Russian forces launched a mass ballistic missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight on Feb. 3, striking multiple energy facilities across the country and injuring at least nine people, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

The strikes came amid a larger attack on Ukrainian cities, including those located hundreds of kilometers from the front line, with dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones reported over Ukraine's night sky.

Russia's latest assault signals the end of a brief energy ceasefire, under which Moscow had agreed to temporarily pause strikes on Ukraine's critical energy infrastructure. The resumed attacks on the capital comes days after U.S. President Donald Trump said on Jan. 29 that he personally asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to refrain from attacking Kyiv.

The Kremlin previously said it would pause strikes on energy facilities, but only until Feb. 1.

Speaking at a joint news conference with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in Kyiv on Feb. 3, Zelensky said Russia had disregarded efforts by its U.S. partners to establish a weeklong truce on attacks against energy infrastructure.

"In fact, (the energy truce) began on Friday night (Jan. 30), and tonight (Feb. 3), the Russians, in our view, broke their promise," Zelensky said.

Russia launched 71 missiles and 450 drones, including nearly 300 Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said.

The latest Russian mass strike was among the largest this winter and involved the highest number of missiles launched in a single attack this season.

Other major strikes this winter included an attack on Dec. 6, when Russian forces launched 653 drones and 51 missiles; Dec. 23, with 635 drones and 38 missiles; and Dec. 27, when 474 drones and 40 missiles were fired, according to the Air Force.

In the recent attack, Russian forces used four Zircon/Onix anti-ship missiles, 32 Iskander-M/S-300 ballistic missiles, seven Kh-22/Kh-32 cruise missiles, as well as 28 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles, the report read.

Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 38 missiles and 412 drones. At least 27 missiles and 31 drones made it through, striking 27 locations. The fall of debris was recorded at 17 locations, with information on other aerial targets still being clarified.

"Taking advantage of the coldest days of winter to terrorize people is more important to Russia than turning to diplomacy," Zelensky wrote on X.

Zelensky added that Russia used the U.S. proposal to halt attacks on energy facilities not to support diplomatic efforts, but to stockpile missiles and strike on the coldest days of the year.

"Without pressure on Russia, there will be no end to this war. Right now, Moscow is choosing terror and escalation, and that is why maximum pressure is required," Zelensky added, calling on partners to assist Ukraine with air defense capabilities.

Zelensky said that as a result of the mass strike, the work of the Ukrainian negotiating team will be "adjusted accordingly," because Moscow "does not take diplomacy seriously."

In Kyiv, air defenses were activated around 12:30 a.m. local time as Russian drones approached the city. Kyiv Independent journalists in the capital reported explosions shortly afterwards.

Explosions continued to rock the city throughout the night, as Ukraine's Air Force warned of ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv.

At least six people were injured in the attack against the capital, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said.

Volodymyr Laskarzhevskyi, head of the Kyiv branch of the Ukrainian Society of Hunters and Fishermen (UTMR), was forced to repair the organization’s windows after debris from a drone strike fell on a neighboring building.

Laskarzhevskyi said that in this part of the city, the Shevchenkivskyi district, he and his employees frequently collect debris following Russian attacks.

"Until the missiles fly to Moscow, this situation will continue," Laskarzhevskyi told the Kyiv Independent.

Mykola Skoryi, chairman of the UTMR presidium, added that the organization is currently repairing the damage from the attack on its own.

"We are repairing what we can, because it is currently -20°C outside, and that is a big problem today," Skoryi told the Kyiv Independent.

At about 10 a.m. on Feb. 3, air raid sirens sounded in several regions of Ukraine, including Kyiv, as the Air Force reported Russia had again launched missiles toward Chernihiv, Kyiv and Zhytomyr oblasts.

Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said Russia attacked eight regions overnight, launching drones and missiles at high-rise residential buildings as well as thermal power plants and combined heat and power facilities supplying Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro.

Russian forces struck thermal power plants operated by DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy company, marking the ninth mass attack on its thermal facilities since October 2025. The attack caused significant damage to equipment, DTEK said.

