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 Zelenskyy says that excluding his country from talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine would be “very dangerous.”

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) questioned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s willingness to meet with President Trump to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine. “This war has been handled so badly by