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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,078: drone and missile attacks continue [1]
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Date: 2025-02-04
Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of February 3 to 4 and a missile strike on February 4.
The Ukrainian Air Force stated that Russian forces launched 65 Shahed and decoy drones from Oryol, Kursk, and Bryansk oblasts on the night of February 3 to 4.[94] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces shot down 37 drones over Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Cherkasy oblasts and that 28 drones were ”locally lost,” likely due to Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) interference. Ukrainian officials reported that Russian strikes damaged civilian infrastructure in Kyiv City and Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, and Sumy oblasts.[95] Ukrainian officials, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, reported that Russian forces launched a ballistic missile, likely an Iskander-M ballistic missile, against Izyum, Kharkiv Oblast on the morning of February 4, damaging part of a city council building and killing five civilians.[96]
Russian forces continued ground attacks in the Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast on February 4 but did not make any confirmed advances. Russian forces continued attacks northwest of Sudzha near Sverdlikovo, north of Sudzha near Nikolayevka, and south of Sudzha near Makhnovka.[29] Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces counterattacked northwest of Sudzha near Nikolayevo-Darino and Sverdlikovo and south of Sudzha near Makhnovka and Kurilovka.[30]
Russian-claimed advances: Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces advanced near Staraya Sorochina, Novaya Sorochina (both northwest of Sudzha), Russkoye Porechnoye, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye (both north of Suzhda) and pushed Ukrainian forces from the northern outskirts of Sverdlikovo.[31]
South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) confirmed recent reports that North Korean forces have not been conducting combat operations in Kursk Oblast since mid-January 2025.[34] The NIS assessed that North Korean forces have likely withdrawn from combat due to high casualties. The New York Times (NYT) recently reported that North Korean forces were no longer participating in combat operations in Kursk Oblast, and a senior US defense official told the NYT that additional North Korean forces would arrive in Russia "within the next two months" (roughly mid-March 2025).[35] North Korean forces' pause in participating in combat operations may have influenced the alleged Russian "temporary operational pause" in Kursk Oblast.
Order of Battle: Drone elements of the Russian 217th Airborne (VDV) Regiment (98th VDV Division), assault elements of the 56th VDV Regiment (7th VDV Division), and elements of the 34th Motorized Rifle Brigade (49th Combined Arms Army [CAA], Southern Military District [SMD]) are reportedly operating in Kursk Oblast.[36]
The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces conducted a precision strike against an unspecified Russian command post near Novoivanovka (northwest of Sudzha) on February 3.[37] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that the strike inflicted significant casualties. The Ukrainian General Staff previously reported Ukrainian strikes on command posts of the Russian 810th Naval Infantry Brigade (Black Sea Fleet [BSF], SMD) near Lgov, Belaya, and Rylsk, Kursk Oblast on December 25, 2024, and January 7 and 31, 2025, respectively.[38]
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