Following the strikes, Kyiv introduced emergency power outages on the left bank of the Dnipro River in the city's eastern districts, according to the company.

More than 1,100 buildings in the Darnytskyi and Dniprovskyi districts remain without heating following the Russian attack, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

DTEK described the Feb. 3 attack on energy facilities as "the most severe" since the start of 2026. Ukraine's energy system is currently operating under significant constraints, the company added.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said damage was recorded at a "non-residential building" in the Darnytskyi district as well as a building housing a kindergarten in the Dniprovskyi district.

Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said that damage was reported on the roof of a 26-story residential building as well as a five-story warehouse in the Darnytskyi district, a 22-story residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district, and a five-story residential building in the Dniprovskyi district.

Ukraine's State Emergency service also said that a strike had been recorded on "the grounds of an administrative building" in the Desnianskyi district of the city.

Officials also reported a fire at a gas station in the Pecherskyi district, as well as damage to parked cars and power lines.

The full extent of the damage caused was not immediately clear.

"The Russians chose a freezing February night to launch another massive strike on Kyiv," Tkachenko wrote on social media. "Kyiv residents, stay in shelters. It will be a difficult night," he added.

Temperatures are expected to reach -24°C (-11°F) by 8 a.m. Kyiv time.

The Russian attacks on Kyiv continued throughout the night with explosions again heard by a Kyiv Independent reporter around 3:30 a.m.

Ukraine's Air Force warned of incoming cruise and ballistic missiles again around 6:30 a.m., when explosions were heard in the western city of Vinnytsia as well as the town of Tripillia in Kyiv Oblast shortly afterwards.

In Kyiv Oblast, at least three people suffered injuries due to the strike. Five houses, three cars, and educational and rehabilitation center were damaged as well, Kyiv Oblast Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said.

Amid the renewed attack, Poland's Air Force said it scrambled fighter jets to protect Polish airspace.

"(Vladimir) Putin waited for the temperatures to drop and stockpiled drones and missiles to continue his genocidal attacks against the Ukrainian people," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on X.

"Neither anticipated diplomatic efforts in Abu Dhabi this week nor his promises to the United States kept him from continuing terror against ordinary people in the harshest winter," Sybiha added.

Closer to the front line, attacks were reported in Sumy, Pavlohrad, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, according to local media and officials. Explosions were also heard in the southern city of Odesa.

In Kharkiv, local officials reported a ballistic missile strike in the Slobidskyi neighborhood. Two people were injured, Governor Oleh Synehubov said, adding that medical personnel were treating the wounded at the scene.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said that crews must "drain the heat carrier from the heating system" as a result of the attack, which will cut heating to over 800 buildings in the city.

"I understand how hard this when the temperature is -20°C. But the enemy's unprecedented attack on critical infrastructure leaves no other choice. Our specialists see no alternative," Terekhov said.

In Kharkiv Oblast, the attack damaged two electrical substations and a combined heat and power plant, leaving 929 buildings without heating, including 853 residential ones, Terekhov said.

About 105,000 people were left without heating, the mayor added.

City authorities classified the attack and its aftermath as a local-level, man-made emergency.

In Odesa Oblast, about 50,000 residents were temporarily left without electricity following Russian attacks, Governor Oleh Kiper said.

The strikes also damaged residential buildings, warehouses, administrative facilities, and passenger vehicles.

In Dnipro, Russian strikes damaged an infrastructure facility, a three-story residential building, and destroyed two homes, regional Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said.

In Sumy, two separate residential buildings were struck causing damage to apartments on the 7th and 4th floors. While in nearby Konotop, located in Sumy Oblast, a large house fire was reported.

The head of the Vinnytsia Oblast Military Administration, Natalia Zabolotna, said critical infrastructure was damaged in the recent mass strike, without specifying which facility was affected.

Earlier, citing intelligence reports, President Volodymyr Zelensky had warned that Russian forces were planning a mass attack, taking advantage of a bitter cold snap that has driven temperatures below -20°C (-4°F).