Ukraine’s General Staff said on Thursday that its forces conducted a series of “successful” strikes in January against the Kapustin Yar test range, a launch site for ballistic missiles located in Russia’s southern Astrakhan region.

In January, Russian troops increased the number of guided aerial bomb strikes in the Pokrovsk direction by 65%. This became a problem for the defense of Ukrainian troops, according to the 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces.

KYIV, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Starlink internet terminals used by the Russian military on the battlefield in Ukraine have been deactivated, Ukraine said on Thursday, in what one official described as a "disaster" for Moscow that had disrupted its assault operations in many areas.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said there has been a “cut off” of Russia’s Starlink satellite internet terminals in Ukraine, which it claims has disrupted Russian military communications on Thursday.

More than 300 POWs were expected to be exchanged, officials said.

The United States and Russia have agreed to re-establish high-level military-to-military dialogue, the Pentagon said Thursday, hours after the expiration of the last treaty imposing limits on the pair’s nuclear arsenals.

Feb 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine's military said on Thursday it had carried out a series of "successful" strikes in January on a launch site for Russian intermediate-range ballistic missiles. Ukraine's General Staff said some buildings were damaged to varying degrees,

U.S., Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are back around a table for a second round of technical talks, but in Kyiv, Russian bombs bring suffering and skepticism.