As of 4 p.m. on February 2, 52 combat engagements took place at the front since the beginning of the day. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding the line and disrupting the adversary's plans, while the Russians continue to focus their efforts on the Pokrovsk and Kupiansk directions,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says excluding his country from talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine would be "very dangerous."

U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that members of his administration are already in talks with Russian authorities about ending Moscow’s war on Ukraine. “We will be speaking, and I think we’ll perhaps do something that’ll be significant,

Trump's Ukraine envoy said Sunday that both Kyiv and Moscow would have to make concessions if they are to successfully negotiate a solution to the ongoing war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is afraid of direct negotiations with Ukraine. Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with Associated Press Quote: "He [Putin – ed.