maximally stretch the forces of Ukrainian Defense Forces and their reserves, attempting to maximally stretch the Defense Forces and their reserves, and through active offensive actions by the 36th Combined Arms Army will attempt to ensure, on the main strike Direction toward Huliaypole, the maximum concentration of its own forces and assets in the zone of the 5th Combined Arms Army, which will advance in the general direction of Varvarivka – Verkhnya Tersa – Omelnyk. The enemy 35th Combined Arms Army will attempt to break through with its main forces to the near approaches to Orikhiv, after which it will assault the city. The enemy 58th Combined Arms Army will advance northward along the Dnipro River, will attempt to reach the defensive line of the 17th Army Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces along the Konka River on the Malokaterynivka – Komyshuvakha section, and will attempt to cut its logistics in Orikhiv.
On the Prydniprovske direction, the command of the enemy’s “Dnepr” Operational Grouping will continue trying to take control of most of the island zone in the Dnipro delta in the direction of Kherson, will try to create a tactical bridgehead on the right bank, and to eliminate the tactical bridgeheads of the 30th Marine Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces in the area of the automobile and railway bridges near Antonivka.
Russian operational losses from 24.02.22 to 04.02.26
Personnel - almost 1,243 070 (+780);
Tanks – 11,637 (+4);
Armored combat vehicles ‒ 23,992 (+7);
Artillery systems – 36,915 (+60);
Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) – 1,634 (+1);
Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,293 (+1);
Vehicles and fuel tanks – 76,949 (+211);
Aircraft - 435 (0);
Helicopters – 347 (0);
UAV operational and tactical level – 123,743 (+1355);
Intercepted cruise and other missiles – 4,245 (+40);
Boats/ships – 30 (0).
Humanitarian + general:
According to Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko, 217 attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure facilities were recorded since the beginning of the year.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, from the evening of 3 February Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 105 strike UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas, and other types, of which 88 were shot down or suppressed in the north, south, and east of the country. Seventeen drones struck 14 locations, and debris fell at five locations. As of 08:00, the enemy attack continued, and Russian drones remained in Ukraine’s airspace.
As of the morning of 4 February, consumers in five Oblasts were without power due to new Russian strikes on energy facilities.
According to Ihnatiev, head of the board of the Ukrainian Renewable Energy Association, CHPP-6 and the Darnytska Heat Producing Plant, which produce heat for the densely populated left bank of Kyiv, sustained critical damage and were taken out of operation for a prolonged period. He noted that restoring the unique equipment at these facilities could take years.
On the night of 4 February, Russian occupation forces carried out two missile strikes on Kharkiv and its suburbs and also attacked the city with Molniia drones. According to local authorities, one missile struck a suburb, while another hit the Saltivskyi district, damaging private residential houses. In addition, an enemy Molniia drone struck the Saltivskyi district and an infrastructure facility in the Kyivskyi district of the city.
Two people were killed and two others were injured as a result of Russian drone strikes on the Synelnykivskyi district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the night of 4 February.
On the night of 4 February, Russian strike drones attacked Odesa. A two-story building, a school, and a kindergarten were damaged, and a fire broke out after an administrative building of an industrial facility was hit. Five people were injured.
According to the Kherson Oblast Prosecutor’s Office, on the morning of 4 February the Russian army shelled Kherson Oblast, killing two people and injuring one. At about 07:30, a 38-year-old man was killed by an artillery strike on Kherson, and at 09:45 in Oleksandrivka the occupiers struck a medical service vehicle with a UAV, killing a nurse from a local feldsher-midwife station and injuring the driver.
According to Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, seven people were killed and another 15 were injured as a result of Russian strikes on Druzhkivka on Wednesday. The occupiers shelled the city market with cluster munitions during the morning crowd and also dropped two aerial bombs on the city. The airstrikes damaged an industrial zone, three multi-story buildings, and three private houses.
Over the past day, 3 February, Kharkiv and 11 other settlements in Kharkiv Oblast were under Russian strikes. Sixteen people were injured, including two children.
Russian forces attacked the Samarivskyi, Pavlohradskyi, Synelnykivskyi, and Nikopolskyi districts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast throughout the day. A 15-year-old boy and an elderly woman were injured.
According to the Kherson Oblast Prosecutor’s Office, on 4 February 2026 three civilians were killed and four others were injured in Kherson Oblast as a result of Russian artillery and UAV attacks. In Beryslav, a minibus driver was injured by a combined strike, and later a local resident was killed by an FPV drone. In Oleksandrivka, a feldsher-midwife station employee was killed and the driver was injured when a medical service vehicle was struck by a UAV; in the suburbs of Kherson a man was killed by artillery fire; and in the Oblast center and the village of Ukrainka two more people were injured by explosives dropped from drones.
According to the communications department of the Support Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 224 cases of Russian occupiers using special munitions equipped with hazardous irritant chemical agents were recorded in January 2026. The enemy regularly used K-51 and RG-VO gas grenades containing CS and CN agents, which are classified as riot control agents.
According to DTEK, power engineers in Kyiv managed to stabilize the situation after another round of Russian shelling, restoring electricity to 100,000 households. The left bank of the capital is currently returning to temporary outage schedules.
Since the beginning of the full-scale aggression, Russia has damaged or destroyed more than 2,500 medical facilities. Only 725 such facilities have been fully restored so far, while another 324 are in a state of partial restoration.
According to a nationwide public opinion survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology on 23–29 January, 61% of Ukrainians continue to trust President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, while 33% do not. Among those expressing trust, 25% fully trust the president and 36% rather trust him; among opponents, 17% do not trust him at all and 16% rather do not trust the head of state. Sociologists noted that the trust–distrust balance stands at +28%, and the current indicators remained almost identical compared to mid-January 2026.
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